New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-30
TALK ON CHANGE.

The very fine weather of Monday was followed
| yesterday by another bright and favorable day
| The flags of Carondelet and environs were well
| thronged. But the grand rue Carondelet does moi
monopolize all the great trade of our city, though
sellers and buyers of cotton dealers in exchange,
| note brokers, ship agents, freight brokers' salt
Dealers tow-boat associations scrip Dealers insu-
rance companies, insurance agents. carriage deal
ers, real estate sellers and brokers' wide Gen Pal
| freys office do congregate daily on the flags of
Carondelet street-yet Carondelet street is long
way from embracing all New Orleans. 1t must not
be forgotten that there such localities as the
grand Levee, CHOW covered with millions of dol
lars worth of produce) Tchoupitoulas, Poydras,
New Leyee, and other streets, where there are
daily gatherings, as well as good broad flags to
meet on, the movements on which are of as much
Importance to the commercial world as what trans
pires on rue Carondeet. There is very heavy
business going on among the Western produce mer-
chants and deaers-large, very large, greater than
ever before known for the season of the year-and
all this mighty business is conducted on the cash
system. The great West and Northwest will soon
find out that the great highway, the Mississippi
river is free and unobstructed and that it will SO
continue unless Mr. Abraham Lincoln chooses
after the 4th of March, to blockade the mouths.
Possibly Mr.. Buchanan may have ordered vessel
or two to anchor off the Balize to collect duties
If our great 0. P F. should intercept one or more
of our good friend, Mr.. Bulls ships, with cargo on
board inward bound, it would be one of the omen
questions to be settled afterwards between the in.
coming administration of seventeen States and
Lord Palmerston.
The further talk was of freights and shipping.
Vessels continue to drop in daily from all parts If
New England shipowners do not choose to send
their vessels hther, so much the better for British
and Bremen vessels. If it is desirable that Eng
land and Germany should monopolize the great
carrying trade, the freiglting of cotton, it does
not make stiver's difference to our planters and
factors who carries or under what flag cotton ia
carried thither.
There was some incidental talk about the war
between the cotton presses and shipping agents.
Some good old foges don't know why cotton
presses should adopt the sliding scale. Though
lreIghts have advancedthat is due to tho scarcity
OF shipping, governed by the, mmutable laws of
supply and demand. On the other hand we have
not ascertained that there any deficiency in cot.
ton presses and warehouses, or whether the supply
Of these useful appendages to the great cotton |
rade has fallen off, or otherwise declined. We |
rave put this question to old fogy, like our. ]
selves, and he cannot answer it; that is he does
not know whether there has been any decline in |
he number of cotton presses and steam engines in |
'ur good city for the past few years, and cannot
rive an opinion Qhough he does not care a straw
lbout our Chamber of Commerce) whether the
'roprietors of presses have the call or not. We
will have a little more talk tomorrow on this
ubject.
There was some talk about the new currency
ssued by Postmaster RddeIl. We have been
avored by an old correspondent with his views on
he subject. The new issue of currency is in the
hape of piece of good staunch pasteboard
bout two inches in length and one and quarter
4 breadth, with a fine, good fat looking COW on
ach end, representing, of course, our agricultural
ursuits. These tickets of fine, fashionable
ose color, slightly tnged with eau de cologne and
re receivable in payment of postage at our Post
lice. Our little Young America, just learning his
C's, desires to know what the two COWS mean
n each corner of the ticket. If there were bull
nd bear, we could we'll understand it on the
ags. Some one asks us, if the two old COWS rep
esent our 0. P. +. and Ills Postmaster General
lolt. Will Postmaster Riddell explain, as it really
riddle to us.