New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-03
Flfty Year. in the Now world.


the ambassadorial staff of the Baron Won
Strue, to the much more prosaicone Of out
and-in-door clerk MS the new commercial firm
which the Messrss IN Ende were then pre-
pairing for the city of New Orleans Tt would
not be very interesting for the generality of
our readers to give them minute details of all
the commercial transactions, and all the mer-
camille operations necessitated for the under
taking which these German merchants had
resolved upon; however. some of these enter
prizes may still find fitting place in these
"reminiscences, in order to render an account OF
the no small labor and manifold exertions
required in those times for proper CONNER
cial outfit from the European ports to those
ofthe American States. For this purpose it
was then agreed between the two brothers
Am Ende, that the one most experienced by
his long sojourn in the United States, in the
choice of proper articles and products for the
New Orleans market, should himself person
ally visit all the manufactures in the different
German States, the city Of Hamburg itself be-
4 ing only place Of general deposit for German
export manufactures, not then place of
original manufacturing establishment. Under
this arrangement Frederick William, in the
course of the fall of the year 1915, visited the
principal linen fabricators Cor manufactures
4 in the province of Silesia, linen being
then the most important article of import
in the New Orleans market, both for home
consumption and for the export trade to the
Mexican Gulf port towns as we had occasion
to explain in former essays. From Silesia he
continued his travels to the important glass
ware manufactures in Bohemia capital
Prague and the numerous subordinate towns
and villages, in all of which selections were
made and orders left for expediting these
goods by land transport, as well as by the
river conveyance upon the Elbe, towards the
4 city of Hamburg. From Bohemia the voyage
was extended to the famous city of Nurem-
burg, renowned for its multitudinous apticles
of expectation, from the children's toy to the
most accurate astronomical instrument Here
a considerable invoice was made up for the
Quitting expedition to the American market.
| Again did our merchant start from that active
manufacturing city of Franconia, in the king
dom of Bavaria, for the Rhenish provinces of
Prussia, for Solingen and other places that were
in the line Of German hardware business and
steel manufactures, SO that by going through
Westphalia and part Of the kingdom of Saxonia,
he completed the whole round of what were
then the most renowned oenters for all the
cotton, wooden and linen fabrics.
The principal part of the cargo being thus
lmade up, it was next in order to await in the
lefty of Hamburg the receipts of all these diff
ferent invoices, and We had well foreseen that
this would take US the greater part of the
winter Of 1916. Hence, although every one
Eof the firm was actively employed in forward
Ling the expedition, it was not before the Isl
lof May of that same year, that we could SCI
Esail from Hamburg in the brig Angelica, Capt
Harmon, for New Orleans. We knew further
more, by our American adviees, that the mucl
reduced new tariff upon imports, would b.
put in operation after the 4th Of July Of tina
Eyear, which would give us a great advantage
lover those importers Of Merchandise that
had been introduced under the old or what
was called the war tariff the rates of duties
being nearly double in the latter; conse
Equently, a clause was introduced into the
lcharter parts of the brig that the charterers
who would boon board the vessel, might have
leave to orderher into the harbor of Pensaeola
Ishould they arrive at the mouth Of the lissis
4 sippi before the period Of the reduction O
/ the import duties This was most i'm.
tportant proyiso and the temporary stay at
Pensacola bay or harbor being then little bur
thened with port charges would have ex-
empted the cargo Of the Angelica of this i'm
position of double duties, had the voyage
been a too fast one, which however was not
the case, for we happened to arrive at the
Balize on the I'd Of July Of that same year,
land So, the new tariff was in full operation
j by the time that the cargo was entered in the
United States Custon-house.
As it may interest some Of our mercantile
readers we shall mention that another Ham.
burg house, the firm of Hartman & Schmidt,
!. had already in tie month of December, 1915
Estartea with an assorted cargo of Germa,
goods from the city Of HAMBURG, in the bari
Adelaide, Capt. Kelting, Besides this firm
thehouse of Rochelle 8 Schiff was then in thu
|, German import trade, and Nh. Edward schif
was one of the passengers on board the sam,
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