New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-10
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TALK ON CHANGE.

Nothing Of an interesting nature turned up yester
day. There was some talk Of the reveries and
amusements Of Tuesday night, and though the
weather was fine, there was not much business trans
acted all ia fully detailed under the various heads in
the respective columns The mails via Mobile having
failed very regular for several weeks past from be-
yond Mobile and other places on that route made
total failure yesterday. No mail was received at the
Postoice up to the hour Of sunset last evening It
is supposed the boat grounded or broke down. and
there being relay boat at this end of the route, it
is presumed there was no mail dispatched from here
yesterday. Consequently, letters written for the
Liverpool steamer of next Wednesday from New
York may be left. The question is asked, how many
rstclass boats secondcass boats, or old boilers
in use on the lakes at this time? Since the Prin
disaster travellers who not in too great hurry
are making inquiry of the time boilers have been in
service. So far as the lake boats CO. it is believed
there is only one rstclass boat in the New Orleans
and Mobile trade; that is the Cuba. The California,
employed in the mail service, was built in the year
| 1s47; consequently, is nearly IL years old. The
Florida was built in $780, and, Of course, is aged.
The Creole was built in 1858. They may all be good
boats, with the very best of boilers. for aught we
know but the talk is there is very little reliance to
be placed the gided frames containing certificates
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catastrophe of the lowpressure steamer Virginia. it
has been considered even chance between high
and low-pressure boilers regarding safety. In add
tion to those boats, there is line of hghpressure
boats running from the Jefferson Railroad to Mobile,
believed to be fair boats Of their class, though of
them (the Carondelet) run on the Mississippi under
another name. They (this line) answer well for the
freighting business The talk is, what will our citi-
zens do for frstclass conveyances to and from the
shore suburbs this season Are there no Wander
bts in the country, who can and will start line of
good and frstcass boats, to communicate with the
Gulf water places as well the resorts via Mobile
bay? There is, also, q new boat, the A. G. Brown
out this season, RAINING in the Pearl river trade, a
good boat of her class. As regards the Madsonvile
and Covington boats, the talk is, they fair to
dinary, or ordinary to fair.
The arrivals of boats yesterday at the levee witt
good cargoes denote that there is considerable pro
duce in the west to to market. There is larg
quantity of pork and other provisions for sale in th
west but whether it will come to this market or b
required for consumption there cannot yet be asce
J. tanned One great customer, the United States, wi
not require so large supplies for the Utah army a
J., last year. The receipts of pork this year at th
Al point show increase last year of 374 per cen
= in bulk ; in barrels an increase of twenty per cent
, in bacon and hams an increase OF about ninetyiv
N per cent; that is, $4,000 casks and packages th
season against 1870 last year. In flour there ha
! been a decrease of one hundred thousand barrel
We There has been, however, fereign export deman
for this article this In there has been
is great falling off The deficiency has, however, bee
made up by the quantity raised last season. IT the
Of should be any scarcity, it will not take long tin
to raise crop, with such weather as we are now
vored with. In fact, corn planting has already be
OF on commenced. Dealers and traders in Western pl
The duce appear to be actively engaged at this time,
there is no evidence of short stocks of produce
Poydras, Tchouptoulas streets and euvirons.
'o can reiterate to our western customers to send
nd their stocks of produce and not be caught by I
put coming seasons yield There, we have complet
S our usual talk, and not heard word about cottt
We think Carondelet street enjoyed Mardi-gras.
in Among the events yesterday was a sale of
three-story brick store, known as So Canal sire
next to the corner of Chartres street, measuring
IN feet front by so feet in depth say 925 superficial e
with the buildings built of brick thirtysix years a!
This small lot of ground and buildings, subject tt
ground rent of per cent. per annum on $l,3.
brought the enormous price of twenty-four thousa
ar. and three hundred dollars. This property ST
in the year 1881 for eight thousand dollars sold
1910 or thereabouts for $l2 900, and, we believe, c
F., at the present vendor (on a succession sae) twel
70 thousand dollars, or thereabouts. Really New
Ed leans is "declining say.
ast sns SS- Official proceedings of the Board Il
Aldermen Tomorrow,