New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-14
TALK ON CHANGE.

The flags were tolerably well thronged yester-
day. The chief talk was about the great fire in,
Charleston; thought is not always safe to depend
on teiegraphic advfces there does not appear to
be the least doubt but what Charleston has beon
fred, and public opinion is strong that the endish
deed has been committed by Hessian incendiaries.
But it IS time to stop and talk of the origin Of
the fre-snfdce to say that hundreds Of families
have lost all. others have suffered and that assist
ance is required at once. Contributions and sub-o
scriptons for the sufferers will be received by
several influential gentlemen. whose places of
business are mentioned elsewhere in an advertise
ment What can be done in our community, or by
onr citizens, who have never been backward in
deeds of charity and benevolence, should be car
ried out at once. The Directors oftthe Southern
Bank yesterday passed resolution Of the following
import, and immediatel i, fer ser warded the amount
so1fffshs BANK, %, "a
H., REV. Bs#or LYNCH Charleston s g - i''i
~. Reu- Dear Sa'-fhe Geographic wires con-
veY to us tdlings Of the lamenIable CONFEDERATION
which has just devastated your city. Deeply SYM
pthizing with your fellow-citizens on this sad oe-
easion, a have been requested by our Board of
Directors to transmit to you the enclosed remit
lance of five hundred dollars, which You will be 4
kind enough to distribute, as You may deem pro.
per, among the sufferers by this dspensation Of
Providence. lsH#H z
Dear Sit, I have The honor to be, y5sz,e}e
L Your humble servant zG'G sfss.4
y THOMAS LAYTON, Cashier.
That there are Hessian ineendiaries prowling
about, there il not doubt. The authorities of in
land towns should be on the alert, police juries
should enforce all ordinances regarding strangers,
and there are not laws to meet all cases, our
Legislature should be appealed to. Travelling
pedagognes. vendors of patent medicines, all |
agents for new Inventions those who drive through
the country with q horse and buggy, should be |
closely watched. The rankest Abalitionist in the
dominions OF Lincoln Travelled all over the State of
Louisiana few winters since with a horse and
buggy, stopping at every village and plantation of
note, enjoyed the kind feelings and hospitalities of
our generous planters, and now turns up as one of
the rankest enemies of the South It. therefore is
the bounden duty of all guardians of the peace,
all citizens in the country, to regard with distrus
the traveller by foot the rider on horseback, and |
the more genteel buggy occupant, who NAV be |
found travelling through the country without a |
regular passport or permission from the authori.
ties.
AZ Is with feelings Of sorrow that we ha /; again
70 complain OF the Comnissary Department of the
army N Virginia. Whether the abuses complained
OF reach TIE Department of war, we cannot say.
pul QUIZ sons and soldiers have been subject to the
greatest eNtofton. We talked of some charges
bearing upon the grossest imposition yesterday.
since then we have received a Communication.
coming from a member of the Washington Arti
iery saying that he was charged by a suffer FrFry
cents Tor pint cup Of brown sugar We all know
that the remonstranee ola private seldom reaches
the head quarters or the authorities We. there.
fore, consider it proper to talk about them, we
have had complaints Of this character for months
past. We hope the Commanding Generals viii
eradicate the evil complained of. True, a sutler
may say ne receives his pay in deprecated cur.
reney, or has TO give credit, which is not the case
because current bank notes and Confederate notes /
forms the currency paid to soldiers and whenever
the Paymasfer i about, the sutler will be found
very close to his coat tail, grabbing as ii were,
the hard earnings of our volunteers. :s5zs 81 /
the 9 habitues and frequenters of the flags have
neea for three days past deprived of the midday
Geographic dispatches. They stand up under the
deprivation with commendable philosophy, and
retire from the flags homeward as though they
cared not continental dollar for telegraphie news,
and coincide with us that the telegraph is decided
bore.
The Liverpool advices up to the 22d ult. do not
give any speculative movements in the cotton
market. A decline had attended the movements
u lne week, Middllng Orleans being quoted at
I'D. The week previous the quotation was I'D.
There are some private letters received of the 18th
October. They comment on the war, the writers
relieving that cotton port will be opened We
'hould like to be present on the Liverpool Elk
mango when the tables of receipts and exports of
cotton last Saturday, Of our markets, are posted
lp. We think Lancashire spinners and manufao-
.areis would look as blank as the figures, which
VIII appear in our contemporary, the Price Cur
rents, tables this morning.
The Tags were deserted at an early honr. The
weather was cold and raw, Indicating a snow
storm which reminded us of ice as well as snow.
which refreshes our mind about the stock of ice
IN hand. We learn the stock is running low, aud
q course there is no prospect of repenishing it,
md the chances are We shall be ieeiess next sum.
ner.5 How the present generation will summer