New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-09
TALK ON ,CHANGE.

The gatherings on the flags yesterday were few
and far between. The sun was all-poWerful for
few hours, and kept many within doors. The in
quiries are numerous, when will the first fight
come OFF," Old General Fuss and Feathers ap-
pears to be unwilling to fire the first gun, or to
send the proclamation across the Potomac. Pos
aibly he may getup to the sticking point in day
or two. Business is about over for this season,
and the movements on the flags will merely be for
little chat and to watch the arrivals from Europe
as considerable interest rules in regard to the y-
erpool cotton market.
The adyces by the North American were re-
garded in a favorable light; though the dispatches
quote an advance of bd@Ad., yet the quotations
for Middling Orleans read 7&d., which is no advance
at all over the 20th-7sd would be nearer the
mark. There are other errors in the dispatches,
which will be corrected, no doubt on the receipt
Of the regular correspondence.
There was some talk of the blockade as going
into effect on the 25th instant. That will give the
Confederate Government little more time to pre-
pare their fire ships and steamers. The great
Minnesota, under Commodore Stringham, it is sup
posed, will be clustering off the Balize good
way to drive the pompous Commodore off will be
to send to Havana for two or three cases of yellow
fever and allow him to capture them.
The talk is, tWhat of the letters of marque and
privateers?n Just allow us to hint to the many
inqurers, privateering is a private business, and
they who embark in it are sufficiently wise and
prudent to keep their movements to themselves,
like the iudicious and discreet movements of our
Government at Montgomery. Therefore, it will be
well to restrain free talk at this moment.
The advices from the mouth of the river yester-
day were of d low stage of water on the bar. The
Hamburg ship Dragon, with 1852 bales of cotton,
drawing LIB feet. got to sea on Tuesday morning
the Levi Woodbury. was on the bar yesterday, with
two other vessels not far off. There are several
vessels due from foreign ports say three from Cal
cutta, with valuable cargoes. We hope soon to
announce their arrival.
Lincoln Seward & Co. have forbidden proyi.
sions, hagging and rope, to be forwarded from
Kentucky South, either via the river or railroad.
Well; Tennessee can furnish all the iron wanted to
make hoops for baliug cotton, or we can send to
Russia for hemp, have it shipped in British vessels
and manufacture our own rope; or we can send
for Russian cordage for bale rope, which can be
laid down in New Orleans, duty free. at less prices
than the Kentucky bale rope. But the question
arises, are the citizens Of Kentucky going to sub
nit to this embargo on their manufactures and
trade Nous ue,roas.
There was some talk that citizens Of New Or.
leans, now in New York, were daily tainted and
sinsultea that the Black Republicans of Wall
street, or some other black pandemonium, had
ordered resident of New Orleans, who happened
to be in New York, en- route for Europe, to leave
the city. Il is manifest there is no safety for a
Southerner in Northern cities at this time Ia adj
dition 10 the arrest and imprisonment Of Mr..
Grner, Of Savannah, in Philadelphia, We End the
following proceedings in regard to distinguished
Southerner Id New York:
BARn4ssM EEw YoRKG B Lamar, President Of the
that eity that oice sooa ar esgna
ordered 10 leaFe the es by speeiied short time
1t Mt Lama Is a ire ientionIo % We the city
his with difference hi, hut The eYtcAl Ill
III fact s9t haxe been known 10 some Of th
unt-apre yebiai az eafly rem val.
MOB Gonmee that he could not and woh1t
ags ~ ef ordels and here he matter rested ut our las
aceniIis s.53s
Wt sresrA free action, aud tile atn
Mhieh hiss bees asshsa The Foph by the Phasaic Gey
York
TAe shoss extract we take from the Charleston