New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-02
TALK ON ,oHANGE.

Though the sun was obscnred all day yesterday,
with rain threatening to fall every few moments,
there were great crowds Of citizens on the Streets
and several mournful professions were among the
events brought about BY the disasters which have
been duly noticed within the past week neverthe-
lens, the busy hum OF commerce was heard here and
there. The levee was particularly distinguished for
activity and briskness Vessels dscharging and load
ing. steamboats, arriving with good cargoes, and de-
parting every hour in the day. and 1atboats coming
in are the principal features Of the seven miles front
Of The city Of New Orleans at this time. The general
rood feeling observable at the opening of business
yesterday was strengthened by the intelligence
brought BY one Of the screwsteamers from Liverpool
of the 10th ult, arrived at New York. Adyces are,
both commercially and financially, as favorable as
could be expected politically they are no worse,
and to sum them up and shake them well, they are
not so bad as the Bears DESIRE They who look to the
quotations of consols as the great barometer Of
events, will observe that they exhibited more stead
ness, and that slight advance is reported Perhaps
the price Of consols has had good influence on our
cotton market since Friday last, and perhaps our
factors regarded them their value about as much
as they would prediction regarding the wind from
which quarter it will blow the LIST Of March, 1860
The Europa with the full weeks details up to the
10th, may be expected tomorrow at New York.
Our commercial columns will give particulars of yes.
terdayb transactions in cotton. The clearances have
been large for the past three days. which, with Others
will reduce the stock greatly this week. Among the
clearances or exports yesterday were vessels for
Russia, say ship Vanguard for Cronstadt, with 4l02
bales cotton ship F. B. Cutting for the same, 1888
for st. Petersburg, ships John Spear, R. B. Sumner
Castine, Patterson with II, 149 bales; bark Mary B.
Burch, for Rija with $50 bales-total 1884 bales
and for Gefle, Sweden, ship Adirondack, with zoos
bales This may be considered very fair days
clearance for the North of Europe and denotes that
England is losing its prestige and control of the cot
ton trade Of continental Europe which it has SO long
maintained. Notwithstanding the large vessels OBJ
structing the bar at the Southwest Pass, medium
sized vessels are working inward and outward every
day. We learn that the mud and sand are collecting
firmly around those vessels directly on the bar. If
Cat Island Harbor had been resorted to weeks ego,
the Mexican Gulf Railroad called into service to
transport cargoes to lighters at Proctorvle some of
the large vessels would have saved money by loading
at Cat Island where there is sufficient water and good
anchorage to float the Great Eastern say from SO
to 45 feet. Twenty-Five years ago this harbor was
suggested the anchorage for large vessels destined
for New Orleans
The further talk was Of the rise ia upper Red
river, which had reached Shreveport on Thursday
last We shall get all the cotton out Of Red river and
tributaries this season without doubt unless some
parties hold back for higher prices which will not
pay this year the next. The receipts at all the
ports now foot up 2,sl7,OO0 bales exclusive of
Charleston, Savannah and North Carolina for this
week from which there no later returns than the
18th ult.; consequently the figures of last Wednes-
day will govern from these points, as will appear by
our contemporary, the Price Current, this morning.
The great cotton trade is now developing itself from
day to day There is no interest now in tine excess
of receipts; that excess went up to 102l 600 bales
which was 100000 bales above the estimates of the
strongest and most obdurate Bears The mails failed
yesterday by both routes. Very fortunate Mr.. Post
master General Brown has not conferred privileges on
some contractors on third route, or we might not
be favored with any mails at ALL Some papers found
their way to our sanctum of last evening, printed in
New York on the 18th ult. The interesting private
correspondence from Europe by the Africa has not
yet arrived.