New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-27
VOLUME XIII.
Nsm Orleans 4ailp Grestsnt.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH q, 1860.
TALK ON CHANGE.

of great activity and large amount Of Dusihess
transacted, a lull at this time cannot be regarded
as the harbingcr Of listessness depression or gen.
eral inactivity. There is great deal OF produce
yet to change hands The tobacco trade Is now
only commencing at least its merits are only pc
ginning to be scanned. The receipts of the weed
are increasing from day to day, offering to buyers
large opportunities for selections. Prices are
talked of as ruling very low in fact, the growers
say they can make more by raising corn and sell
ing it at fifty cents per bushei, than to raise to-
bacco and receive no more that the present market
prices. There is no mistake about corn, it will
sell at all times-peope cannot get along without
it no more than the Jack tars and Mynheers can
dispense with the weed. The tobacco season,
therefore, having arrived, and the receipts tolera-
bly, free, it begins TO look like business in and
about the tobacco warehouses. 1t brings to the
memory of our old residents the old Goose-Pond
Warehouses, the Three Sisters, the warehouses
and sheds Of Colonel Breedloye, citizen Turner,
and some other old citizens-perhaps they may be
termed old fOgies-who formerly controlled the
great tobacco trade of our city. We are drifting
off Carondelet street, and getting away up town
among the tobacco folks; but we find we must
hasten back and ascertain the talk the flags of
Carondelet. We wish the PAYERS would hurry on
the repaving of them for the good denizens on the
street are becoming tired Of the Everlasting
slowness which appears to attend the work.
We cannot say much of the general talk yester-
| day on rue Carondelet and environs. There were
| many remarks about the faa1 pas of a cotton OPP
orator, connected with shipments for France.
There was also talk about some bills ON England be-
| ing in something Of filibnstero condition. We
| hope they, the bills, will come out right There
were the usual gatherings at the several corners
| but very little business was transacted, beyond
| confirming and closing up last weeks preliminary
| movements. s .." - Q..s "a
| We desire to have little talk Of our own. We
l have from time to time published and given to the
| commercial world, the receipts Of stock and sales
| OF cotton. Great attention and circumspection,
aided with many years experience, have been
| given to obtaining the latest and most authentic
information. Our efforts have been crowned with
| success, as was confirmed by results Of the great
| years 1853 and So and we are gratified with the
general satisfaction which our figures and esti-
| mates have giren the commercial community. At
the same time, some parties have taken exceptions
1 to our views, and more recently impeached our
tables of receipts, particularly regards the
| cepts of cotton at North Carolina and Virginia
4 ports: no exceptions to others have been made
4 known to us. To explain more fully: it has been
supposed and charged that the receipts at Norfolk
and Petersburg were both the same, blended, as il
were, in one. To set this question at rest, ad-
dressed one of the most respectable and well in
formed houses in Petersburg on the subject, to
which we received the following reply:
PgTEpsBpRG March D. 1861
The total receipts of cotton at this place since
September 1st 1859, are 23,52T bales, say to this
day
bales The receipts for the last month, February,
were 1896 bales, and for this month, up to to-day
1885 bales; while a large portion of our receipts
are shipped from that part OF North Carolina
which contributes largely to Norfolk, yet our re
ceipts here have no connection whatever witt
Norfolk.
Last season we suppose there were some Coz
bales sent from Norfolk here, which belonged
mainly to planters, who had it sent through viz
Norfolk, on account OF reducing expenses. Th
cotton was grown on the Roanoke river. Onr re
| GENTS are invariably sold here, and we do no
know Of ten bales having been forwarded through
for any point during the last five years for planters
account.
Yours, very respectfully.
| 1t il presumed that the foregoing will set at res
the blending of Norfolk and Petersburg receipts
Adviees from North Carolina lead to the impression
that there will be made in that State this season.
an average, 100000 bales of cotton. Guano j
greatly used, and the old pine wood lands are re
|
them.
We now append our semi-weekly receipts at al
the ports excepting Charleston taking the las
weeks receipts at that port. 1t will be observe
that the 1000 900 bales so much talked of hay
been received at the seaports. We make no allu
| sion to the overland shipments, say from Memphis
Bales
RECENT, si psopes At this port New osans TO 10
Receipts @ s.sn5 as Mobile up 10 evening asdin
S.sss'dn Saasss z q IL, Isb III, ia. issss s9s
fs,s1prs SSisie n, va d Z $50 5 ss1sS MsIsh ssis ss
North Carolina ports TO March TO- S1,7t
ss;!ss',s; ] 4 S:::
r.s., port. i AN March. ....... lsI,s! lsI,s'
s.=a= Total bales. ....s....+,.... 40le,7l
Or, say at seaports actually accounted fol
4019,7l4 bales, exclusive of the Charleston re
ceipts, for the week ending the 23d inst, and tw
J. days wanting of the Savannah receipts to max
up the full table,
: The mails are coming through with some degre
], of regularity; We have not heard of any con
plants for two weeks. Later adyces are due froi
Europe. The Portland steamer is fully due thel
. is very little reliance to be placed this milit
:, line The Arabia, of the 18th, will be due at Ne
York towards the latter part of this month. TIL
" st. John, or Galway steamer, may be announce
n before. The great Persia is to leave Liverpool Q
!. next Saturday. She has heretofore, excepting
two cases, brought only depressing accounts. W
Is hope she may do better this time.
- - A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD THEoRY.-The correspon,
ent of the st. Louis Democrat writing from Aur
ria and Denver City, February 23 gives golde
;. account of affairs thereabouts He says that tt
II miners focking by hundreds from the vale