New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-08

yesterday, failed from beyond Baltimore. The mail
due the day previous came through with dates from
New York to the 31st inst.
CorToE.-The receipts Of cotton for the twenty
four hours ending at 6ocock last evening were, by
the Magnolia, 2524; Princess, 1850 W. G. Young,
from White Oak Shoals, 925 Rapides, from shreve-
port, 697; Mary Bess, from Opeousas, 401; G. Jr,
from Bayou Sara, 81. Total, 4,719 bales. Sugar,
1875 hhds holasses, 74I barrels. s
Total receipts of cotton since Saturday morning. in
elusive, 10, O09 bales
BUsTNEss-There was no falling off in general
business operations yesterday. The arrivals Of steam
boats continue numerous MS ever so do those of fat
boats all heavily loaded with the rich products of
the West Everything tayors trade just at this mo-
ment all facilities for transportation are at hand at
low rates Of freight exchange readily negotiated
money abundant; in fact, all the appliances of
great and growing trade are at the disposal Of all who
desire to patronze our market.
Notwithstanding the letters by the Canada from
Europe, which came to hand yesterday, were of a
depressing nature the effect partial and on only
low qualities Of cotton There is not great quantity
of cotton now in first hands, The cottonpresses and
warehouses are being cleared very fast The decline
in freghts encouraging speedy shipments the greater
part Of the stock reported on hand is shipboard,
and the next ten days, if the present good
continues will witness heavy clealanees and large
reduction ii the reported stock.
The boats which have arrived since Saturday from
Red river, bring only half loads boat in particu-
lar instead Of 1900 bales, only brought 156 another
4l6, instead Of l50o and the great boat, r. w Pow
ell only half load !; and we learn that cotton is now
brought from Shreveport at fifty and seventy-iye
cents per bale freight instead of the usual and Gus
tomaly charge of dollar and fifty and two dollars
per bale and at these reduced rates Of freight boats
can only get half loads. Now, whether planters pre-
fer keeping their cotton in warehouses to look at in
preference to sending it to market at fifty cents per
bale freight and receiving for it from nine to ten and
a half cents per pound is question upon which we
donot pretend to hazard an opinion. If there is SO
great quantity as 100000 to 100000 bales to
to market out of the Rviere Rouge, we should
suppose that it would be coming to market in much
greater ratio than it has for the past week We are
informed there are only about five thousand bales
in and about Shreveport to be shipped This may be
SO, and may not be 50. Perhaps feights have got
low that planters may be holding back to have their
cotton brought to market for the honor of it, and
their passage thrown in. In the meantime, the re-
ceipts from Vicksbnrg, and out Of the Yazoo and
from Memphis, keep well up; but many buyers of
cotton, by their movements, seem to think that the
story will soon be told or they would be paying more
regard to the last Liverpool adyces, which appear to
indicate that the consumption is fast increasing
the production and this undoubtedly is what susains
our market at this time. So far, so good.