New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-16
TALK ON loHANGE.

There were some few gatherings on the flags
yesterday. The usual salutations were exchanged,
little confab passed, such as fine day, "What
is the news ~ what do you think of Missouri
sswbat of the blockade and eotton?' 4 large crop
of cotton calculated on everything is suspicious
regarding it, The late rains have not produced
any i'll effects; to the contrary, they have been Of
inestip1abIe advantage on the uplands. Liverpool
has BY this time received all the cotton from the
United States for some time to come Lancashire
can now come to some conclusion about how long
the stock now on hand will last. We are now in
the middle of August, and only one bale of the
new crop received in this market, one bale in La
yacca, Texas and one bale in Georgia. Last
year up to this time the receipts OF new crop at
this port were five thousand eight hundred and two
| bales the receipts for the week ending the 18th
| August being 1885 bales. The crop now is in adj
vance of last season, and we would have received
ten thousand bales in the regular course of re-
CENTS. Last year at this time the bottom lands on
the Mississippi were suffering from drouth, and
much cotton in the uplands was given up as lost.
The cotton factors in Charleston have followed the
course of their conreres in our city: issued cir
cular recommending most strenuously to planters
not to send any cotton to market until the blockade
is expressly removed
The receipts of cotton at the port Of Petersburg,
Va, since the LIST September last are IL lls bales,
against 2T 1897 bales corresponding time last year:
Regarding the feeling in England in reference to
the future of cotton, find the following letter in
the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer:
LONDON June %, l86l.-In Liverpool and Man
chester have had opportunity Of doing much
good. Their interest compels them to give us
much sympathy. They don't like the negro, but
ti,a, iya and hpIr
vention, held two weeks since, proved most concu
sveiy their dependence upon us for that article
From other source can they get the same quality
| or at the same price. 1t interesting to see
| how gratifed they were when | assured them the
1 South would most positively attain her independ-
! enee in this struggle. told them the North was
! sanguipe. but it was ignorant of the power of the
South. Whereas, had seen both sections, and
could speak positively.
1 The stock Of cotton on hand in Liverpool is
about 100000 bales; this will be worked up by
the last of January next If the mills run at
1 short time. And then what are they to do? Eng.
lishmen say, You think you will compel us to in
/ terfefe in your quarrel.n IGeply, No, we don't
wish to compel you to do anything; we don't like
| the term. Our cotton will be ready we wish you
| to have it, and we desire your goods in return.
| The North by the blockade says you shall net have
| it; row, what say your? The reply is, Lancashire
and Manchester will have it, regardless of the
North. In my opinion, if do not settle the diff
1 Guilty by force Of arms before the LIST Of January
next, England will do it for us.
have no more doubt that this will be the result
| than have of my existence. If we could only
once My prayer is that our soldiers may be spared
the evils of war, and that victory may soon attend
them.
A great victory has been obtained, presuming
i, that allusion is made to victory in battle and
arms. We shall have the first response from Eu.
rope to this greatvietory within four or five days.
The Edinburgh, from Liverpool, was to leave on
the 5th The Quebec and Montreal steamer left
4 on the 9th. The CuDsrd steamer of the 10th will
i be due on Tuesday next at Halifax. The circular
of the cotton factors of this city went out by the
steamer of the 3lst direct but may have gone two
/ or three days previous via Quebec. We entertain
the idea that this circular, followed by those from
4 Mobile and Savannah, will cause something of 6
4 futterng, perhaps regular excitement on thu
i LIVERPOOL flags and when the LIST of October comes
| and not one, thousand bales of new crop in ou
4 market, what will be the effect in Manchester
Nous UsfTonS.
/ There were some sensation dispatches received
i yesterday, but as the habtues of the flags havt
been SO often bored, they can put up with littl'
installment of worthless and unreliable movement
4 over the wires. There were New York papers o
the sth received. The Daily News came to hand
We have heard many remarks about this Daily
Il News. We cannot discern anything in its leaders
and editorials as commencing it to Southern
patronage. 1t does not advocate the Southern
cause. IL contends and argues against Lincoln and
the war. 1t goes for cessation of hostilities, be
!. cause It is eating out the vitals of New York
running lis commerce and trade. It also alludes
frequently TO reconstruction of the Union, which
II is idle to think Of We shall be glad to meet
with Northern paper supporting the cause of the