New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-17
Neh OrIeans 4aiIp Grsstert.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARYsl7, 1860.
TALK ON CHANGE.

uebl Oh CONJECTURE, dDoup uttlllSClcO ehSh
from Europe. On Saturday last, about meridian,
it was known there were later advices received,
brought by the Bremen steamer New York, which
had put into Halifax enroute for New York. There
was arriving at actual quotations for cotton ~
Liverpool; some accounts were, that middlng VI
leans had declined in Liverpool to 81. On closer
investigation these accounts were proved 70 pe uii
founded and unworthy Of credit, ana the result
was, that the lowest quotations for mddlns VI
leans were g., the same as by the Arabia, OF the
24th. At an early hour yesterday, Or AZ soon as
the dense fog cleared off, the Europa was an
nounced as having arrived at Halifax, with tne Ihit
details Of the week, which will bring up the tfans'
actions ending on the 3lst December, or approx
mating that date. Notwithstanding the very iaree
arrivals or receipts of cotton at Lyerpooi, 'he
market, on the 30th, closed firm. The most linpor
tant and serious changes in the grades of COTTON
below middling, which do not bear relative faine
| with former years, assuming middiing as the
standard The market for the staple, IN general,
yesterday, opened with considerable activity ana
closed with good days business, as VIII De on
served byreference to our commercial mead IheIe
ID some talk that large quantity of cotton now en-
| route for Liverpool will fall into weak hands by
| consignment and may be placed III the market az
once to meet the bills against it, The spectators
and dealers on the Liverpool flags, from day to
day are wide awake, and do not intend that buyers
! on this side shall make penny bale, if they can
| prevent it. or course, the roast beef and plum
pudding gentlemen, the cotton Lords OF Manches-
ter acduiesce in the intention and are striving to
depress prices. There Is manifest falling on ~
| the demand for goods for India, as the accounts
from Manchester, for three weeks past, have been
altogether Of depressing character; that IS, the
Bears have had the calls.
With these few items of talk, we proceed to take
1 an enlarged view Of the movements on Carondelet
/ street The folks there, and habitues IN general,
i were in good humor. The weather was propltious
| for the usual gatherings, which were numerous
i and the several corners were well attended The
PAYERS Or regenerators have invaded the great
cotton center of the universe, and Carondeet street,
from Canal to Poydras, is to be under their control
/ for at least three months. We hope our friends will
have good time of it. The barricades OF mud and
dirt will be santng them in the course of the
present week. As We have experienced these in
conveniences on Camp street, we can sympatiize
with the residents on rue Carondelet.
1 The arrivals since yesterday have been numerous.
Some indications Of q general resumption Of trade
with the Ohio river were observable yesterday,
from the reports of some boats from Louisville.
The arrivals from Red river and Ouachta from the
little and large bayous here and there, ncreas
ing daily and the great staple is coming in freely
There has been much rainy and wet weather on
the Mississippi river, and much Of the cotton re-
ceived the past three days appears as though it
had been rolled in the mud for week. There
bales on the levee yesterday, recently landed
which had at least ten to twenty pounds Of mud
dried hard and fast on them, and others that ap-
peared as though they had been floated down the
Mississippi, instead Of being brought by the float
ing palaces and warehouses. Take these bales in
the damp condition they to the cotton presses,
let them go through the process Of COMPRISING,
without being dried, and then taken on board ship
in such damp and foggy mornings as we have had
lately if it does not compose the material for com
buson and fire we will wait for another lecture on
this element.
There was some talk that the channel at the
mouth of the river only gave sixteen to seventeen
, feet water and that the usual mud Jumps were
rising We do not learn of any detention to vessels
as yet. The talk is, that the Webb and Lands,
two great tugs Of the Eclipse Company, when they
get alongside of nineteen feet draught ship, they
either pull her over the bars into deep water or
/ pun nef 10 pieces. AS the undefWrlterS nave not
as yet manifested any uneasincss it is presumed
the ships have been pulled into deep water and not
pulled to pieces, as the "quid nunes would make
it appear. The arrivals of vessels continue free.
The current rates Of freight of last week are well
maintained. Our Western friends can send for
ward all their surplus produce market will
be found, at good prices, prompt pay and extreme
moderate charges. Our Western merchants, or
those connected with the Western trade, work
cheaper than those in any other city in the con
federacy.
Well, there was some talk of the mails. We be
. lieve there were some New York papers of the 4tf
IS inst received yesterday. There several bags
of government books laying in the Post.office
lobby; they no doubt will be for sale at some Of
: the small bookstores in the course of the month
The same old story was repeated by the placard
yesterday at the Postoffice: "Mal via Mobile
failed from beyond Augusta The mail boat
Alabama was still aground east of the Rigolets al
last dates; she has been there nearly one week
We are not aware her being sand bank has
anything to do with the Northern mail from be
yond Augusta, from which place, or beyond, it has
failed about twenty times during the last foul
weeks.
THE VARIETIES" Dot again tonight and i
is going through its fourth week triumphantly