New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-07
TAXI ON CHANGE.

The gatherings on the streets yesterday exhibited
great falling of-in fact, we are tending to the
summer standard. The arrivals of steamers are few
and far between, when compared with last month";
The boats from st. Louis are bringing full cargoes
and it is hoped they will have good cargoes up
stream. The European news received by the City of
Washington, via Cape Race, was talked of and com
mented on. We laid copious details before our read
ers yesterday. The first BATTLE or first fight, formed
topic for talk though it cannot be called anything
more than skrmish considering that the armies of
the belgerents number 100000 men now ready for
battle. However, such intelligence as it is, which,
bythebye, appears to be from only side, assures
the world that there is to be something more than
childrens play in the strife. Commercially, the ad.
vices were by many deemed favorable but we cannot
find out how nor where. Cotton had not declined.
We are gratied in that for the interest of shippers
Financially, the adVices show no variation, with
money obtanable as usual though the Bank Of Eng
land vas screwing it did not amount to much the
bank does not own all the money in the kingdom of
Great Britain. Considerable stress is laid on the
value and rate of consos. This is all delusion re-
ferring to rise or decline of to these securi
ties. What effect has the value of British consos on
Camp street? Neither did we learn that cotton ad
vanced because consols were steady and it is posi-
tive that the tobacco market was not more active
yesterday, though consols reported steady The
talk is that the price of consos, the value of French
rentes nor the fluctuations of Austrian metalques
will aid our tobacco breadstuhs, reduce the cot
ton market; therefore, the quotations of foreig n
stocks serve as very poor thermometer for COM
munity to be guided by.
The further talk was that the trains on the Opelou
Railroad to Berwicks Bay will be running, that
is, in full operation by Thursday Friday next The
track of the road has been raised so that the water
from the cregasse now, or any hereafter
the banks of the bayou, will not interrupt regular
intercourse. All hopes, as well as the work the
break at the Raceland estate, were abandoned ten
days ago.
The further talk was of the spell of dry weather,
which extends throughout the adjoining parishes.
The spell rather too long for the good of the grow
ing crops 1t is hardly necessary to allude to the
dryness aud dust under which our city denizens
suffer.
The mails came through yesterday with dates from
Northern cities as late as due. The Africa of the
2sth ult. from Liverpool will be due to-day off Cape
Race, and the Galway steamer of the same date was
due yesterday at St. Johns.
Our transient citizens, as well as many of our per-
manent residents, are leaving by every conveyance
up the river and via the jackson Railroad. We learn
| that the Memphis route is highly commended, and
that the jackson Railroad route is equally regarded
There was meeting called yesterday of those in
terested in the Tehuanepec Company. 1t was called
anSnformal. The talk is, that many who are deeply
interested particularly bill brokers' will be glad to
have some formal action The steamer Quaker City,
belonging to the Company, was cleared at New York
the 30th ult for Havana OF course, if she stops
there, she will not come within the jurisdiction of
Louisiana. Quien sabe?