The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-19
New ORLEANS. give our readers some
dea Of the vast amount oftrade which the Mis-

a'osiPPs aHu us tTioutdIies convey 10 the Tres
cent City, We give the receipts Of tie leadin
articles at that port during the year ending d
the 5lst August last, viz: Apples, 3552s bbl
bacon, 40787 casks, 1892 boxes, 232, 900 fb:
in bulk, and 32s7I hhds. hams; bagging, &C, 81
pieces; bale-rope, 95,356 coils; beans, 1859
bbls; batter, 1873 frkins and 1O17 bbls
/ beeswax, al bbls; beef, 1899 bbls., 967
tierces and %, $50 lbs. dried; corn-meal, e2
bbls; cotton 1884, 1853 bales, against 44o, II
fyear previous; corn, 10, TOT bbls in the ca
and 1 ,1l0,446 sacks of shelled; cheese, Is, e4.
boxes; candles, S. 83 boxes; coal, ,0l8, oOi
bbls; dried fruit. 1852 bbs; feathers, JOS
bags; flour, 673, III bbls; furs, 800 bundles
glassware, 1884 packages; hemp, 1888!
bales; hides, "a, 298; hay, 70, 971 bales; lard
l44o36 tierces and 1896 kegs; leather, 55Os
bundles; lime, (western,) 1928 bbls; lead
10, 5l4 pigs, SOL packages bar; oats, 4S9, 97e
bbls. and sacks; molasses, 100000 gallons
onions, II ,665 bbls; castor oil, 2617 bbls: lard
Oil, 1882 bbls; potatoes, 70, $50 bbls; pork
e75,893 barrels, 1853 tierces, 3067 hhds.,
and 6,263, $50 TBS. in bulk; porter and ale,
1917 bbls; packing yarn, 1928 reels; rum,
1850 bbls; deerskins, 493 packages; bearskins,
Is packs; shot, 3435 kegs; soap, 1888 boxes;
slaves, 100000; sugar, 346 635 hhds., (pre-
y1ous year, 449, 1874 hhds.;;) moss, 47ee bales:
tallow, I'll bbls; tobacco, 1862 hhds. leaf
8lO9 hhds. strips, and 2548 hhds stems; chew
ing tobacco, 4 So boxes; Irvine, 3249 bundles;
vinegar, 1926 bills; wbiskey, 1o8,854 bbls.,
against l2s,925 bbls. the year previous, J
wheat, 31,288 bbls. and sacks; and sundry
other articles valued at 100000, making
Che total value of the imports from the west,
SLY, 106,8 1923; against S115, 1886, 78e the year
previous. This shows that, Notwithstanding
The great falling off in the crops Of cotton, SUI
gar, naolasses, corn, ETC., there was large in
crease IN the recei pts of domestic produce
Ot the cotton crop, 800, AL bales were receiv-
ed BY the Vicksburg packets, of which II 1876
bales arrived on board steamer Southern Belle;
E88, 40l bales by the Memphis packets; and
IS, 116 bales by the Lake Providence, Prince
on and Grand Lake boats. During the year
fcrc were 2606 steamboat arrivals from the
Interior OF these, $40 were from Louisville,
Cincinnati and Pittsburg; 419 from st. Louis;
a55 from Bayou Sara; 657 from points below
Bayou Sara including the Lafourchc, Attaka-
'as and Opelousas; al from the Tenness{ he and
rivers; 1 8 from the Ouaoh ta; IS
ROM the Yazoo; 68 from Red River; ana only
igbt from the Arkansas. In addition tolthese
Il fatboats arrived from the west, 2R8 of I
3ich were from Pittsburg, 1874 from Indiana. T.
from Ohio, 48 from Kentucky, and 81 from t.
e Cumberland river. The arrivals from sea t.
mounted to 1917, including 73l ships, 255 c
|rques, 1870 briggs, 1926 schooners, and 225 tt
eamships. This does not embrace the steam c.
5 and sea craft on the lake, nor the vessels IN
gagged in the coast trade above and below the 81
y. Among the receipts by sea, we find az
l, 1873 sacks of Rio and 1887 sacks of Hava- 1t
coffee, (against 229,66o sacks of Rio and I'll
SGT of Havana last season;) COS, 298 sacks In
Liverpool and 382,298 bushels of Turks tt
md salt. az
Ike Price Current, in its remarks on the bus al
SIS of the past season, observes that: NJ
Up these causes for the reverses of 1915, W
must, add the more serious injury to our flu
anerce from the pro:racted low stage of the CO
ers, by which our usual supplies are receiv- s}
from this may be traced most of the mis- .
upes suffered by several of our cotton and Is
acdo factors and western produce houses last SIC
ter and spring, and the subsequent paralz- tn
dimnutlon Of our trade. While we bow to an
pfovldential dispensation, it is manifestly
duty to regard it as lesson which, like all
liar events, reveals to us important truths, tia
n which we should learn wisdom; and which w.,
uld inspire lis with determination to profit W
the history ofthe past and adopt such means GU
nay be necessary to guard against their re- TIL
renee" M
'Wizhout entering into detail, for which we fl,
e no room, it is only necessary for us to no
gest to our readers an enquiry into the rela- ~
position III which we would now be placed we
extensive ramifcation of railroad commu- tn;
'tion had obviated most of the evils to which M
have referred and what would have been bo
result of the years business had the pro- -
e, SO long locked up, by suspended nav ga s"'
, III the western and southwestern States, era
'hed US In due season, and passed forward otl
S regular course to the various markets of tor
world. How many sacrifices would have a.,
saved! How many suspensions been pre- -
ted! How many of our best houses who
still laboring to clear the wrecks of their
ner fortunes, would now stand as firm, erect, ors
proad as ever, in the full enjoyment of ali POI
r former solidity and creditl'' B.
But this lesson is not applicable to our suf- M,
1g mercantile friends alone Their misfor -.
IS have spread disaster and real SUFFERING ue'
ughout the community, and not only the Ii
erai trade Of the port, but all the interests but
eal estate, have suffered in consequence sou
heslce reduced rents, the decreased de- mo
d fol- dwellings, and warehouses, and the 49,,
ease of taxation rendered necessary by the P0i
ease in value of taxable property, as well on
y increased expenditures by the city gov tor
nent, could all have been prevented, to be
ter OF less extent, by the completion of the TIL
nal improvements which our people have ~
srtak; IN or projected The subject is SO sug- ,"0
we, that no one, whether he be merchant lev
landlord or tenant can foil to eoo diti