New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-31

Estimated quantity sale this morning 3lst March, 33l 5S2
The freight market appears to be rather de-
pressed, shippers inclined to have the control.
There will be very few vessels coming hther for
business direct for the balance Of the season. The
distractions at the mouth of the river have not in
creased any during the week. The water on the
bars early in the week-that is, up to Tuesday
was of good stage. There are very few vessels
detained. The last accounts said there were three
vessels outward bound. The steamer Cahawba,
the New York packet, was aground on the south
west bar two days since, and in precarious con
dition, so far as getting Off without being dis
charged. Notwithstanding there have been SO
many complaints and so many distinctions inter
yenng at the mouth of the river, we seldom learn
of vessel being wrecked or abandoned. In fact
in no port OF consequence in the world have in
IDENTITIES been called on for so few and diminutive
losses as for the entrance to the port Of New Or
| leans. An old craft, now and then, goes stem on
some Of the Chandelier Islands or perhaps another
| craft about to be disposed of for the benefit of
whom it may concern, runs her nose down in
TiInbalier or Atchafalya bays. True underwriters
do have some pretty hard calls and rather dubious
| cases. occasioned by the Florida reefs but they
are part and chances Of trade or the fortunes Of
war. It is SO long since there has been a vessel
| wrecked or abandoned at the mouth of the Mssis-
sippi we have forgotten when it was. The talk is,
that there are fifty vessels wrecked, stranded cast
away, going into the port of New York to one
coming into the port of New Orleans. The hard
est cases our underwriters have to stand are when
cargoes of wrecked goods are carried into Nassau,
| N. P. When we hear of cargo or vessel going
there, II may generally be charged up as equiva-
/ lent to a total loss.
We were talking about the bar Of the Mississippi,
| and some one touches us on the shoulder and en-
quires about the Dredging Company. We learn
that there are strong hopes of the measure being
carried through at once. By the terms of the char
| ter, no fees are to be charged vessels Of less
draft than IL feet. This relieves the impression
that the charter contained features of arbitrary
or exclusive nature. All we have to say at this
| time is, to urge on every merchant, every ship
owner, ship agent all and every cotton factor all
our insurance companies, to come forward and as
sist in carrying this Company through-even if an
individual cannot take more than one share, it will
assist Our underwriters can subscribe literally
| they have the money. Moreover, they are more
interested than all the body commercial together
It is useless to watt with folded, the action
of the General Government. We may wait til
another hundred vessels are detained like las
year, then talk or appeal to the powers that be
| then vessel takes fire among the feet, with tht
wind blowing outward, and away burns or goe'
fifty cargoes of cotton and fifty vessels Then peo
ple underwriters and all, will say, why didn't W.
do SO and SO, and wind up the remark that the bdi
ought to have been cleared that is, shut tn,
stable door after the horse is out.n
The mails failed yesterday; it will be mirac
to have mails regular for seven days in succession
afais n,inpo,te-a half loaf is better than none a
| all