New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-21
ON CARONDELET STREET,


Many useful and tasteful improvements
are noted in the business houses Oh Caron-
deiet in the last fortnight. preparatory to
an active business this season. Although
they have been made since the writer Of this
commenced reporting the doings of that
active thoroughfare, it is not claimed that
they were induced or influenced by the
writer. That would DO for Mrs. Parting
ton, who, being rather late at church, en-
tered as the congregation were rising
from prayers ''La p said she, 'how very
polite you are to rise on my account. .
When these improvements shall be COM
pleted fuller notice of them will be given,
for they will do credit to the street and to
the name it bears. The old Spanish Baron,
Carondelet, for whom this street was
named, and who governed here somewhat
over a century ago, would be astonished,
could he rise from his grave and look
on the snowy fitting up of some Of the
moneyed exchanges that now stand on
the ground upon which he had to erect
redoubts and plant batteries, and drive
palisades to protect the Orleanians Of the
early days against the Indians, French and
other outside barbarians. Wouldn't it as
tonish the old Baron to see the gas lights,
and hear of Barbarin's Gas Light Com
pany's stock quoted at 81 on Wednesday.
90 yesterday, and probably So to-day; for
in his day the town was not lighted at oil,
and as its revenues were insufficient to en-
able it to be done, Carondelet imposed a
tax of one dollar and an eighth on each
chimney for this object. And while
transacting yearly on Carondelet street
the immense business that is done in
sugar, in cotton and in money, and Sc
curities of all kinds, it should not be for
gotten that the first sugar establishment
in all this country was put in operation in
Carondelet's day U79t). So successful
was the culture of the cane that in four
years O6O0} the sugar crop yielded fif-
teen millions hyres. What may We not
look for from tho ramie culture, nowsin
it's infancy, with so many moro aids of all
kinds to sustain it.
Not to wander too far from yesterdays
business, it may be said that better tone
is already noted in trade of almost all
kinds, with the advent of cooler weather
and the total Disappearance of yellow
fever, which never was epidemic during
the season, and IS not now even sporadic.
BY the way, what is the difference whether
man dies sporadically or otherwise
But no matter, the FOYER topic has dis
appeared, and for fortnight has only
dragged in conversational circles. Even
the very timid are returning to the city.
as cloaks and overcoats begin to appear,
and coal fires are in demand, and fever
has quite disappeared from the gazettes.
A rather lively time was had in the
evening at the Brokers' Board, both in a
legitimate way and in outside discussions;
but of the latter-t'nuff ced" The bids
on bank stock were unusually lively, as
also in city seven per cents, and in coin.
The bids, ETC., will be seen below The
sales on the street were as follows: $4,000,
$4,000 and $4,000 of new city seven per
cents at 70; and $500 and $4,000 do at 734I,
and $4,000 do at 70 and 734. cat the
evening board 70 was offered and 73A
asked.) Two thousand dollars Of fiscal