The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-19
LETTER FROM BOHEMIAN.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch

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srnKEs Is NEW oRrEANs-sTfwAEl
AND Rls EfvAt.
NEW ORLEANS, March IL, 1866.
s,,,e literary tasks that could not be neg
,,.,ad have prevented me from writing io1
some time, and now avail mysei ohiy Oh
casual moment 10 drop you lew lines, ~
.bay saw III the - Complete Letter writer.
T. il election day in the Crescent City-thc
6rSf ofnriae municipal election there has beer
here since the iall of the city Ill 1>62 Once OF
twice they have had semblance OF an oirc
ton, held under the surveillance Of the mill
tary authorities, but now for the first time
the people have had m opportunity OF speak
ING and OF putting III power the men OF 'ucl'
choice As could be expected, there Were
large number Of candidates III The held-liiio,
or four regular nominations, stahdins IL
party platforms more or less IKE o'o" o,
than ANYTHING else, and prihciP'i'S H.
the only difference that l can see p' re- &c
different names upon the iickelS anu ,"e ~,
fsrant h,pnsrs under which they hSht. ro'
Instance, we have the Natonai ps,h"Si"tN
.nd rho Conservative Democratic. Bolh s,'s
tain the President: both oppose tue ha", NJ
ncither are in favor of negro suffrage. Nhat
distinctive difference there II oelNc'h '"o WV
= more than can say. From my own Poin'
Of view being merely an alien iooke'ro on l.
seems as If every man who wishes an once
starts marty on his own hook. How many
candidates have been run to-day Tor the May
orally won I pretend 10 say put IL ohis ons
man is likely 10 be elected III any ere 49,
as Iohn T 2Iunroc was elected Icth say 'il''
,hrre are tonight several diSappointed asp
rants What particular good ihis elcctioH
will do the city l. not Yet patent Inc mn
tary stlll have control, and whomsoeNer i
elected 10 fiji the city offices must be subsef'
Went for the time being. On the whoie, the
day has passed oil quietly ana, so lat IL
| have heard, there have been no serious
rows or street fights. The shoulder-hltteiS
have been out in strong force all day, but
more for show than actual service. iheS, ~
we'll rs our soberer citizens, knew very wen
that anything at all approaching i 1ign'
would be construed rs a riot, dHd end 1" nc
CLOSING 0f the polls. So all classes STOOD upon
their good behavior, and really i has been
model electromagnetic as-as-as camp meet
ing Occasionally lively boy would "hur-
r1n for glory =" for - John I. Munroe"' or
= for some other candidate: but as the bar
rooms We're I'LL closed, ana there was very
little liquor floating around, TINS shouting was
OF the most harmless character. Ana so the
election was closed-our first election since
the war-and we may now be CONSIDERED az
fairly embarked uron the sea oil domesllc
politics. y pleasant voyage 10 tne DARK pu1
II looks aS~if there were breakers anead Win
stiff gale from the northeast, and without Il
,rt!icqi change il may blow rs on TO Il speedy
shipwreck. II is Il fact, Things 90 look pao
The Southern States are now holding on LOT
dear life but how long they can hold on, is 4
question \ delay like this, continued one
more year, and we are-bahkrupt'
Just here the people are very prosperous
cotton s9hlIluss ~ ,o,,i.n ono ,vnu1d
be apt 10 con iecture that ii would slack but
very little before the new crop comes II inns
49, 49,. ,.a. ~ ,rnst nrosnrritv Every
"no,nen b., c"I,ns down the Mississippi
Uuachta, or Red rivers, brings more or less
tol'o'.' -; ,oi,,n into tho cttimote
'liIe' t'nItS ~. 80, ~ ,r t;n,a fnr vears The
following statement Will give You an idea oil
the state of our cotton market. by noucng
tlt hui1.o'I VI 80, = ~ all husinoss 'ran
,eloay, $50 , ~, NV, ra,nn~k that hi.
oo -, @ 49,, tirniy Sho,ld one feel
i SLIM " IItt, cam ensiIv st,il,,
~ LIN III r"raS,o si,,a Snntrnbrrl 1865:
"""i'' "'''S n,-r.
-, ,,, ,,.,,,r.,,or1 1se5 81 70.
So , o,i 't' i,,. ilI.rrb lI,l, I 500
PscriyrJ previously ............ 5s3 555 81, =
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Cleared to-day ,s go,
cleared previously .'''.'' - =
.,,, ..,r.,al 10 a.
"'"'N VII manu- NV
Now, estimate TINS ~ an tNcraS" plicc-st.
~ Low mIddin%, worth lhIftS I " ~ -
cents-ahdIt D" seen 'hat We ~" " ,'i ny ~
nous amount OF money no" hHe9'et III nv
ueeCy staple. Ii u this lhat gives new VI =,
leans its present pres perlty, ana what Is bohno
10 make il one day the great metropolis Oh tllS
vast southwestern empire. Although prices
are good Al the present time, the market l.
subject to sudden fluctuations owing 10 large
speculatiohs IN lots for cXport and TO the man
date of the Bulls and Bears of Wall street.
There is nova fair inquiry and moderate sales
are made every day, chiefly on the basis OF
rhirty-six TO thirty seven aud thirty eight
cents for good ordinary and strict good ordi'
nary thirty nine 10 forty Tor low lnlaohhE
and forty-fye for middlng Orleans.
Tobacco has been active for snort umt
back, and, strange TO say, 4 number oi ne"
York merchants have been on her" puShe
large quantities for shipment TO New YORK
Since this, the trade has rather declined, unii
now, when il might very well be called duil
Amusements IN New Orleans are Away
dourishing. We have now four theatres IL
full blast drawing crowds nightly; two mu.
seums are open TO the public Il circus is II
the ring also a pantcmime and ballet at the
Academy speaks for itself there are to be lie
less than IA dozen balls this week Il concert is
to b. given IN Odd Fellows Hall, and the iirs1
lecture of the Iyceum course begins TO -morrow
night Now all these places except the last,
will be crowded, and from this You can imagine
that we are not vel crushed III spirit or broken
in pocket. People will en- Joy themselves when
the Central America - was wrecked III the
Caribbean sea, II is said n party went down
while finishing a quiet game of ''draw.' Here
we work hard all day, and at night visit some
of these places for relaxation and pleasure.
Saturday there a grand procession OF