The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-30
Orr New Orleans Correspondence.

New ORLEANS, July 10, 1851.
Tie " Can't Cd .4,rays'-DM Tunes in Nae Or
ieans-7x Pretty Crooks English Cottox BxysT,
The Lake Trade Of NrO Orleans, and Comrerc.
Of the Ner Basin-AYnseser,erst, in Ntp Orleans
The Watering Places Orc the Late-R,gattas-
htpafant Increment Concerning the 7duanteyec
1Sea,y-An,,cipatd Br6alo Hxa-Great Evdmn
Convention al Fort LAamIe- Candidates for Con-
gress-Polaioal Nurs, &C., &c.
The "can't getaways" Of our city, like dogs
chained down TO Q kennel begin to feel the IN
plessantnoss Of their situation, and the dull and
enervating influence Of summer. in all its realities
Ii is not the heat 80 much that depro,ses here
as the forlorn and deserted appearance which our
city wears at this season, compared With that Of
the carnival in winter, for nshts and mornings
are cool and delightful and although the heat lie Of
greater duration with u.s. yet With you, it Is well
known fact that the mercury frequently rises somo
four or Eve degrees higher.
AL kinds Of business has fallen into state OF
soporiferousness. No gay crowds are seon standing
ut the corners Of the Streets as in winter and the
rues do Camp, de Chartres, ct de Royal, are no
longer thronged with the beauty aud fashion Of all
parts Of the Union, which but a few month, since
made them wear the appearance OF 8 gala day.
Towards evening, however our fairy formed creoies
steal out in all their lovcliness, to catch glimpse,
as il were, Of our magnificent sunsets, and for
hour or 90 to dsspate the dreay look Of streets
The sweet creatures rejoice within themselves Is
they pass down Royal street, that groups of un-
gallant and boorsb English cotton buyers and
brokers no longer seen standing in front Of the
Exchange, as is their wont in the business season.
to crowd them OF the sidewalk, and jostle them as
they pass, instead Of giving them tho way. As
these gentry are devoid Of natural po,itcness, |
think Il would not be bad idea, next season, TO
put up sign, especially BY the Post Office en-
trance, to the effect, that "the lades respectfully
request tho privilege OF the sidewalk, sometimes"
rs Mr.. Toodle would say.
Our Levee along the Mississippi rYer is the best
n1cafN0Uiaa (to coin world, or index Of the
rise and fall Of trade that know Of; for when our
streets are apparently deserted, and there are
signs Of business Of any kind being transacted,
there will Away be found some stir of life on the
Love-, and just in proportion 20 the advance or
decline Of the business season. At present there
are but few steamboats, at the landing, add no i'm
mense Iiles Of cotton and prodsce meet the ego,
in winter time There are also but few ships il
port, and the most Of these, well rs the packet
steamers which run IN the cotton trade, are laid
up the other side Of the river, awaiting the fall
bu-iness You may nov cross the Lcyec without
the icaI = being run over, having 70 wait half
hSur ~ line Of some CRY drsys to pas, which
generally rattle along at most furious rate.
Walking from the i.svoo 10 the New Basin, ir the
rear Of the Second Municipality, more signs Of life
and activity meet the eye, IA the way Of trade and
commerce, which b tDerslly lost sight Of. When
trade Of our coast on Lake Ponchsrtrain and the
Beghbording sesboard which Is here carried on, is
seldom thought Of, spoken Of in otion vita
IL large canal Of come seven miles in length,
Of which the Basin Is the head leads from the rear
Of the city TO Lake Poncharrain, and Is nayigated
by steamers and vessels Of from sixty 60 three
hundred tons. There Is also another canal in the
rear 0f the Eirst Municipality, called the Bayou ST.
John, but which y not in n very ur-shng con-
dition. The New Basin is to New Orleans what
the East river Is 10 New York, and will give you
an idea Of its commerce.
lts trade extends across Lake pontohartrsin to
Madisoryillo, l.Ousbu-g, Vaudeville, and Coying-
ton-ho urisbing towns in tho parish Of 81. Tam
many, and which contain many beautiful country
residences. Aso 10 Pearl and Pascaguols rivers, in
Mississippi. t. Mobile and sup the Alabama river
70 Monigomery-slong tho coast, eastward, to
Pensacola, Apalschicola, and other towns on the
coast Of Florida, and westward, to the Sabine
river, Galveston and ports on the coast Of Texas,
and 20 smpico and Vera Cruz, In Mexico. The
principal domestic articles of trade cotton, lum
Der, brick, charcoal, sand, shells, wood, tar and
naval stores generally. The number Of vessels en-
poyed IN this trade estimated from the clcarances,
" over 5,O0O-snd the aggregate tonnage 10000
tons. The number OF clearsnces from New Or
leans by the Mississippi river, foreign and coast
wise, in lsis, we're 2,-7i vessels, of an aggregate
tonsage Of Si 100 tons Since then, the commerce
Of New Orleans, which has entered by the Missi4-
sivpp river, has fallen OF, while that Of the New
Bssin bias increased. and shows difference only of
6ftccn Ter cent between the amount Of tonnage
cleared a year from New Orleans, By the river.
and that from the New Basin so much for the
inland trade of New OriearS at tho New Ia,sin
The steamship Winfield Scoti, which left here
yesterday, cauisa OF another large crowd Of our
citizens: and nenrly all those Who can leave their
business have made tracks North | think there are
more citizens O every class that have eft our
rancho the SUMMER han we're ever known before.
But, hot gthstsndins or deserted appearance, and
tie gloomy feelings that steal over bachelor.
when occasionally thinking Of the pleasures Of
Northern tor, there * q great deal Of fun 70 be
hsd hcfr set. We hfve dancing q. tho Varieties
every night, and delightful rides down the new
shell Road, and the old Bayou road, TO the Lake,
where crVskels, soflsheL crabs, aud pompino-s ss-