New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-06-30
4 Ta,k,on ,chanee and Steamships.

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Talleon Change and steamships'
For the season of the year it was pretty lively yes
tsrday on our streets, and brisk at the steamboat
landing. The receipts Of Western produce for the
past three days give us the most encouraging pros
poets. 1there were any prospects OF short crop or
any brightness at all perceivab.e in the West there
would not be SO free disposition to make shipments
hither The plain state Of the is that the faciii
ties Of transportation to foreign countries aud even
coastwse, are so great that Western railroads and
the lakes, where two or theee Or more transhpments
are required cannot compete with the great highway
Missippippi Though it may be ruinous to ship
owners to carry -four hence to New York and other
Northern ports at the very reduced figures Of %
per barrel yet the rate of feights hither have
been correspondingly enhancedin fact the situation
Of the freighting business is reversed Good paying
prices are obtained on ainward freighs and ruinous
low rates for outward. Possibly this remark may not
extend or apply to only regular packets, with the
steamships plying between our port and Northern
cities. De
We are sanguine that 80 cents per foot from New
York. as paid to steamships, with good run OF pas
4 sengers, must be a paying business The city OF
Charleston supports line of four steamships and the
city Of Savannah three trading regularly to New
4 York. There is salso line of two steamships between
Savannah and Philadelphia. Between New Orleans
I;.as ,h;oh n Il, 90 t,;co month While
Congress every year votes and gives away millions OF
acres of the public domain for the benefit Of railroads.
with their tens of thousands of aduncts and specua
tors would it be too much for our community to ask
the appropriation Of few hundred thousand dollars
to be employed in establishing mail steamers with
France and England? Every little insignificant rail-
roaa cor,oro,;er Tho directors of which having a
stoa, IS roo nd hrass con obt.;n nnb,ic
.nds ~ almost j., andesa axtent Tho great CITY Of
NJ. o,,oars ,s. nou.- ho5 dollar annronrated
tovoras en.orra o;no dract intercourse with Fmrope
.,; ;as 80 rhat iii
D"o w "''t '"AS . i.' N@ ~
to be the course OF Congress- we peheVe IL is o the
Enrone should he more liberally encouraged The
English and French Governments are both making
liberal appropriations towards ocean steam navga-
tion. The owners of American steamships find it
very difficult to compete with these foreign steam
companies In fact. unless Congress extends at least
the same liberality towards American steamers en-
Moved in mail service or enlarge the scope of COM
:, munication with the large cities in Europe say
Havre Rremen and the town of Iiyerpool, one.half
Of the present American tonnage will be driven from
the ocean. The iftytwo screw and paddle steamers
now running from England, Scotland Hamburg, Bre
n -, 49,, rIo,,ro 1,;l bo ;pcrAosoa in onotbar vear
Already are the spend sailing vessels being forced
A4ieauy aie tho spohuiu s"'ii.s ' e os~N
out OF business. Our telegraphc adVlces OF yesterday
paye ,s the arrival of one of their screw steamers
I: 1.-THE Indau) at Quebec in ten DAYS from Liverpool
This is very short PASSAGE ana serves 10 strehgneL
onr views that an aDnropriation of at least $500 0(
q. ba so,;o;+od from, conoress tn establish m.
Se - ! - .az ,.. 49,. ~.
80 T,,ano A. onr .ood St,ta b,s in most instan
s -. - ~ o., ,,,;th .,1s ond n;clinrs r,.