New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-12
Nsh @rIeans 4ailp Gresttnt.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER u, 1859.
TALK ON 'CHANGE.

TALK ON 'CIIANGE. |
Our streets and great thoroughares are beginning
to be crowded, aud folks of almost every class and
profession congregate here and there. The great
levee from Canal street upward is crowded with
produce being discharged, and merchandise being
shipped. The talk is, and observe it, that large
share of the merchandise shipped for the interior
up the country, termed consists of goods, wares,
and 80 on purchased in Northern cities, received
here by vessels for forwarding to the several destined
places. There was some activity on the lower land.
ing that is, from Canal street downward. The dry
weather enables the contractors for filling up the
batture to progress with great rapidity; and the
great sugar interest will have cause for complaint
from want of room SO soon as the filing up is COM
pleted There was more activity observable yester.
day on Tchoupitoulas, Poydras, and New Levee
streets. Western merchants, traders, and dealers in
general, connected with that great branch of bus-
ness appear to be in good humor, ready to move or
operate give little time or credit on sales particu
larly to good and sound traders, though they make
their returns in cash. The stocks of Western pro-
duce reported to be greatly reduced throughout
South Alabama, Western Georgia. and Florida. The
further talk was, the late and present dry weather
has had most remarkable and favorable effect on
the cotton YIELD and that if frost keeps off for fifteen
ortwenty days, there will be much cotton gathered
as last year, and in some instances much more.
There several gatherings on Carondelet street
and envrons yesterday, discussing the great topics
Of the day-cotton China war, prospect of this falls
picking, and so on--interlarded, now and then, by
some most awful predictions Of low prices for King
Clifton; in fact, they seemed disposed to treat the
sovereign with some dsrespect, because some sand
and dust, nicely packed and marked, has been sold
in Liverpool at three and threefourths to four pence
per pound. Nevertheless, there was good feeling
in favor of the staple prevailing yesterday; that is
at l05 cts per pound for Middng, free Of dust and
sand and sales were talked of reaching in extent to
any days sales of this season. The readiness with
which exchange is sold and the facilities for nego
tiaton attending transactions, give to the general
cotton mai ket most favorable support.
There continue to be received every week com
plants of false packing of cotton, discrepancy in
marks on bales loss in weight, and other grievances.
Ship owners and ship masters have been compelled
to pay for short weight, difference in quality arising
from change in marks, which have been in some
instances obterated by heavy rains having fallen
the cotton while in course of shipment The talk
was that these grievances have been multiplying
from year to year, which has led to movements to
take the matter into consideration. preliminary
meeting was called for last evening at the Chamber
of Commerce, which was very numerously attended,
the room being crowded, evincing great interest in
the matter involved, as the credit and character Of
our city sin furtherance of the object contemplated
The meeting was organized by calling Mr.. ]. P.
Labouisse to the Chair as President, and Mr.. j.
Kruttsehnett as Secretary. The meeting being duly
organized its objects stated, and after some short
and pertinent remarks in support Of the views and
feelings of those present and the purposes of the
meeting, the grievances having been read by the
Secretary, it was resolved to appoint committee to
draw up and enunciate the disabilities and grievances
under which buyers and shippers of cotton labor
and propose remedies that will result in protecting
not only their interests but enhance the and
dealings of the cotton trade the committee to report
| at the meeting adjourned to the 25th inst.
| In looking over the clearances at the Custom.
House yesterday. we observed round load of cotton
as being cleared for Liverpool by the ship Harvey
Birch. Harvey Birch was the de plume Of an
individual who performed prodigies of services in the
war of l776 as will be ascertained by perusng the
celebrated novel of q the Spy, or the tale of the
neutral ground.' 1t is not often that we talk o.
fiction or novels, but there is no mistake Harvey
Birch was one of the gallant souls of the revolution
|
fifteen hundred tuns register and arrived at our evet
on the 29th of September Qast month) consigned tt
Messrs Z. J. Hart Co., with an assorted cargo, dis
charged the and received board four thousand
four hundred bales of cotton and four hundred barre
guano and cleared yesterday for Liverpool, afte
ten working days only to discharge and load. Thi
is remarkable dispatch, and will convince the com
mercial world that some things in the way of com
merce can be done in New Orleans that cannot b.
exceed in any other commercial port in the world
The mails, or part of them, failed again yesterday
We received Baltimore papers Of the 9th, Bostol
papers of the 9th, and New York papers were no
where. Later advces from Europe will be due b,
the Africa, of the 1st from Liverpool. We ought t
have her accounts for Friday morning, she passed
Cape Race without being boarded. There was som,
talk of the dry weather but the cotton Bears are
desrous of any rain storms for at least the next fou
| weeks.