New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-20
talk ON ORANGE.

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There was marked decrease in the gathering
ON Carondeiet street yesterday The confahs pe
gin to verge on the summer order. Several opera
tors have closed up others are closing, ana INV
Bears having shed their coats, In consonahoe WIN
nature and The spring time are now coming out
nice. sleek and goring Bulls yet there are several
Bears who Will be Bears still AN an early hour u
i was announced that one Of the militia steamers had
II arrived at New York, bringing some confused &C
commits about cotton. The arrival proved TO be the
] regular steamer Arago. from Havre with dates
| from England to the 18th inst. As the commercial
adyices are only for The half-week following the
/ Persia, they are not considered as being in any
WY Or high importance, but we have something 81
| d prelude to the details which will come by the
steamer of the It'll inst which will be of very lgh
sales Of cotton. The sales for the three business
days up to Wednesday, the 4th inst, reaching onl,
5000 bales, and the 9Th being close holiday, ant
the 9TH partial one, it is reasonable to infer tina
the accounts to come by the America of the III
will not be of very exciting nature, unless Their,
Should be q blow up or blow down on the con
tinent.
The accounts from Manchester are represente,
to be Of favorable nature. This will help out, ii
all probability, some thousands of bales Of cottol
| now en- ronae for England.
There was a medium amount Of transactions OF
the great levee the flags Of Tchoupitoulas, Poydra
and New Levee streets. There are good stocks d
Western produce, with daily accessons, but prices
are well sustained.
| There we're several heavy ships added to the
freight market yesterday, and rates received
another knock down-rather hard for shipowners
lie
spects of Id and over for cotton to Liverpool-5d.
to 7-16d will hardly admit Of having more than q
new dollar for an old one at the close or winding
up Of the year. There are some large ships under
charter at from I'd. to 8 led.
In the meantime, there is some talk and inquiry
about the 20 feet water on the bar at Pass liOu-
tire, which has been proclaimed so vauntingly by
our Chamber Of Commerce. Shippers and owners
Of cotton, with the captain and crew of the good
ship Ocean Monarch drawing little over or lit
tie under, say about one inch less than 10 feet,
would be very glad to find those 20 feet They
have been looking for 10 feet board the Monarch
since the first of this month. We think that the
owners would very willingly have paid 10 cents
per tun, say s2I5 extra, to have had the ship
the bar fifteen days since. In the meantime, the
owners are awaiting the whereabout of the 20 feet
water, according to the report of our Chamber of
Commerce.
The talk as to the action of the Chamber Of
Commerce, regarding the Louisiana Dredging Com
pany, comes up on the flags. The assumption and
conclusions of the Chamber are completely ami
hilated by the exposition in Mr. Wilkinsons letter.
The talk is now about the constitutionality of the
law. 1t is amusing to hear some people talk about
the constitution, when it is broken about every day
BY Northern Black Republicans and shipowners,
who have vessels and also agents in our city. But
when the constitution Is appealed to, we have q
tolerable strong precedent for private company's
association, legally authorized by the Territorial
Government Of Louisiana, confirmed by the admis-
sion of Louisiana into the eonfederacy in 1912. 1t
stood the test of decisions and over again. and
is analogous TO the present argument. In the year
1906 an act was passed by the Territorial Legisla-
ture Of Orleans, incorporating the old New Orleans
Navigation Company:
secions And be further enacted That as soon as the sad
Company shall have improved the navigation Of the Bayou
water from the Lake Pon,eharan the bridge the
az Bss e III ad @
out Of the said Bayou sum not exceeding dollar
in for boat y bhen less than and
when further Improvement shall permit vessels driving three
to he basin terminating The same " the city ditch the said Pre-
M not esee dollar ssF nS s sa ag
when s MD nysion shall bs BY te ND Sem
Lake any place within hundred yards Of
have and I'LL not Ne an dna nep
n Aforesaid and when the said
fas 3 a s sf@ ss
see Tvs o q he u s s
Aud every other canal which shall be made other
s1ompany e admit vessels drawing three from
said Company demand have and receive toll provided thai
@ G ~ e s NIX ea sun e "a a
proportion fo every boat e barhen less than unless
time being and shall and may be lawful for die President
~ II ns a 70 appoint such and
END along ,s sad canal a9a such places they shall think
ectos and Their deputies q demand and receive the tolls
3 e en- from TIE persons having the charge Of such