New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-10
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SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1860.
TALK ON CHANGE

1t was rather quiet yesterday on the flags of rue
Carondelet. Parties engaged in the staple, or
rather the buying parties, were awaiting later ad-
vices from our trans Atlantic friends, now past
due. Factors were willing sellers, or prepared to
meet demands, though very firm in prices OF clean
cotton. The receipts begin to fall off, as expected,
although Memphis packet arrived yesterday with
$500 bales of the pure staple The amounts for
this week will foot up large, say nearly 6o,Ooo
bales. 1t is now generally conceded that the re-
ceipts at the seaports by the close Of this month
will reach 1900, 900 Of bales (not 100000 as the
types had it in our Talk yesterday We have to
reproye those parties who wrote to their friends IN
Liverpool and Manchester that the crop Of 1853
would not reach 100000. Is the great cotton
trade so precarious as to require bolstering or
false representations of this nature We hope
not. As we shall not be on the flags for business
matters until Monday, we postpone our talk on the
staple until the America, or the steamer OF the 18th
from Liverpool is announced, as there will be very
little doing until the accounts now due are at hand
The telegraphic wires were reported as being in
terrupted by the gale Of wind of Thursday night.
The storm was powerful for few hours, and caus-
ed considerable emotion, or commotion, for the
time being.
We find our talk is attracting the attention OF
people far and near. We were fully aware of it
last year. Extracts were copied far and near.
Recently we have attracted the special attention
of the Augusta Constitutionast, journal publish
ed in the very quiet city Of Augusta, Ca, suburb
of Savannah and appendage of Charleston, very
quiet and influential locality something of a one
horse town" The journal in question remarks
that we are garrulous and then quotes from our
talk, which it has frequently done before, giving
the usual credit and courtesy. We do not intend
to be drawn into any controversy with the Consti-
nationalist, but when he writes of garrulity, it
might as well omit our remarks or talk altogether.
If, however, the journal in question thinks there
is not sufficient basis in a city or place, where
100000 of bales of cotton are received and busi-
ness transacted in eight months to the amount of
$3.50 ,000, 900, for daily talk, he must have a very
creumscrbed opinion of the vastness and resources
Of New Orleans. Moreover, if he will on some
pleasant day take walk our flags, he will be
convinced that there is q great difference between
city on the mighty Mississippi and the pleasant,
quiet village on the banks of the Savannah river,
from whence he indites those quasi reabose re-
marks on the great cotton trade.
1t was active yesterday on the levee and land
ings. Business is active among the steamers. In
fact it was lively everywhere yesterday. The dust,
particularly, was stirring. There was some talk
Of the river rising WELL let it rise and the current
run SO long it does not rise too high. 1t is
less to talk of an overflow. The spring rise from
the great West will not trouble Louisiana this sea
son; nevertheless, it will be well for planters and
parish authorities to have the levees in order.
The river last year at this time was two feet ten
IaIo, Al,
same mark, with no reports of high water in the
upper tributaries Of the Mississippi and Missouri.
Abiding to business on the leyee, we note con
siderable activity among the gimlet rangers. Il
they are not selling and delivering saccharine
they may be only talking. The receipts continue
free and the general talk is that Mr.. Champoniel
makes the crop of sugar for 1859 to be 221 SOC
| hogsheads, which will do exceedingly well for q
| half crop which was to follow the drouth of Au
gust and September and the very severe and early
| frosts of November. 1t is now satisfactorily de
monstrated that there were sufficient plants, witt
the highest prospects, in June and July last for
| crop of 100000 hogsheads-more so than there
were antieipations for yield of cotton approach
| ing 4,5OO,000 bales.
| The mail via the Jackson Railroad failed yester
| day. In the meantime, the bags of old mail mat
| ter, which have been obstructing the entrance tt
the PostOfice for weeks past are being assorted
and distributed. The further talk was that thu
very valuable plantation known as the "Bellt
Chasse estate,'' belonging to the estate of Samue
| Paekwood, deceased, is to be sold to-day at tht
st. Charles Exchange at meridian. This is one
the finest plantations in the State, and capable 0
producing more hogsheads of sugar per acre. /
is situated on the right bank of the river, sxteel
miles below the city, having front Of two mile
on the river. The mansion-house, sugar-house
machinery and appurtenances are all in tirst-rat
| condtion-not surpassed, it is believed, by an,
other in the country The house and building
were erected by Senator Benjamin, regardless o
| expense. With the ground will be sold 12s ne
groes, of all ages and sizes in fact, the entir
| property forms of the choicest estates in TIL
country. The levees in front and rear are all il
good order The increase in slaves per annum j
equivalent to 20 fact., as there were l3 children
born on the estate last year. The sale is made t.
effect division Of interests and is worthy the at
tention of capitalists whoever desires to posses
one of the finest estates ever offered.
4 Ey~TriDie-SEaeet and tremendous edition
on Monday.
| Arrivals al the Hotels Yesterday.