New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-29
TALK ON CHANGE.

| The week opened quietly yesterday. Though the
| grand Boulevard, Canal was crowded and Caronde
| let street and environs toerabIy well thronged, the
transactions were restricted. Large operators were
awaiting later adyices from the other side. After to-
day the Persia which was to leave Liverpool on the
10th inst, will be hourly looked for. The advces
from the mouth Of the river continue to be of favor.
able character. High tides are assisting many YES.
sells outward as also many of light draught inward.
The arrivals from the interior free. Among those
yesterday we note steamboat from the Bayou Yer.
million, parish of Lafayette, bringing as part of its
cargo 526 bales of cotton. We have noticed large re-
cepts OF the staple from this section of our State this
season. The parishes of Lafayette, vermon and
Calcaseu yielded in 1856, 297 bales cotton in 1857,
4l90 bales, in 1s5s the yield will reach 1000 bales
As We have already received over 5000 bales, the
total growth of cotton in the State of Louisiana for
last year will result in 1000 bales against 4o7 900
bales in 1857.
Among the daily lists or receipts of produce those
by the Mexican Gulf road have been overlooked We
learn that 2507 hogsheads Of sugar and 4OO6 barrels
and terces of moasses with rice and other products,
have been received by this road. The Mexican Gulf
Railroad can be made one of the most beneficial and
convenient to the citizens of New Orleans, and com
mercially, if completed to Nine Mile Bayou on Lake
Borgne it would result most advantageously to the
commerce and trade of our city. We will however,
talk OF the social conveniences to he realized by
semi or tri-daily communication with the gulf shore,
and those avorlte seashore resorts-Pass Christian
and Bay ST. Louisiana extending to the other re.
Sorts and even to Mobile The road is now COM
peted to Proctorve, 27 miles, By extending it to
Nine Mile Bayou Is miles, it will carry the road to
good harbor, which can be available to Cat Island
Harbor. But sea vessels drawing Is to 20 feet could
come to the wharf inside Of the harbor at Nine Mile
Bayou. The chief point would be the communication
with Pass Christian, distant Is miles, and Bay ST.
Louis, Is miles, by steam ferry boats, making the
time from the city to these places in three TO three
and half hours. We learn that this road its rights
privileges and charter can be rendered available for
all purposes required of railways for very trihing
sum- The charter has forty-seven years to run The
great and increasing trade of our emporium will de-
mand enlarged facilities for egress and ingress in
few years. Ii it requires the tunnage Of 1850 vessels
per year to carry away 100000 bales Of cotton and
other produce, how much tunnage will it require to
carry away 100000 bales cotton, which shall re-
ceive here before many years pass over? We cannot
have too many outlets and inles for our great and
increasing trade but the chief point in securing the
Mexican Gulf road and its vested rights will be that
citizens visit the gulf and seashore hourly at
tritling expense. We have not room for further
! talk on this subject at this moment but as many of
residents are talking of warm weather. salt water,
seashore and yachting the talk leads to inquiries,
how shall we be accommodated in our recreations
this summer? Everybody will not think of going to
Europe nor to Northern resorts The talk is to
slider the comforts and advantages to be realized
within few hours travel of our city.
The mails failed yesterday. The English papers
that came by the Asia to New York came through
yesterday. The letters came on Saturday, so this
may be considered one of our great mail conye.
nences. If the private expresses were allowed to
perform the functions of mail carriers the public
would not experience these delays. 1t is hoped the
newly installed Postmaster General will look after
his contractors. If he is short of funds he can Dor
row, the credit Of the Government is good. The
Treasury will be fusb if importations progress and
increase from foreign countries for the present yeal
the same scale that they have for the past three
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