The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-17

TO The southwest, its prosperity and advance
ment, we condense for their information the Re
ceipts ofproduce at New Orleans during til
commercial year ending on the 3lst OF Angus
last Il presents most glowing picture oft
prosperity Of the Crescent City, and the enol
NOUS amount ofbusness transacted BY her mel
chants. The receipts OF cotton, from the Is
September, 1855, to the 31st August, $50
amounted to ,759, 1898 bales, against ,284, rs
last season. Ofthe receipts this season, 465
bales were received from the shipping points Oh
: lakes Pontchartrain, Borgne and Maurapas
1,l7o. 693 from Louisiana and Mississippi;5 1s'
from Florida; 379, 434 from North Alabam;
and Tennessee; 1o2, 154 from Arkansas; 81, o3
from Montgomery; So. 542 from Mobile; ant
: %, COL from Texas. In 1886 the entire cottor
crop Of the U. S. amounted to 800, 725 bales
of which 1885, 42 arrived at New Orleans Ir
1886, the total receipts from louisiana and
Mississippi were 454 $40 bales, which when
compared with the receipts of 1856 show thai
the crop, in these two States, has Increased in
ten years 716,851 bales, or over 1875 per cent
The receipts Of sugar, amounted to 1856. 281
hhds., against l9O, 035 the year previous. There
are 1899 houses in the State, viz in Rapides
parish, 81; Avoyelles, %: West Feciana, II;
Pomte Coupe, so; East Feliciana, 12; West
Baton Rouge, 81; East Baton Rouge, 81, her
vile, 1876; Ascension, IS; St. James, II; St.
John Baptist, 60; St. Charles, 81; Jefferson, "a;
Orleans and ST. Bernard, 25; Plaquemines, As;
| Assumption, 142; Lafourche interior, "A; Terre-
bonnie, 80; St Mary, l69; St. Martin, 67;Ver-
million, 10; Lafayette, 8; St. Landry, 81
The entire crop in Louisiana is estimated at
231 427 hhds.,. Of which 80, 852 were produced
in st. Mary. The entire crop in 1856 amount
ed to 70,003 hhds., and in 1916, to l48, 900,
The crop Of Texas, last season, is estimated at
from 5000 to 60o0 bids, against 10000 the
year before The receipts of molasses were
,172 bbls, against 81 / 900 last year The /
receipts of corn, 1890, 995 sacks sheled and
4l,924 bbls. in ear against 1,11O,446 sacks
and 1O,701 bbls lastyears. Flour, ,120, 974
bbls., against 673, III bbls. last year. Hides,
Isl ,431, against "a, 298 last year. Lime, west
ern, IS, 55l bbls. Hay, l22, 40 bales, against
"a ,29G last year. Lard, 40, 713 terces and
bbls., 1890 kegs. Lead, 80 694 pigs against
1854 pigs last year. Onions, 14,477 bbls.,
against II SOS last season. Bacon, 1877, 76O
TBS. bulk, SO, 454 casks, 2732 bbls and boxes,
and %, ISL hhds. hams. Beef 81 ,O59 tierces,
and 1900 lbs dried. Apples, 60, 449 bbls,
against 80, 523 bbls. last year. Bagging
1905 pieces, against 0,576 last year. Bale
rope, lol 1881 coils, against 50. 336 last year
Beans, 6753 hbls, against 1880 bbls last year. |
Butter, 80, 1l9 kegs and 1925 bbIs Cheese, =
42, 659 boxes. Candles, go, 1913 boxes against 5
56,383 boxes last year. Coal, 1000 Bbls. f
Hemp, Is, 8l8 bales. Oats, 587, 1870 bbIs and
acks, against 439, 978 last year Castor oil,
$50 bbIs; lard oil, 1881 bbls, Potatoes, G
80, $50 bbls., against 70, $50 bbls. last year. P
FORK, 7,48O. 584 lbs, 277, 841 bbls., 1928 bxs.,
nd 1898 hhds. Porter and ale, 1857 bills, u
gainst 1916 last year. Packing yarn, 1914 4
cells, against ITO last year. Soap, 1O,287 0
oxes, against 1853 last year. Talow, 1895 d
bis, against II bbls. last year. Tobacco.
5000 bids, against 50, 348 bbs last year. 81
'hewing tobacco, 3599 boxes Irvine. 1858 Il
undles, against 5249 last year. Whskey, II
48, 1853 bbls., against 1O8, 1854 last week.
heat, 500, 1874 bbs. and sacks, against 81 ,288 B
st year, The above comprises the principal + +,
rticles produced in the southwestern States, v
nd with the exception OF the cotton from the Y
kes, Mobile, Florida and Texas) were convey V
l down the Mississippi to New Orleans by
eamboats and flats, and valued atom hundred
I'd torty-iouF millions two hundred and fifty "
x thousand and eighty-o one dollars The cot $
n alone was worth seventy millions three P
lndFed and seventy-one thousand seven hun .
ed and twenty dollars. The sugar, sixteen
llIlons one hundred and ninety-nine thousand
ght hundred and ninety dollars. Molasses =
ur millions FIVE hundred and eghty-two -
ousand two hundred and forty-two dollars F,
the imports by sea, there were: Coffee, f'
'S'" ~ @E'th9 Abtos NO SdckS AuDd. aGaInSt
Is, 1873 sacks last year. Salt, I,033, 284 sacks r
Verpool and 7352a2 bushels Turks island.
.alnst SOB, 298 sacks Liverpool last season.
ne total imports Of f5reign merchandise, lin al
1ding 5l,775,143 specie, &c, amounted to til
u, l85,327. The exports to foreign countries or
1oun:ed o@80, SAT, 963; the exports to coast. Ia
seports, S29, 805, 473-total, s11O. 1853. 963: to
ing an increase of s27, go. 218 over the ex-
rts Of last year. The arrivals from sea were
43, viz: 874 ships, 375 barques, 26l briggs an
8 schooners and 234 steamships. Arrivals ny
'm the interior: 2I43 steamboats, and 653 'h
is. There arrived also at the new basin, IS IN
amers and 1850 schoones employed in the 10
ie, Alabama and Florida trade, and laden in e"
TT with $500 600 feet of lumber, 40 .958 'Fu
rds of wood, II ,559 600 brick, l45, $50 bbs, ITO
Id, 38, 500 bb's shells, 242, 900 bbs. char as
Al, lo,399 bbls. and 448O kegs tar, 26, All 90
Is rosIn, $50 bbls. turpentire, 4,797, 600 "a