The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-30
Our New Orleans Correspondence.

NEW OSLEAHs, March IL, lt5S.
Activity Of Busness-Pyob Extent Of the Cotton
Yifid- Rc-opsning the Slaue 7rade-hs support
srs-7h. Pearl Riusr Story q" Canard'-A Mem
Orleans Poper Publishing w. II. Sercard's
Spssch, &c.
/ find New Orleans very little changed from
what il WAS when knew II in former years The
same glad welcome il extended % the new c,mer
the same hearty shake Of the hand, and hearter IN
yitstion to take drink" % Of yore; and the busy
Levee. with its piles upon piles Of cotton sugar.
whiskey lard and grain in all its forms, and miles
upon miles Of ships, steamers and river craft echo
ing with the sounds of busy industry.
1 am told that business this season, though no.
quite 70 good the last one, has stl been large,
aud sales Of imported goods have been quick at re-
muneratipg prices. The rivers have all had q good
stage of water for navigation, that the country
traders have been able to get their supplies early.
ard the planter to send his crop forward early if he
chose 10 do 10. In this respect learn that the cot
ton planters have not been ~ active as In former
years. The cotton has been held back, partly from
want OF confidence in the commercial stability Of
the city factors and merchants, and partly from q
belief that prices would rally again from their
cent depression. II u now beginning t. come
m
the interior duringzx the last two weeks
have very laI.,ly exceeded those OF last
wear Ar 10 the pTupabl. extent Of the yield ut col
ION this year opinions vary exceedingly, oGyers ria
ming 10 tie extreme Of u large, and sellers 10 that ~
a small crop. The remark has fiequeltly been made
io me. how ever. that the knowing ones are oettly
ON not more than one hundred thousand bales lea
than the latt CROP" The tone OF the business CON
mup,y 20 far a. can judge from an intercourse Of
two days with my old scqnaintances here, Is healthy
and huoyant. go
Daring my travel here 1 have found new public
question .orking io the minds OF the Southern
people There is much talk about reOpening the
tlaye trade sad admitting negroes from Africa, APP
prentic,d to labor Tor term oi years. These ideas
are entertained mostly by class ct people VINO
deem that true devotion 10 the interests the South
consists in supporting everything that n opposed m
the North They belong tn the same class OF i'm
practical ultraists Who headed by Jefferson DAVIS,
insisted against every natural law Ut population. and
every motive OF interest policy, In endeavoring "
carry negrtes into Kan as, which they succeeded IN
doing. after two years OF ex.raora'n..y ag.auoa's
some 1900 on each one. The thinking men ~ the
South, however, AID the largo portion .. the pep
ple do not hold 20 these views. They have never
cared fg for Kansas, nor do thcy now desrc q re
opening OF tho ssve traoe Ut sn imPor'8''oh VI Nv
These measures. however. are advocated by the
DGia of this city and the Ms"s''pptdn Ut Jackson
both Of which Journals belong to Senator DAVIS :
getting DegIoes from Africa somehow or other, mas
been formed, hut the enthusiastic ultraisfs comps
ing II have not yet given Themselves the troube oi
working out the details of their scheme they con,
fine themselves exclusively ~ the high principles OF
the mcnt, and 90 on planting cotton to supply
the mills II Yankee Lowell and British Manchester.
The story that cargo OF negroes had been import
ed ut Pearl river. la the State " Mississippi, was
cororo ~ the hr-t water-p1re Sieve CANNON.
H. the Legislature OF thl- State act haa passed
the lower house, AMI been favorsbly reported upon
In the Senate egazing the slave trade with Area.
II will probably 20 no farther, common sense has
stepped In ~ the Senate VI Louisiana from the
folly of passing II. These gentlemen have remembered
that by an act ot Congress the slave trade Is piracy.
| and that Judge McUaleb, of the federal District
Court would have to sentence t. be hung every
captain mate and sailor of the slavers AZ iast "a
| they arrived here. In this movement Louisiana ha-
been INIT ating the factions example ~ Massachusetts
in endeavoring ~ legisste down the federal laws
You may ak how II comes that the Louisiana lie.
| ptlsture does these things in opposition TO ,e
| wishes of the true majority Ut the people Of tue
Slater II arises from the fact that the capital ut TIN,
state II located at Baton Rouge, small town some
100 miles from this city, and IN consequence of IL,
isolation from the true centre ct business and spcs,
Movements men of ability, who generally have some
| other matters to attend to- besides those of State
legislation will not accept the nomination for cleo
cn te the state Legislature; and these left open
| almost entirely 10 the young men, who have nothng
else 10 attend to. and few wlreworkiug politicians
| who humor the whims OF the inexperienced mem
hers in order 10 gain their own ends IN other things
! This tact is genersiy Acknowledged by Louisianan-
of oil opinions who regret its existence but iau "