New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-12
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Ne(u Orleans Daily Ctesttlt.
Friday MORNING, OCTOBER u, 1850.
TALK ON CHANGE.

The fine weather yesterday forenoon brought out
something Of q large concourse on rue Carondelet
and environs But the general talk did not amount
to much The Pennsylvania election was com
mented on, and the King was partially obscured in
his glory, as will appear by the report Of sales
elsewhere. Factors and buyers did not meet yes
terday on cordial terms; one side was thought too
high and the other too low. In the meantime,
several parties were engaged in perusing their
correspondence received by the Canada's mails,
| part Of which came through yesterday; the other
part will be along to-day perhaps, possibly not
| till tomorrow. If we get all by Monday next
| we shall do very well, as it was only on We'd
nesday last that received the last Of the Persias
mails, the first of which received five days pre-
yious. We are not aware that it is Of any use to
| complain. Mr.. Postmaster-G General Holt is rather
tardy in his movements inregard to our Post-office
| The private correspondence by the Canada's
mails seemed to harp in part on the great weeks
sales Of 600 bales, at least the remarks were
free. Our market has, however, lost the animation
impaired by that week Of large sales, say the week
| ending the 18th September 1t is not Of much use
to talk about that weeks operations, the sales
were made, but the effects or anticipated influence
on this side has not been realized Contrary to the
expectations Of those who have hot been on the
other side of the Atlantic, the buyers and operators
for the English market stand aloof even under the
| confirmed accounts Of the largest sales on record
for one week. Whether there are complications to
be settled arising from last years transactions,
whether prices ruling higher, whether diff
culties intervene in the negotiation of exchange, it
is talked freely that our market does not respond
to the firmness and steadiness of Lancashire Some
parties talk that the more dealers and spectators
who are daily arriving from the other side the
| greater the depression. Then again there is talk
that some parties have their wings clipped and
cannot move. Perhaps this is an opening or in
tended introduction for some of the fiedglings who
will be making their first appearance on our flags
| this season. Quien sdbe2
| We have not heard anything lately of our quon-
dam friend, Colonel Wright, of the New York flags.
We hope that the Colonel is free of ilihusterhg in
| the staple for the nonee. We have been looking
for some time from some of those presumed to be
| WELL POSTED up estimators and calculators-Neil
| Il Brothers and others-to know what the yield of
| 1850 will be. We who have been looking in per
| son at the cotton fields, and have been amongst
| the stalks, do not pretend to advance opinion.
| Some old fogy on our flags yesterday did venture
to say the crop of 1860 might be between 3500000
and 100000. Our venerated friend intends to be
the safe side this season, and we regret for his
sake, that he somehow or another had to pay the
wager Of $500 on 1850, 600 bales last year.
| Among the many visitors to our city at this mo-
ment we observe several sugar planters, who feel
more encouraged about the yield of sugar. Est
mates are increasing, as beyond the blowing down
of some sugar-houses, sheds, chimneys and fences,
| the damage by the recent storm has not been 50
| great as expected. Though a great deal of cane
| was blown down, somehow another it has arisen,
and if frost keeps off, and few cool northers at
| tend the weather for the coming six weeks, some
thing approxmating the crop Of 1859 is confidently
expected to be realized by some of the frequenters
Of the flags; and talk is of higher figures, but a
much less quantity of molasses. Mais, nous ue,
ronS.
During this week we have observed on the flags
several of our leading merchants who have been
travelling this past season. some business others
for pleasure. Among the arrivals yesterday was
our old, respected and yenerated citizen-now
almost an octogenarian--Wm. ". Montgomery.
| Our ancient citizen holds his own remarkably well
after his Affections since he left here in June 1853
We also notice the return of the representative of
Rothschilds & Belmont. He looks hearty. We also
|
operate at loiug prices in tobacco, cotton and ex
change. Our city is filling up fast, as the phrase
is. But there are too many of the non-producing
class among the new eomers and fresh visitors ;
though our good city is "place,' it is not place
for people without money, trades or some mechan-
ical pursuit.
| The repairs on the Jackson Railroad are pro-
crossing rapidly. 1t is expected the line of the
| fra or road danaoed hv tbp rnnant storm
will be SO far repaired as to admit the passing of
the passenger trains on Friday or Saturday of the
coming week, the 18th or the goth instant; that in
twenty or twenty-five days the freight trains will
be resumed. In the meantime, the steamer C. W.
Dorrance and two barges are prepared for the
transportation of freight. The Dorranee arrived
from Mobile yesterday, and it is presumed she has
already commenced business. There are 10000
bales of cotton now waiting on the line of the road
transportation to this city. The interruption to the
traffic and transportation on the road will have a
sensible effect on the receipts of cotton for this
month. In October, 1858, the receipts were 24,U3s
| bales.
large instament of mail bags was delivered to
the Postmaster shortly after meridian, but there
was very little distribution made of them before
the close of business in fact the working force OF
the Post-offce is SO limited that our community
cannot otherwise than suffer. The parsimoDy of
the General Postoftice Department towards New
Orleans is proverbial. Complaints have been made
for the last tweuty five years, but repeated injuries
have been the only return. If these vexatious de-
lays are continued, our merchants will have no
-other remedy than to employ the express compa-
nies. twill be preferable topay twenty-five cents
for the conveyance of a letter (the old postage
rate) and have it early delivered, than to be wait
ing on the dilatoriness of the General Post-ofice
even at the price of three cents