, 1865-08-02
weather and Business 1TatterH-The
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L,nea-Renl Est4te-RaJlFoads.

From another Correspondent
New ORLEANS, July q.
The heated term is upon the city in III
strength, but Is nothing more than seasona.
bic, ard tavoriDg to the highest degsee tht
crop, which In the disturbed relations Of labor
need the very best adjuocts nature can give,
The first hoils Of the cotton crop have been
received here, and give good promise oi
amount IN proportion to the really narrow
breadth sown. The yield will bc large
wherever anything like even tolerab]e eul.
ture has been secured, and holders Of planta-
tions thus we'll started are very cheerful ut
the prospect, The army worm Is not heard
OF this season, and without any 1!norance OF
dctriment from ecason causes the crop will
come down to what IL regarded by many rs
the test period In Southern agriculture, Of
Of the freedmen affect to believe, o:aee really
Of tie opinion that be csnnot be trusted
then, and that nothing but the whip and the
diver Gun sscure the Gotten crop. We
shall STE.
Meanwhile the old crop now On baud Is
coming forward, and some days there is
great nyeltness along the 1eree among the
There is no conplaint from that quarter that
the steyedore gangs Of free blacks do not
handle the bales as Well as the old-fasbtoned
chattel. Business In this city Is improving,
but not with the great strides that some
were dtspoEed to predicate on the close OF
the war. Tbs fact Is, and none appreciate 1t
more fully than those who have overtradcd
on nnIsPprehension that the Southern de-
mand must be light until something Ike re-
cupe1atton reaches thR channels of business,
As much as they need goods Of all c}asses in
the agricultural districts, they ara in no con
diti1n to bny Jet. I do not conceive that the
delay will be long one, but still it is a de-
count BY every one whose eye Is fixed on
Southern trade. Meanwhile the indication,
ara steadily accumulatiVe that the c2mmer-
cla1 men Of New Orleans are getting ready
fer the return Of old times. There Il a zen.
eral redtting and refdrrlshfng going On In
every street heretofore associated with the
business center: Stores burned Or partially
demolished In the changes and disasters 6f
the war are being rebuilt, and paint aud
whiteweeh are literally fresaening neglected
eurfacef, and the old time regime Is return
Ing in al1 parts Of the bneiness quarter.
The Gales Of real estate in the past month
are yery good indication Of this recupera.
tson, for very good prices haye been realized.
The only exception is in sales under the con.
ascation act, through fears regarding titles.
Thus slidell's property, worth neatly a
round million before the war, sold for less
| than one:tenth of its yaana. The business
men Of New Orleans are going so1ldly to
| wo1k to win back for the Crescent City her
| old relation to the Mississippi valley trade,
| which the war Lost to her. In this view,
| rrtat Intssest was excited by the discussions
| of the Convention OF the Western Boards OF
Trade, at Boston, snme weeks ago, which
| urged the necessity Of IN accession Of fresh
canyIug facilities by ocean lines through
he guif. The cceaa and river routes OF
t.ayd have, indeed already recovered th=is
some Of shem were neSss eSie e 5fn we y
tsa tirst-eiass - steamers is now our connection
With New York. while .he 1 st. ioa!s, Lo9Is; ''s;
sp!endos BE- ths marvel Of johnny Bull, who
i, notice, staring in delighted gnggls fash
claiming " Ilo my heyess'
Amcng other means Of helping this result.
The press and public are taking great .a mts5,
est in land routes, especially those which
connect US with and extend the railroad sys-
TEN OF Texas. It Is urged that the Govern
ment nay, proatsbly to all parties, encou1'