New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-08-29

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movements yesterday amounting to actual transac-
dois other than the disposal Of sundry schooner loads
of lnnaher bricks, sand, wood etc, at the Basin Of
the Upper Canal These all essential ARTICLES il
The course Of trade, building and commerce and per
adyentu they NOT or caant as high as
stock bonds, cotton and eyertheless they are
The requisites which make up welfare and pros
perity Of any community Thesefa facts can be cleaned
daily from the assemhlage Of members Of the Me-
ohanics and Dealers Exchange on St Charles street.
Although we have nota long string or list Of stocks,
bonds, mortgages coal, railway and mining opera
lions to give to the public Jas constituting the inter
& change of views and ideas on Change in St. Charles
street, nevertheless there sound and solid sug
gestio1is made in that locality which may hereafter
redonnd to the general prosperity and good Of our
city Undoubtedly the nahobs and bigbugs will con-
gregae there after while particularly as it is with
iii stone throw Of speaking distance Of one Of the.
prominent clubs of our city. s.
gss in summing up what transpired yesterday,
we afs almost at loss to arrive at any satisfactory
result. Money is abundant and attainable. Cotton is
scarce and likely to be SO for weeks. Sugar is ad-
vancing and will in all probability so higher than it
has been for twenty years There is one consolation
in this matter, if the people do not choose to pay
high prices, they can 60 without, there is no com
pulson in the matter. Butt suppostons are growing
stronger every day that the crop Of this season will
not exceed 100000 hhds. This il a great falling off
from the great crop two years ago, 43l 900 hhds.
There have been large operations in the article,
going on in Boston and New York. but recently they
have been checked BY the increased scarcity Of money
But planters Of Louisiana and dealers in general need
mot lie under any apprehensions regarding the move
1t snents in Northern cities Boston, Salem and New
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York can import to any extent, Manila and other
sugars of East India growth; but who would use such
Il compounds Of trash dirt and filth as compose more
than oneha of the sugars that arelmported,
when they could obtain the pure and unadulterated
product of Louisiana even at 20 to % per cent
81 cost? ~ Szf
There were some arrivals yesterday via the river;
but the quantity of produce received was too limited
10 have any influence on the general market, The
receipts Of cotton were 1863 baes by the Bella Donna
from the coast below Fort Adams. The Frank Lyon,
from Vieksburg, due last and may have ar
rived after the pennng Of these remarks with fair
load of cotton but not sufficient to equal the receipts
5 on the 2sth Of August last year, which were Gs5
bales. sa4
There were several arrivals from sea yesterday
+ among them was tile steamship Empire City, from,
New York via Havana, with full freight from New
York To obyiate detention at quarantine, we learr
that this steamer reported as not having coaled q
Havana or brought any freight from that place foy
true this is we do not know but the quarantine au
h6rities are rigid as to enforce detention on vesse
from Boston because the cook had an attack Q
cholera morbus the good ship Empire City cannot ea
peet to- escape detention, unless tcan be shown tha
the passengers, captain and crew only looked at tn
Moro Castle and dofed their hats to Gen. Concha an
his adherents. Is this ship Empire City not owne
byGeorge Law and other Black Republicans Of Ne'
York who hate the South as Satan does holy water
These are questions propounded on Change, who ca
answer thenl2