New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-26

Talk on Change.


The great activity in business, the large crowds
and gatherings of citizens and strangers, the i'm
mense quantities of produce arriving at our landings
which have been the theme of remark every day of
this week-seemed to increase yesterday. Canal
street was perfect jam from an early hour in the
day till towards night. Our great Boulevard will at
this time vie with any street in America. Wall street
and Broadway New York, do not show the activity
and liveliness which pervades our chief avenues, nor
do the wharves of the East and North river (with
steamers and vessels from every part Of the world)
exhibit the trade in amount which is now going for
ward in this city. The weather furnishes much for
comment in the way Of casual remark. Visitors and
nonTesidents exclam, do you call this your winter p
Yea we do call it our winter and possibly, with some
occasional cold snaps, we may have similar weather
for three or four months to come. Here we are, not
twenty-five days from the termination of a severe
epidemic aud it is not out of the way to assert that
our population has increased forty thousand persons,
and more adding to it daily. We may well talk of
our wonderful city, its vast and varied alurements
and inducements, exnlt in its natural position and
advantages for commerce, its unriyalled credit and
solVency its commercial and financial standing with
cut blemish or a stigma. The talk among visitors
of observation and intelligence is, that we are
wonderful and astonishing community. Our charita-
bic aud benevolent associations and institutions the
thousand acts of aid aud assistance to the destitute
and needy, are talked of in the most commendable
manner, and in future it will be sufficient for resi-
dent to say, am citizen Of New Oreans,'' to
command esteem and admiration wherever he may
happen to CO.
In the busy haunts of business, incidents and
events of the late epidemic brought forward. II
the constant din and turmoil of daily trade our re
turning merchants cannot but be reminded of many
they left behind full Of hope, confidence and energy
now numbered with the departed. The God of Nam
mon does not yet rule supreme in the daily talk
1t was active and lively on Cnrondelet street. and
Camp street can come in for a share of the general
brskness The talk is, that all that is wanted fol
Camp street to maintain its supremacy is the taking
up the cobble stone pavement and relay it witt
square blocks of stone. The city authorities undeI
the last statutes regulating the pavement OF streets
cannot act without the application and action of thu
property holders. Should the project for laying
railway through the street be carried out the repair
ing of the street should be chief point in the i'm
provement
Carondelet street will undoubtedly be repaired err
ong-the cotton trade can bear the expense, thougi
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udng to cotton we have to remark on another active
day. the sales yesterday being fully equal to the twt
previous days with some talk of larger operations
Among the items and talk was sale of sixty bales o
Dean cotton very superior staple, silliy-aAla fn
COLOR almost equal to the best of Sea Island, whicl
was sold at fifteen cents per lb. These sixty bale
were raised in the Parish of St Landry in this State
St. Landry Parish has been heretofore deemed o
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the raising Of stock than cotton. If its planters cal
turn out yearly such cotton as the sample before us
it will soon take the highest stand in wealth, as i
does now in population. There are vast tracts 0
good cotton and sugar lands in this parish not yet re
deemed from their original state.
The mails came through yesterday from New YorI
by both routes, with dates of last Saturday. Tn,
Cauada.s mails ought to be along this morning. Th
Africa of the 18th was not reported having arrived
at New York yesterday. We are, however, gettin!
along very well without any additional intelligence
Tehuantepec is doing subscriptions to the stocl
are going on satisfactorily. The Philadelphia, from
Havana and New York, is fully due to-day. Sh
cleared from New York on the l7th inst.
nseNews and miscellaneous on third page
REPoRT OF THE WAR DEPARTyENT.-It is under
stood that the War Department report of Secrear
Floyd will not recommend any radical change in tn
present organization of the Army. Utah matter
will be treated of at length aud the great eXpend
lures attending the expedition will be accounted fol
The expenses Of the Quartermasters Department 70
the past fiscal year have been $9tll ,276 of whicl
nearly five millions were on account of Utah. Th
Quartermaster's estimate Of expenses for the mex
fiscal year foots up S. SOGG8 8OO$6 9l2 600 being pu
down for expenses proper; $l,l29,sOO for clothin
and camp equipage, and $4,000 for contingenGie.
More than one.half the amount required is necessar
for transportation and the Secretary ofWar will pre-
sent statements to establish the superior economy
railroad transportation for the Government
SINGULAR Accidental girl, IL years old, lost he
life in New York few days ago by falling upon
pair of scissors, which pierced the jngplar vein.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. estimates of e2
penditure in the Navy Department of the next fsca
year, for the Navy proper, amounts to $l3 100000,
million less than those of the current year So tha
no large increase of force in any quarter can b
contemplated at present.
A MECHANICAL CUmOsITY.-A man in Buffalo
New York, wears a most rare and ancient cnriosit
in the shape Of wooden watch, only one hundre
and Gfty-six years old 1t was made by Casper Gla
Stetten, in Switzerland, in 1712 The pinons an
verge are of stccl the barrel, main and scope wheel
are composed of brass, and SO is the balance. Th
rest of the watch is entirely of wood, including tn
case
SENTENCED TO DEATH.-A man named Flynn wa
convicted of murder, at LOckport, N. Y last Sprinf
but was sent to the Utica Insane Asylum. He ha
been discharged as of sound mind, and is sentence
to be hung on the 7th of January.
CAROLINA TAR in quantity is offered for sale b
Mr. Alfred Kenrny p ,gazine We refer adve