New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-18
Talk ON 'Chanse-Cotton.

Although the season of the year might be con-
sdered as partaking of the usual stagnancy, yet on
our streets and thoroughtares it toerably lively
and active yesterday. There was one omission.
Aquarius did not pay US visit, though there was
slight sprnkng about sunset in the outskirts Of the
city towards Lake Pontchartrain. When the wind
hauls round to the northwest, we may look for dry
spell. s
The chief topic of remark, after the weather. is
cotton. We we had as lief it be cotton sugar,
sugar as anything else. ,i&
We learn that three of the five bales Of new cotton
received from Texas, are classed at middlng fair,
good color and staple--that l7a cents has been re-
fused for it, it being held at 20 CENTS Then three
bales were consigned to Messrs. Mcdowell Mills Il
Co. There is also one bale to Messrs. Coleman Put
man 4 Co., rather dull and dingy in Color sandy and
about middling, but of good staple. There is also
another bale somewhere, but we have not seen it.
As we intimated short time since, the picking in
Mississippi will not be general before the middle of
next month"; This is confirmed by letters received
yesterday from Natchez, Vicksburg and jackson.
We shall have something to say in our next about
our friend Mr. Bulls prospects for supply of cotton
to the end of the year. Those Surats which have
been SO much harped on by the bears are no where,
and should the troubles in India continue the ques
tion may be propounded, 'how much cotton can be
expected from that section before the 1st of March
next to arrive in Liverpool"
It's surmised on Change that branch of the New
York Board Of Brokers has been established in Mont
gomery, Ala. We take the following from the Mont
gomery Mall of the 10th inst The writer thereof is
evidently backing down. Six weeks ago his est.
mates were 1900 900. Six weeks hence accord ingly,
| they will be 100000, and six weeks following we
shall expect another estimate with further deduc-
| ton. We shall see:
CRop PROSPECTS. Intelligent planters tell us that
! with favorable fall the crop of all this section of
Alabama will be very large indeed. Somehow or
other, although cotton got a poor start and appa-
rently a very, bad stand, yet it has caught up
amazingly. Even the long-continued rains, usually
very injurious have so far proved to be highly advan
| tageous. The weed has got the size it needed aud
| the shedding which usually follows wet weather
seems likely to be missed. There is we are told by
one of our largest planters an mmensty of fruit on
4 the weed and large amount might be dropped and
| leave more than an average crop.
Taking the opinion and accounts of the most intel
gent cottonraisers as the basis of our calculations
we cannot avoid the belief that the crop is likely tt
exceed an average, considerably. No part of th'
| country was more affected by the disasters of th
spring than this and yet we are bound to admit tina
prospects are now highly favorable Ii so, here, VIII,
should it be different elsewhere? Our guess for tn
crop is 100000. Montgomery Mail, 10th inst.
We shall be extremely obliged to some of the intel
gent planters, and the most intelligent cotton raiser
alluded to above for their views on the first of tn
next month (September)
We cannot in no way acquesce in the above re
marks, and shall remain in great doubt no tribula
tion, for we know Is to 20 cents per h. will bring tn
cotton question out plump and straighD but paus
to learn where those intelligent cotton rasers reside
Antelope" was in Paris the last we heard of him
but we begin to think he has come over in balloon
and landed within the precincts Of Montgomery.
There was very little done yesterday on the streets
and very little on the levee. The Cairo mail packet
Rapdes, with full freight and good run of pas
sengers left at the nsnal hour last evening. Accord
ing to contract another steamer ought to be in read
ness to leave for Cairo this evening with the mails
If we are ever to have a daily Western mail, it
about time it should be in operation, and is wante
just much at this season OF the year as any othe