New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-20
Nsn @rItans 9aiIu Grsstsnt.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, ls5s.
Talk on Change.

Though the weather was fne yesterday, and o
general turnout the great thoroughfares the result
thereof there was very few heavy transactions trans
pired. On the levee there was the usual activity.
The old sugar depot looks In times OF yore, and
though there Is not much cotton at and near Canal
street, there was fair amount Of business going for
ward. The receipts Of cotton are not large. There
are many more boats employed in the transportation
this season, and the general Of the cargoes are
greatly reduced which in some measure accounts for
the great reduction in the number OF bales by each
boat from last season however, the crop will be
reduced one bat that will not send prices up to Is
cents, as expected by many planters. There were
symptoms observable yesterday on change that buy
ers will hold back. Many orders are discretionary,
and difficulties arise in negotiating exchange at high
figures. There is no doubt, however, that cotton at
present prices is safe investment, but to purchase
largely under the expectation Of great advance In
England, cannot be considered very safe, with the
present stock held in England. However, spinners
and spectators not going to have the control Of
the market or the trade. The Bears in NewYork can
issue their circulars weekly by cart loads il will not
change the OF the trade neither increase the
demand nor check the supply.
Western produce continues to arrive freely. Large
quantities to this market for transhipment to
Northern cities Entire ship loads of -four and pork
are cleared almost daily for New York and Boston,
that have come from Cincinnati and other places this
way, on account Of TIE low rate Of freight and
charges. There are no railroads yet built that can
compete with the Mississippi river will there be
any for generations to come. government gives
an acre Of land for each yard of rail to a road.
The mail failed yesterday from beyond Mobile or
some point, and will probably fail to-day.
1t will be some days before we have further intel
gence from Europe, unless Of the Havre steamers
should arrive. The next steamer from Liverpool will
be the Europa Of the 9th inst fully due between to-
morrow and Saturday at New York.
Too LATR-Dr. Samuel Bard, State Superintend-
ent Of Public Education sends us copy of his annual
report to the Legislature, but we find nothing in it
sufficiently interesting to justify extended notice,
in view Of the fact that cotemporary has already
published synopsis of it
| ORLEANS THEATER.- Tomorrow night, for the
second time, is to be produced Halevys new comic
| threeact opera, entitled Jaguarita, the Indian
Queen" The libretto is by NM Saint Georges and
DeLeuven, and is piquant piece Of French humor
the locality being Surnam the time that of the Dutch
and Indian war in that colony, and the characters
| Indians, negroes and Dutch soldiers. We find this
much-for were not able to be present at the first
representation, on Monday nightby perusal of the
libretto, for copy of which--of NJ. de Gournay's
translation and M. Schwetzer's publicaton--we are
indebted to Mr.. Lamothe the polite agent of the
theater. New sceneries have been painted for th'
opera by Mr.. Deyelle, and splendid new costumes
gotten up, for geographical locality and line o
characters new to the Orleans boards. The opera
too, is finely cast; Mime Colson taking the part o
JaguGritd, the Indian Queen; Nine Latouche tina
of Hera, the young creole mistress of the plantation
NJ. Debrinay that of Hector Pan TTomp, the Dutc
major; and MN. Holtzem, Dutasta, yinkel an
Villa, taking the other characters All this forms
unusual attraction, and doubt not that Jaguarita
will have a run here almost as great as it had il
Paris. Its first representation, on Monday night W
are assured by those who were present, was a grea
success.