New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-04
talk ON ,oHANcH.

There was nothing Of IN important character
turned M Yesterday. There wers thouMnda o. PEG
pie out Carondelet street and enyirons were quiet
Though the nne weather brought out every body,
there was no inclination to operate hrgsly Cotton
sugar and molassss are active. The grand depot OF
the Rimlet rangers presents an snimating scene at
this time il ane the whole landing 10 front OF the
civ III eevep miles presents almost feature. So
Il is active and lively u The New Canal and Basin,
and business 1t The Old Basin Carondelet does not lag
behind, AZ ne jackson Railroad there is about a.
much business doing as can well be attended to,
thoush Tie receipts Of cotton have fallen of largely
during the - ten days. The talk is that the bulk
81 he cotton in from the plantations bordering on
the road though the roads to the different forwarding
epots are represented to be in bad condition. inter
rupting free hauling. At the Carrolton Railroad de-
pot there Is heavy business going forward. A line
Of steamers now leave every day Of the week Except
ing Sunday the lake end Of this road, running
through TO Mobile and Montgomery, Ala. We learn
there Is a. much freight offering as these boats can
carry Some Of these boats also have good accommo-
dations for passengers. The through OF direct bust
ness with the Alabama river is increasing largely
One or two good low-pressure steamers are now
wanted to render the Communication complete. The
Moblians are however, opposed and averse to these
through lines being under the impression that it in
terferes with the local trade Of Mobile and dependen.
cies
On Poydras, Tchoupitoulas, New Levee and Fulton
streets, the ane weather Of the past two days has
created favorable impress the streets are drying
up fast, and business appears to DO active very ac-
tive. All fears Of any obstruction in the upper rivers
from ice Or low wafer are abandoned Our Western
Dealers merchants and traders are in the best humor,
being well provided with oil the required means and
facilities to conduct mighty business. We can only
ny to our Western customers, one and ALL send for
ward your produce, come with tin fact, come one,
come Ill, and see the Crescent City.
Well, We must have some talk about cotton, even
il there are seventy thousand bales detained at the
month Of the river We learn that the ship Pacific,
for New York. one Of the detained vessels has got to
sea. We hope to hear Of other vessels following.
General Wrghts circular Of the Gath ult. for the
last steamer is before rs. Want OF room has pre-
vented us from abiding to it before. An extract
from it. avoring very strongly the sellers and factors
side, will b found under our financial head. The
General having dropped all figures below 200 900
bales, speaks % follows Of crop:
This subject seems to lose interest in the more ex.
citing question Of price the talk is, that 1900 900
bales viii not do more than supply the incessant de-
crop proves large one, some OF this must be kept
over. Having adopted as q general thing the large
estimates Of crop, and feeling the weight In the large
stocks everywhere on hand, the fact that prices ad-
vanced in the absence Of general demand for Eng
land that far under this severe test there exists
great confidence in the article.
The General says: e Unless the next crop Qs59,
we suppose,) proves large one, some Of this must
be kept over" Well, General how are we to arrive
1t any conclusion about the next crop till the seed il
in the ground. generated, come up and in bloom, be-
fore We ascertain how much Of the present crop
must be kept over? We entertain fears Of the ruin
ous or great losses which will occur shipments and
the weak holders in Europe will suffer immense
slaughterng Cotton could have been held better on
This side.
There were no regular mails yesterday. The Te-
1uantepec steamer will be due on Sunday next, and
he Asia from Liverpool may be heard from to day or
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