New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-19
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matters and things in general with calmnass and
composure. A large majority of them are not
troubled with those bits of paper, three inches one
way and two and half inches the other, with
every variety OF figures set down on them inviting
the recipients to call at such aud such institutions
on the day designated aud fork up. These little
missiyes do not at this moment trouble the middle
gentlemen, that is, the useful personages between
the sellers and buyers of the great staple.
1t is not of much to allude to the great staple
at this moment. The talk is. that the country is
well cleared of oil cotton and that the stocks Mt
tile several interior towns are now reduced to
10 600 bales The great State OF Texas, after oil
the ebullution of feeling, will not send to market,
through the Gulf ports. much over 100000 bales.
This will do very well, being an increase Of 40 get.
| over last year. We have not d word Of complaint
against Texas though year ago they were pre-
dieting crop of 800 900 to $4,000 bales. It is not
of much use for cotton operators to be forwarding
to Liverpool estimates Of the present growing
1 crop. True, we have heightened estimates, and
| from present appearances, the crop of ls6O will
exceed five millions of bales but it is not safe at
this time to give eredence to these five millions OF
bales though there was sufficient seed put in the
ground last spring to raise five and half millions.
This number of bales will be non est before the
| next summer solstiee comes round.
| The talk was, that the Liverpool foks-the I'M
| porters-are in great tribulation at the present
| posture of the cotton market in that town. This
cannot be helped at this juncture 1t is well known
| that many Liverpool folks with their branches in
| New York and elsewhere, went several times into
our market during the season and purchased at all
sorts of prices. Many of these buyers and agents
went ahead, regardless of what the results might
be. In fact. New York jockeyism has been well
carried out in our market this season and we have,
or those interested, only calmly and quietly to
await the results.
There was very little doing on the flags of
Tchoupitoulas, Poyiras and New Leyee yesterday.
The stocks of Western productions are full and up
to the present demand
Talking of Western produce, brings up the
swindling practiced the part of the coopers and
makers of the barrels and kegs intended to receive
lard. We were witness to the weighing of key
which had contained lard, and the key alone
weighed twenty-ene pounds. There has been an
immensely of this kind of swindling going on for
the past two or three years, Some of the lard kegs
are made Of the heaviest kind of oak, the slaves
being from one inch to one and half inch thick.
The great city of Porkopolis (GincnnatD is distin-
guished for occasional flights of fancy in the pack
ing and putting up of lard. The tare on key lard
ought now to be- to meet the demands of justice
and equity, fully 80 act.
Some of the New York circulars and letter-writ-
ers are prating about the new crop of cotton, and
commenting on early receipts. The first bale
Of the growth of 1860 has been received and for
warded away East. Possibly it may be in Liver
pool on Monday next. Picking has already been
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the Mississippi river and after this week the daily
announcement Of the receipts of cotton Of this sea
sons growth will cease to be a novelty. As re-
CARDS the extent of the crop, there are weeks of
time to intervene, which may be attended with the
usual vicisstudes and casualties of the season now
| advancing.
| The weather has changed. Though the sun
| poured down yesterday on the flags and square
| block pavement with great force, there was a
| GOODNESS followed the slight shower of rain which
1 came mp about O'Clock.
| We have communication treating of the Mobile
mail line of boats. 1t is useless to be commenting
| on this monopoly, or the management of the boats
employed in the mail service between this city and
| the sea-shore suburbs. The soiourners and resi-.
| dents at Pass Christian able to build two or
| more boats to meet the wants of the seashore
| communities. Daily communication between the
4 city, via ProotorFile, can be secured by purchas-
ing or building boat similar to the jacksonville
| boats. 1t requires more time to make the pas
sage across Lake Borgne from ProctorVille to Bay
| St. Louis and Pass Christian, than it does to make
the trip from port Pontchartrain to jacksonville.
| The delay of the coast packet Alabama, on Mon
| day night last, could not be avoided. No blame
nor eensure can be attached to the boat or the
proprietors. True it was rather hard for our Pass
Christian denizens to wait nearly all night for the
boat. Our Pass Christian citizens have the remedy
in their own hands they have the appliances of
| wealth and credit to build one boat, two or more
| boats for the lake service Inaugurate line of
I daily boats from the city, via the Mexican Gulf
road, to these two popular resorts-Bay St. Louis
and Pass Christian. What will be the amount of
capital required TO procure two boats of the bur.
then OF the Pamlieo? Not much exceeding the
sum of seyenty.fve thousand dollars.
The Pass and Bay citizens had no communica-
ton yesterday only by the new route that is, to
take the mail boat for Mobile, and be transferred
| to the Alabama which boat would land them al
the respective places of destination weather per.
hitting. If the weather would not permit OF
which, (the passengers are not allowed to be the
judges) it is not stated whether they would be
carried to Mobile and brought back or not. But
really We begin to entertain the idea that Admiral
Day, Commodore Heine Sergeant Wolfe, or some
other name and citizen Geddes are piIing it or
rather too strong for the comfort and convenience
of our citizens and sea-shore suburbs. The ques
ton is asked do not the Mobile boats take toe
much freight to go through Pass Christian? We
can only reply, inquire on board or to Mr.. Geddcs
We are, however, willing to concede that the
water in the lakes has been unusually low ini
several weeks; but company of the pretended
appliances and commanding wealth (realised from
the generous pnblic) ought to be in position t.
provide direct communication to meet at least
share of the public requirements. If however, thu
patrons Of the New Orleans and Mobile Mail Lin,
choose to submit to the increasing exactions of tn,
proprietors then it will be useless to talk of relief
, or point out the course for remedy.
Later adyiees are due from Liverpool. Thu
Cunard steamer Africa, with dates to the 7th inst
will be due at New York to-day. As Mr.. Gunart
directs his commanders not to hug the shore to-
close, we shall have nothing from off Cape Race
! This is highly eommendabe. We are receiving
adgices from Europe, particularly those regarding
cotton, about as speedily as required in fact
some of our large cotton exporters as also smal