New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-04
TALK ON CHANGE.


TALK ON CHANGE.
,gln rataer;nrs Yesterday on rue Garondelet
were Few and far between. guard Of brokers
ana factors were tiiscernahle here and there; but
visa all Their uited eoris. they could not squeeze
an itss There was talk Of the drouth yet cotton
4 natrrisnr rapidly. and forwarded to market By
every boat III the lower trade which trade means
frora tle limits of the city Of New Orleans to
yieksburg.
ii useless 70 disguise the reports of the effects
III sAe drouth; they are visible to any one who
masses ii and fro on the jackson Railroad.
The jackson Railroad Is fixed institution. 1t
n ii hoped that Mr. PostmasterGe General Holt viii
change the hours or the schedule of the roads at one
on two connections, so that the great Northern
mail can be delivered at Post Office at or about
so,cIock AN. This change would meet all the
iffesent connections II not to New York, it would
hallway
1ur community desire their letters at an earlier
hour chan the time given for the young roosters to
crow. The general time for delivery Of letters
halE-past u oicfock-is too restricted u is be-
aieFed this hour can be arranged so that the mails
chn reach the Post Office BY o'clock.
As there is good deal Of talk here and there
,vlso sleRld be the incumbent Of the Post Office in
tIis city, We have to recommend our old citizen,
Nicholas g Hall, who has been in the Post Office
for mans years. Nj. Hail was largely engaged in
commercial pursuits for many years in our city,
say from 1916 to 1890, and more recently in other
commercial pursuits. However, we ere not aware
that our Recommendation will have much influence
at Washington City yet, as we have as much
feeling, and great an interest in the prosperity
of New Orleans, lie feel no difidence whatever in
Recommending citizen Hall.
We have Ind reports that an eminent medical
gentleman had received tile honors of the office,
with app ointment thereof. We are not aware that
TIE pAlsxy compensation of four thousand dollars
per annum would be an inducement for him to
take The trouble and turmoils of the New Orleans
Posts0liice. fais ssoass ee,T'oas.
There was some talk about cotton and that it
& had been hlghted from the want of rain. The ad-
vices from the uplands not all Of discouraging
nature. From personal observation, there has
been great BHghting here and there, hut to what
extent of country this remark will apply we only
can say from hence to Jackson, Miss, on the line
of ths railroad. The corn crop, OF what would
i have been crop. is gone; the stalks will make
fodder alld that is about all we can say.
Bg reference TO onr marine list, will be obsery-
cd there wsrs several bales Of new crop cotton re
ceifed from Red river. What effect these several
bales, st this early period Of the season. will have
Tic liverpool and Manchester trade. remains to
be divuiged.
Tic AnstYalasian was to leave Liverpool on the
asth er july for New York. The Europa Of the
22sfb will be due at Halifax ON about Wednesday
next One OF the Western steamers may arrive in
the Nj. Lawrence between now and Monday next,
with oates to Che 18th Of July.
raf sli,e ex-dt,u af f1n4,c
There are several ways Of leaving the city for the
nest iorty=eight hours There is the opeloasas
\ Railroad, which goes West there are the local
rostIs and steamboats, for up or down the Coast.
Tie Jackson Railroad oiers three communications
tosHag ~ s o'clock this morning., $ o'clock
this afternoon, and 8 o'clock T. M. Traveels and
excRrsi oaiSts can 60 almost anywhere by this
road. and return Monday morning. The Jack
son RarQaa Isl in fact, d local as we'll as a gene
ral ipsttnton. They can put a traveller Of passen-
ger through to any point in the United States
almost ii no time. The road is exceedingly well
managed. The managers will put a man, woman
nF child through in less than no time, was mani
Tested On Thursday last. An axietree broke be-
yoEd Summit, Miss. which caused detention of
two hoirs and quarter, yet the train came
through In fonr hours and ten minutes from Sum
init, Ios miles. making fifteen stoppages to receive
and land passengers tolerable quick travelling for
this part Of the country The speed eccasioned
raised an immcnsity Of dust and q tremendous
THIRST which (the thirst) was duly met By the
freedom Of iee-water, which Is half hourly dis
pensed to travellers on this road and being rather
late u the day, many 81 tie passengers succumbed
70 Mufphens. among whom was one Of our most
respected shipping merchants who was confound-
IDLY aiaraed when he was awakened on arrival at
the depot. thinking the train had struck a snag.
Bat the running Of that train on Thursday night
sasa great feat, taking the fifteen stoppages into
cenaIa alton n the dust didn't fly, the lady pas
sengeFs were greatly mistaken in the color of their
cEinoline on arrival.
After talking the above, Col. Lonsdale sends MS
his weekly coffee circular, 1t looks confounded
short. Stock of tie berry on haGa a2iT hags il
our market; price of prime, l6c. This Is pre-
snned to he for ilray load, as there are no shil
loads at hand. There Is no mistake. we are goin:
to be short of coffee. according to The averag
yearly and daily consumption and sales, say 0
last year, there is now on hand supply equiya
lent to four and a hall days requirements.
YoHSG Bill. RINGEHs.- Members are partcu
larry requested to observe tie notification of /