New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-07-02

| Postal NIatters--Mucls In Littlc-TalIS on
1 Change, etc.
| The general movements yesterday were large for
the of the year. Though there were not many
arrivals of boats yesterday yet the arrivals of the
day previous served to keep up considerable liveli-
ness on the evee, in the vicinity Of the steamboat
landing. There has been great deal said about o
daily mail, which, Of course, means daily communica-
ton with Cairo Illinois, and the river towns and our
good city. But, somehow or another, it does not
work, and we now learn that the contractors have
been allowed $l20 900 for some fancied loss inter
ruption. It is not long since that Glover & Mather
were paid $500 as an indemnity for the loss Of
contract to transport a daily mail in steamboats,
between this city and Louisville, when it was known
that such a contract was an impossible thing to be
carried out. Then we had the stupendous humbug of
daily mail to Cairo; and what we shall be tantal-
lied with next, we do not know nor do we care, for
we expect to be kangarooed" by mail contractors
SO long as it is a profitable business to them This
brings to our mind how our old father (Air. John
BulD manages his postal affairs. He makes contract
ors postoffce agents, one and all, show their hands
and comply with their engagements; and though he
has been confoundedly dull and stupid about cotton
the past season. yet he manages matters very sensby
in other respects particularly in postal arrangements.
For instance the mails by the Persia were in part
received on Tuesday morning, but good share of
| the correspondence was not received from causes
which could not be explained, until we received yes
terday letter with the Liverpool postoice stamp,
as follows: Posted since $3.50 minutes last night"
which shows it was not the fault of the Liverpool
post-oce authorities that the letter not put in
the regular mail. If authorities at Washington
would compel their contractors and employees to be
particular in explaining and accounting for delays
and Irregularities there would be very few occasions
Of notices of mail failures from beyond this place or
that. But we should like to know something about
the 900 said to be allowed to the contractors for
the Cairo route. If there is much money unappro-
prated in the strong chest of the Government, we
think our city ought have an opportunity to handle
some of it, in the way of an appropriation for mail
steamers to Europe There two three contracts
for ocean service from New York to Europe-a large
amount paid for mail service to California via Aspn-
wall and Panama, and this emporium is put off with
some petty connection, twice month, via Havana,
in some Indifferent steamships. New York lobby
members of Congress obtain millions Of acres of
valuable lands for railroads in the North and West
which will never pay farthing, but answer for stock
jobbing purposes in Wall street. As kind of sop to
soothe Southern or Louisiana dignity, $4,000 was
appropriated some years since to establish navy
yard on the opposite side of the river. The ground
was purchased and paid for, but whether from no
further appropriations being made, the ground has
fallen into the Mississippi, we cannot say. We
however, will not forget that through the eX-
ertions of the " immaculate" Robert J. Walker, we
did get the foundation Of a building intended for
a Custonl-house during the administration OF Mr..
Polk but our friend " Bob" was good Mssissip-
plan. Then the Council of the First Municipality,
in order to secure the advantages Of building which
may be completed in about ten years hence-perhaps
lesshad to donate square of ground valued at five
city is likely to get Custom-house though with
the exception Of little sand, few millions of bricks
and cypress lumber the balance Of the materials
are obtained through New England. So we go; and
the talk on Change is, if contract is to be given
out in the South Northern parties, through lobbying
at Washington, will obtain it.
Our usual monthly circular from Calcutta will be
found in another column. 1t will be observed that
the ship Kate Hunter cleared for this port the 18th
April, with l6l4O pieces gunny cloth, and u.s. 900
gunny bags
We also give circular of breadstufs, provisions
and naval stores in Liverpool. The low rates Of
freight ought to encourage shipments of tar, rosn
and turpentine from the pine woods of the South.
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| A SARDINIAN ROBIN Hoop.-The Gasetta Popuiare
of Caghar gives an account of solemn reconcilia-
| tion effected between the villages of Perugas and
Bortigadas, (sland of Sardnia,) the inhabitants of
which had lived in perpetual fued (ucndetta) for up.