New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-14


Nothing Of stirring nature was perceivabIe on
the flags yesterday. The weather was favorable
for outdoor transactions. There was great fall
ing OH in arrivals Of steamboats, up to 6 O'Clock
last evening. This slackening will enable wharf
ingers to get the levee and landings cleared and
prepare for the next feet Of steamers. The move.
ments on Tchoupitoulas, Poydras and New Leyee
streets were Of moderate character There is a
very moderate demand for Western produce for
shipment to foreign countries Some few eargoes
OF bfeadstuffs and provisions are made up for the
west India Islands, and for two or three ports in
Mexico There have been no expectations of -four
pork, wheat, bacon lard or corn from this mort for
Europe this season, that s since the 1st of Septem
ber last. There have been l3 barrels of -four ship
ped to some Northern port in Europe as a present
for ssme friends. Not barrel of -four, sack of
corn or bushel Of wheat are to be found in the
table OF expectations. AS for another great staple
which is enjoyed with so much pleasure appar-
emily, that is, tobacco, we have not heard a word
SAID for weeks or months In fact, the weed, as an
article of merchandise, speculation and shipment,
Is entirely neglected. Although the receipts are
considerably in excess of last year. and larger than
they have been for the past six years the stock on
hand is not quite up to last year at this time. If
we are not getting an abundance Of the putting and
:" chawing" material, we get good stock of salt
from foreign ports, so that there is no danger of
our spelling. We note that receipts from Liver
pool for the commercial season are 375 900 sacks
OF salt against 100000 sacks last year. and 275 900
bushels of Turks Island and other kinds against
lol,54 bushels same time last year. Salt is a
great article or important commodity with the
great steamboat interest. Liverpool salt in sacks
appears to command a higher price at this time
than last year. We have not heard of any sales at
the ruinous prices of last year. say 65@s0c y sack
for fine and coarse.
The European advices, expected by the Nova
scotan, were not received yesterday. There is
some apathy in the cotton market. The quantity
or stock in first hands for sale is not large. The
total sales since the first September foot up, say
g., ., bales
For the week ending 81 December ........s aC 0sD
For the week ending the 10Th December ...... 1900
tor Inc iree days this week last evening S2oJ
Receipts up to last evening l9I
leaving stock in first hands l6O $3.50 bales.
The stock on hand on the 1st Of September. say
26,OO0 bales, is not included.
The receipts at all the ports up to last evening
since the lst of September foot up to l,743 $50
bales, which includes Charleston and Savannah to
the sh inst, Mobile to the 9TH Florida to the lst
Virginia, North Carolina and Texas to the Sd, our
last advices The receipts at the Virginia ports
and North Carolina foot up 30,4ss bales. Some
statements are going the rounds from Virginia at
42O bales. They are over $4,000 bales, and the
Wilmington, n c., receipts are II ,46s, instead OF
6,47l bales. The increase at Charleston over last
year is II ,s34 the increase at Savannah is 542I
bales. The receipts and developments in general
are tending forcibly to crop of four millions and
quarter bales. We now assume that the receipts
up to the 3lst inst will count up closely on 2l50,.
600 bales. Our market continues steady, with uni
formity and regularity as the principal features.
Notwithstanding freights and exchange are of a
depressing tendency, the course of the market ap-
pears to be guided by the favorable reports and
strength of the Manchester market and the scarcity
of good and clean cotton in Liverpool. The cur.
rent talk is that the shipments made in September
and October hither will turn out profit This
will, of course, encourage many dealers to move
onward, irrespective of the large exports the con.
tinued repeated favorable advices from Manchester
being duly considered.
The mails failed yesterday via Jackson. The
new arrangement has been perfected, and several
mail bags and many cart loads were expected to
arrive by the train last evening.