New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-10-11
NUMBER ls9
The Close of the Week,

1AN,'hef unaVorsble day for business was yester-
"''' "'s a'ogesher the week closes on large in
~ " ou great staple, though that increase ia
apuS 'aNeh from the market at prices of the most
hghly renlneratve character to the orotver hnt of
the most socitous feeling to our vener.b ba fror,d
over the water, who is harping about Tnd;a ahn,t
Algeria, and about Niger cotton The rece;ntz NJ cos
ton for the twenty-four hours ending at oooo 49,.
evening were, by the AcRae, 927 bales Cam frora
Carolina Landing, 2,315; Natchez, from Vicksbur(,
1850; Magnolia from Ficksburg, 34s9: Ianrs,
Hill, 55s Lucy Robinson, 573. Total, 1887 bales.
The receipts on the corresponding day last wear
were 9,191 bales. r
The arrivals of steamboats, for tine week have been
ortythree, all full loaded the arrivals of vessels
from sea twentyseven and the arrivals of coasters at
the Upper Basin seyenty-one. It is reported there
were some arrivals Of coasters at the Old Basin but
as that basin and canal are obsolete affairs it is sell
dom that we can peramhuate out that way, There
are arrivals daily at Port Pontchartrain of the mail
boats from Mobile and the coast boats from the sea
shore suburbs, Madisonvie and Covington All these
~ ~ 5sty; e7enigsfs M B;
docs have to come ove4 tie hacking.
Rallroad, which ought to be indicted as "a daneerp3s
highway. 1t is reported that the sco1ffpany has
lot OF new iron or rails on the. way, but some
months ago the yearly report of the company ad-
mltted that new rails and a. partial reaying Of the
road would be required to render some parts of the
road safe for The Athessqmmer raveling The summer is
past the harvest is gathered but the road is in stat
quo %
There il, another mysterious association iii the
Third District called the Mexican Gulf Railroad,
which, at its incipency, was intended to promote
largely the commercial interest of this city. We be-
ile"e It Is great accommodation to the citizens Of
ST. Bernard and tends largely to facilitate the trans
portation Of produce to the city. Through these
various channels to the lakes there are large receipts
of produce and large shipments Of merchandise. and
Western products which are never entered in the
general records or statistics of trade. --.-s t.t
The levee is well filled with the produce which we
have noticed from day to day, and if our worthy.
friend from Paris was in town, we should derive much
pleasure in meeting him on the Ieyee this evening
provided the weather. is fair about o'clock; and
argue with lin that Our good city is place and
though there are no little Princess, Felicianas;
and Natchcz's leaving once in two weeks Efof Bayou
Sara and Natehez, bringing from 800 TO 500 bales
cotton for load, we can point him to%the majestic
Natchez the stately Princess the magnificent Belfast
the modest Frank Lyon, the glorious Republic, with
the fond Hope and Others capable Of bringing 1000
to 5000 bales of the silky, snowy staple at load
and many other things would show themselves de-
serving Of as much notice any Of the attractions
appearing in Paris, London or Italy So ends our
,dottings this 10th October, 1856.