New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-29
Oen ORLEANS Daily Grestent.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER %, 1860.
TALK ON CHANGE

There was no life, no animation, whatever, on
the flags yesterday. True, there were a few gath
erings here and there, and the chief remarks were
| in regard to the paucty Of cotton transactions
the sales for the day only reaching $500 bales.
Much stress is laid on the want Of exchange nego-
| tiations. 1t will be observed that exchange all
| around received another downward knqek-down
yesterday, and very hard one, from which it will
not recover for some time. The receipts Of cotton
continue on free scale; up to last evening they
| foot up 1925 bales, against 10l ,4l3 bales
time last year. The talk is that the bottom lands
on the Mississippi are going TO turn out unprece-
dented parcels of cotton, provided Mr.. Jack Frost
| does not interfere with the calculations. There
| must be great expectations somewhere, or how
| would SO many large and costly running boats be
| running, or employed in the lower trade. There
are nine large and burthensome steamers making
weekly trips to Vieksburg and the bends above ;
they alone bring IN 10000 bales of cotton per
week. Then there are several large boats running
to Memphis. II there is short supply of cotton
on the banks of the Mississippi how comes it there
are over twenty steamboats, in the cotton trade
capable Of bringing to market every week 10000
bales Of cotton, without including the Fort Adams
and Bayou Sara boats? AS for the Red river boats,
as well as the 0uachta they are not to be entered
up for the nonce. The talk is that the planters
and residents on Red river will do well to aid on
the Opelousas Railroad. The talk is that it now
costs S. per barrel freight for transportation from
New Orleans to Alexandra. We begin to think
that Red river is bound to dry'up in the course of
time, as it is becoming more shallow every year.
Boats drawing only one and two feet of water
have trouble to navigate old Red; in fact, old Red
will be used up or run out in a few years more.
To obviate all these diffcultes-these yearly stop
pages of trade-so far as the rich and flourishing
parish of Rapides is interested it is suggested that
branch railway Of twenty miles only, from the
Opelousas Railroad to the parish of Rapides, be
carried out. Alexandria, the parish of Rapdes
and Natchtoches, will be brought within twenty.
four hours of New Orleans; and instead of S. per
barrel freight as now, it would not cost over 81 to
81 so. The talk is there is great inducement for
the monied men of Rapides and Natchitoches to
come forward at this time and put up their money
for the extension of the road.
The accounts from the sugar region are of a very
unfavorabe nature. The drouth has partially dried
up the cane, and it is doubtful if the crop this sea-
son will reach that of last year, though two or
three parishes will come out very well. ....
There was some talk of the freight market, but
| freights have been very quietfor the past two or
three days. fact, if cotton operators refrain from
purchasing for a week freights would sacken but
as few thousand bales will be sold from day to
1 day there will be freight engagements to cores
pond. Talking Of freights, we note the chartering
| of ship Of one thousand tons burthen in New
| York, to come hither aEd load with cotton at
3D., which is now the current rate here to Liver
pool, and may remain SO for some time.
The city is filling up fast; that is, with the return
| ing citizens and new comers. The question will
soon be, where and how can tie thousands Of folks
be accommodated? There has not been many large
buildings erected for hotels or boarding houses
this season. The only addition we observe in the
course of our walk, is the addition of two stories
to the Brooks House, Camp street, opposite La
fayette Square, which makes the building sufici-
ent to accommodate at least one hundred or more
strangers, beyond the regular inmates of the
house. As many thousands of visitors are ex-
/ pected here this season. hotel accommodations are
bound to be deficient in point of hotels and first
class private boarding-houses. 1t is not supposed
that the man is now living in New Orleans who
will come forward to erect first-class hotel-a la
/ Astor Of New York.
| The talk about the recent storm and its effects
/ appears to be undated Most of the temporary
sojourrers on the sea shore have returned home.
The jackson Railroad brings in daily, or twice per
day hundreds. Financiers, financial agents, cot
ton buyers, cotton brokers, cotton factors, tobacco
chewers and buyers, gentlemen of leisure and gem
/ tlemen of no leisure, men with money and men
/ without the value of continental dollar, are to
be seen our flags daily. We cannot say how
they will come out It is hoped Marshal Kennedy
/ will instruct his deputes-census takers-to defer
the closing Of the tables until the lst Of November.
! We think the city will be entitled to two Repre-
sentatyes in Congress or, say that the parishes
| ofOrleans Jefferson, st. Bernard and Plaquemines,
| will be entitled to three members in the lower
house of Congress, provided the apportionment is
| made as in 1850.
/ The weekly jaunts over the lake are now about
| terminated, excepting for those who have families
and residences there. Those desirous of leaving
to-day will find the steamer Creole at port Pont-
chartrain to leave on the arrival of the II o'clock
/ train of cars for the Gulf shore. 1t is hoped the
Postmaster at Biloxi will condescend to receive
from and deliver the mail to the Creole. He re-
/ fused to do so last Sunday and on Tuesday, but
finally concluded to be governed by common
sense and tile persuasion of some residents to
rescind his resolution.
| There was some talk that the BiloXians had
meeting in regard to the recent action of the Mail
Line company III refusing 10 lald at Biloxi. The
resolutions of the meeting are rather curt. The
BiloNians, however, must take into consideration
that the forcible detention of the boats yawls and
ten of the crew of the Alabama, was an act not
| warranted-th no Justification can be brought
forward to relieve this proceeding of the most
heinous Some talk is to the effect that if
Capt Boardman had gone on shore and explained
the matter all would have been right. This is all
supposition for it talked of if the Captain had
gone ashore he would have been detained as well
as his boats, mate and crew. Moreover, every one
conversant with commercial and maritime pu1-
suits, should be aware that in all cases the COM
mander of a vessel or steamer must not leave his
deck. The resolutions passed at the meeting OF
the Biloxians appear in another part of to.day's
| Crescent.
The pro forma protest of Capt Boardman and
his officers do not implicate the citizens of Biloxi
in the crusade, nor does the protest allude what
ever.to the President of the Board of Selectmen
of Biloxi. This protest was published in the
Crescent on Friday, the 21st inst. To cut long
argument short, the talk is that if our sea,shore
friends desire communication and intercourse with
New Orleans, it must be through the New Orleans
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