New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-04

1t was Fillmore, Buchanan and the election today
on the streets yesterday It the absorbing topic
enquire OF cotton broker how cotton was going and
the reply would be, how is Buchanan, what of S
dell, how about Pierre Soule, Fillmore and all this
that and the other? So, it was about as perplexng
10 ascertain what was going on in commerce and
trade as it would he to define the number Of bales Of
cotton OF 40 pounds each which will be received in
this market this season. Money brokers were rasci.
Die, from the slack amount OF paper oering exchange
and bill brokers were puzzled to account for the
downward tendency in exchange; stock dealers
wondering how to make raise or a shave. Real
estate operators whstling for buyers-wel they
may when asking Is to 25 per cent advance over last
year prices for both improved and vacant property
Real estate propretors appears have yet to learn
hat low rents and reasonable prices are to be attrac-
1--we ictafes in New Orleans Ask high prices for lots
Oh ground exact rents equivalent to 20 or Is per cent
per annuEn interest, and mechanics, artisans and
ahorcrs will be compelled to GEEK other localities for
houses and investment.
Whether, however, the result of the election today
is to have any influence this or that property:
whether rents will rise Or fall, stocks and bonds 20
up Or 60 down; the Bank Of France suspend Or not
co'Ion 60 mp to - to 10 cents down to to TO- was
not thought Of on change. It was Fillmore and Bu-
"''a'iaA VI huchahan and Fillmore. There one
opnon, the Union was considered safe and that the
Mississippi river will not entirely dry up this season.
though but few boats arrived yesterday with large
loads of cotton among them we notice the great
Memphis packet, John Simonds, with half of a load,
say, 2570 bales; the Montgomery, from Alexandria.
with l0j7 Capitol, from Fishers Landing. 725
c, D., Jr G7 by the Jackson Railroad AS bales. On
Sunday and Saturday the receipts were 10l26 bales.
making in all since Saturday morning up to o'clock
P. N. yesterday, IA 800 bales.
The arrivals from sea were to fair extent sufi-
cient to keep treights from advancing. Among the
arrivals was the Mnna Schiller from Brazos St. Jago
bringing IS G3j Mexican dollars which have come to
good market : not, however, to market where
money Is IN request, but to one where buyers and
dealers are paying New York prices.
The ship Sebastian Cabot, Capt. Watts from Liver
pool for this port, put into Queenstown Ireland on
the fth October leaky from damages sustained in the
gale on the 2stb September. She was ordered to:dis-
charge for repairs So it will be uncertain when she
VIII arrive here In the meantime the consgnees of
| the cargo can prepare for a heavy average bond.
Vessels are arriving weekly (and some two Or three
per weelO at Boston from Calsltta bringing more or
less of gunny cloth and gunny bags, and from the
quantities of each on the way, we do not think cot
ton will 90 without covering this season. nor grain be
| prevented from coming to market for want Of bags
or sacks. In the meantime, some one from the other
side Of the change room inquiries about Fillmore and
| Buchanan. -: