New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-13

The talk yesterday was of the general stagnaton
in the cotton market, which has existed for three
days past. The knots of operators, or would-be
operators at the several corners, seemed to be per-
feetly mum; factors were quiet, appeared easy
and cool under the stagnation. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to alude to the disturbing causes in the cot
ton market; that it is disturbed, even with the
favorable intelligence from the other side, is mani
fest from the sales yesterday only reaching $500
bales, and the day previous 1000. The sales for
the llth and 18th of October last year were 5000
and 1000 bales, say 10000 bales, at prices ruling
for Middling at lOi@l05c-about the same as at
this present time.
There was another batch Of the Canadas mails
delivered yesterday at our Post office. Really these
delays in the delivery of the mails becoming an
injury, as well as being designated nuisance and
evil. Further private intelligence from England
say that the harvest is safe that the largest por-
ton was under cover; not by acceptances and ad-
vances, but in barn. The weather was favorable,
with prospects of its continuing SO. There was
very little speculation going on possibly as soon
as our trans Atlantic friends hear Of the result of
| the Black Republicans in Pennsylvania they may
| take it into their minds that the South will be ex-
cited, considerably riled, and greatly disturbed at
| the prospects of the Black Republican candidate
for the Presidency; that holders of cotton will ad-
vance; that speculation will increase that large
purchases will be made under the belief that the
great South will rise en- naSse; that cotton plant
| ers will at once resist the encroachments of the
Black Republicans and the Inauguration of Mr..
Lincoln.
If the Southern planters should just suspend the
raising of cotton one year only, and raise only
corn and wheat, with little meat, what would our
good cousins the other side of the Atlantic do !?
| True, many, yea, thousands of cotton planters
would only have to stay at home one year and dis
| pense with their annual journey to the North and
| to Europe. This would be no great hardship !;
| more than seyeneighths of the annual travelling is
| only followed because it is fashionable. Let
fashion, snobbisn and servlity be dispensed with
for one year, and suspend for year the raising
of cotton, then it might be practically arrived at
how the manufacturers of the world would come
out without one years supply of cotton only.
Now the talk is serious let the South suspend the
raising Of one crop of cotton; what would be the
result? Quiea sabe2
| The weather came out rather on the autumnal
order yesterday. Though the northers are bracing
| and stimulating at this time, wet, rainy weather,
with frosts, not desirable at this crisis of the
crops. We do not desire frost before Christmas
in fact, the country does not require frost at all.
AS for rain, it is hoped it will only in showers
now and then. We have had storms enough of
winds and rain for the last four weeks.
The receipts Of cotton have been light this week.
| The stock on hand on the 18th of September last
| year was 172 ,G49 bales. The stock this morning
| will be two hundred and fifteen thousand bales.
| The movements in tobacco have been in unisoa
| with the stock, rather light. The last Louisville
| review speaks of the weed as follows:
| The market, under the influence of warm, grow
| ing weather, large receipts for the season, and
| heavy accumulation OF stock, has been heavy and
| prices for all grades except choice Cutting have
declined 5G@DT5c. f9 100. The stock in store here
is estimated at 4s00 hogsheads We quote:
Iugs marketable. -............... 50 5Aos5 90
| Leaf common to good. ........'..... 5Be %
Leaf manufacturing and cutting ...,...s 10 G0@i7 %
| The above remarks do not carry ont or confirm
the very dubious advices we received about eight
weeks ago-that the drought had cut short the
crop one-half some people talked of. We think
that the contractors for the Spanish Government
at lo4 will come out very WELL particularly they
had secured four thousand hogsheads anterior to
the rise, which will make a fair show towards the
| first years requirement.
The usual weekly circular of Col. Lonsdale, Son
| & Co. will be found under the usual head. We
are yet rather bad off in the stock of the berry
| The consumption Of coffee has reached and passed
its production. We cannot expect any decline for
| the present. want of labor in Brazil will prove
| great impediment to the future supply from that
| country.
The following figures denote the stock on hanl