New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-17
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH II. 1857.
Neh ORLEANS 1ailu Crestent,
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1857.
Talk on ,Chanse-General Items.


1t was active yesterday on the streets. In fact,
Canal Royal, Chartres, and not overlooking our own
locality, Camp street, crowded. There were no
signs of grass sprouting though it is the season for
flowers and blossoms An active business is going
on in spite of the evil and tyrannica legislation at
Baton Rouge. There are only few more days left
for our present lawmakers to exhibit their envy
against the city. In the meantime commerce will
flourish usual and after the adjournmentw we expect
general trade to flourish still more. We have not
heard Of any resolution being introduced to change
the course of the Mississippi river and make it run
towards the Rocky mountains. .,.
There have been numerous arrivals of boats within
the last forty-eight hours, with live stock on
board. We have not heard, however, of the boats
being compelled to land brought to at Baton Rouge
by the great gun Of the Capitol to compel owners OF
the stock to obtain pass to come to New Orleans
and sell their cattle. Our legislators have omitted
one essential and important pont-that is, to enact
statute compelling every boat that descends the Mis-
sssipp to stop at Baton Rouge and the captain and
passengers to obtain passports to come to New Or
leans and superintendent and deputies on the
levee at all times, take description of every per
son landing. 1t is astonishing that this important
feature of the season has been overlooked. -
1t is hardly necessary for to say that the good
weather yesterday tended to enliyen all branches o
trade. Cotton continues in good request, though not
so active as to lead to the expectation that Mddngs
will go up to fifteen cents by the 1st April. As the
lst March has passed without that price being real
ized those of our friends who would not agree with
us when we told them, in January, there not the
remotest chance of that figure being attained by thai
time, must be convinced that were correct il
our assumptions. The future is still obscure may
have warm and mild spring, which will give goot
stand to the crop for which the ground is being
prepared at the same time the grand point con
| sumption in Europe, overshadows all collateral ques
tions. We, however, believe that there will be bu
very little land, heretofore devoted to sngar, turne
into cotton. The great amount of tonnage in port
with many heavy vessels expected, is tending great
to support the cotton market. We are now to re
ceve supplies of cotton from Upper Red river goo
deal from the borders of Lake Bsteneau and col
siderable from the vicinity of Lake Soda. From th
Ouachita there is not much more to come frol
Arkansas river, very little from the Yazoo river an
branches there are few thousand bales, and son
4 thousands from Memphis. We want, however, in al
$50 900 bales more to help out the maximum est
mate say 100000 bales. The question is, is thel
that number of bales in the country bordering Q
the Mississippi river and branches? If any one hi
more information on the subject than ourselves, "
shall be happy to receive it. .. Pc , y