New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-12
VOLUME XVI.
gotaG gntelli9ente,
Meeting of oetton Factors.


Pursuant to call made at an informal meeting
held few days ago, at the Office of Hon Corne-
lus Fel!owes, about one hundred of the cotton
factors of the city assembled at the Varieties
Club-room last evening, to consider proposition,
to memorialize the federal secretary of the treas
ury to modify the regulations issued from that de-
partment in relation to the collection of the direct
tax of three cents per pound on cotton.
The meeting was called to order by Robt. ".
Estlin, ESD who, having explained the proceed
ings of the preliminary meeting, moved that Mr..
Fellowes, who presided at that assemblage,
should be chosen chairman Of the present one, and
the motion was unanimously agreed to.
Mr.. FeIowes thanked the meeting for the dis
tinction conferred upon him, and expressed a
wish that some other gentleman should be elected
to the place, but it was insisted that he should
serve.
Messrs. NJ. Dluson and J. P. Harrison were
elected vice presidents, and Mr.. Joseph Denegre
secretary, unanimously.
The Chair informed the meeting that atthe pre-
Iiminary consultation Gen. S. B. Buckner, Gen. F.
j. Heron and Capt. A. H. May were appointed a
committee to draft memorial to the secretary Of
the treasury, praying for modification of the
regulations. Two drafts had been prepared, but
the one written by Gen. Buckner had been
adopted by the gentlemen who attended the pre-
liminary organization, as the most comprehensive
and forcible. With this explanation, the president
called upon Gen. Buckner to read his report,
which he did, and it was unanimously approved.
AS it will be published in full, it i8 unnecessary to
attempt to give an extract of it.
| As General Buckner resumed his seat after read
ing the memorial, lie was loudly applauded, and
on motion of Mr.. Estlin, the thanks Of the mer-
chants Of New Orleans were voted to the general
for his able exposition of the objections to the
existing regulations, and to the other gentlemen
associated with him on the committee.
Captain May remarked that it had been sug.
eested that delegation of two factors should be
appointed to proceed to Washington and present
the memorial to the secretary OF the treasury, and
urge upon him the desiderated changes. It was
agreed that such delegation should be sent.
Gen. Buckner, Mr.. Fellowes and several othel
gentlemen were named as delegates. Mr.. Eel
loves decned-his business would not allow hin
to leave the city. Gen. Buckner also desired Il
be ezcused-he doubted if, with his present polit
ical status, he could be of any service on the pro
posed mission.
Mr. Estlin insisted upon the nomination of tht
general. He trusted from the attitude of Presi
dent Johnson, that the day had passed when TIN
political record of the general would deprive hin
of his just influence.
After some further discussion committee, con
sisting of Mr.. Richard Nugent, Gen. Heron, Capt
May Mr.. Wm. NJ. Pinckard, and the presiden
and vice presidents Of the meeting, was chosen t
! attend to printing, and was empowered to appoin
delegates to go to Washington.
The proceedings and memorial were ordered
be published tomorrow officially, in four of tn
city papers, and two thousand copies were ordere
= to be printed in pamphlet form, to be circulate
among the factors at the other cotton marts of th
South with the view of inducing the cooperate
of those factors in pressing the subject upon IL
}, attention of the government.
The gentlemen present then signed the mem
rial, and copies were ordered to be left
several Offices to-day for the signatures Of Il
factors absent from the meeting.
s. The meeting then adjourned