New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-08
TALK ON CHANGE.

The weather yesterday was compound mixture
Of almost an indescribable nature. II partook Of
the Lapland regions in some respects, and inter
fered greatly with the usual gatherings and CON
fabs on rue Carondeet. It had chilling effect on
outdoor movements. The chief talk, however,
was on the extraordinary accounts sent ont to
Europe last month by the steamer for Galway
(Which were telegraphed to LiyerpooD the purport
Of which was of reduced estimates in the yield of
cotton not exceeding four millions of bales, and
that the cause of the large receipts was due to the
Harper's Ferry affair that planters were alarmed
and were hulrying their crops to market as it
were, hand over fist. A more Infamous attempt to
gull and mslead Manchester spnners and Liver
pool importers was never concocted. 1t will
puzzle the most hardened speculator to point out
a factor or planter that was influenced by
Harper's Ferry raid in the disposal of cotton. 1t
is well known that the great cotton trade is not to
be affected or operated on by two three dozen
of cut -throats, even il backed by New York Black
Republicans; SO if Mr.. Bull and the Manchester
Supply Association have been gued and bam-
boozled by dozen of New York Jockeys and
spectators, with Col. Wrong at the head it is no
concern Of ours, but we congratulate our factors
and planters realizing the benefits, as the result
of last Saturdays transactions will show.
The present damp weather brings up considera-
BILE confab about the weighing and delivering of
cotton, and leads to talking in regard to letters
recently received from Liverpool, leading to the
question and inquiry of the agents here Of the
Liverpool importing houses and buyers of cotton
how it happens that the late arrivals or receipts
from this side indicated no damage whatever from
transportation, either from fresh water, sea water
or general dampness of any kind? Our cores
pondent, however, remarks as follows
The loss in weight pet We certainly we'll remember
the popious weather the shippers of cotton
IN October and November and is difficult divine these
losses can be Traced these complaints and far
between until within two The talk was, that might
serted by that the mode Of weighing means
OF The beam aud lever not standard weight Charleston
inatanced ms being model in this
weight for weight of iron being employed Of weigh
ing the staple and from whence complaints of This kind
have been received We should like informed if the CITY
Inspector OF weights and measures yerife
the scales of the cotton weges VARYING from ia
get cotton shipped from the press The same ay
indicates something in this respect The teueenis
weekly.
| The mails via the Jackson Railroad came tbrouph
yesterday with dates as late as expected or due.
The mail via Mobile failed from beyond Mont
gomery, so the placard at the Post-O Office said but
that placard is used to chronicle mail failures. it
will be some time, even after regularity assumes
its empire, before it can be looked upon except as
daily joke. We received our papers from
Charleston as late as due; but how did they come
if the mail failed from beyond Montgomery, Ala
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