New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-21
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cloth--which is now sold at 81 40 per yard by the
iobbersand offers to deliver it at 81 20 10 81 rs
per yard, even atthe present high prices Of mate
rails The jobbers and retailers say to him. if You
will furnish it at what we bought it at in Northern
States SAY roc. per yard-we will patronise you.
What sort of encouragement is this to extend to
our infant mandatory? A better article can be
made here thanis imported from the North. 1t is
hardly to be expected that our industrial arts and
mechanics can compete with the starving opera.
tives Of Black Republican workshops. higher
and nobler view ought to be taken by consumers
some patriotism eyinced in favor OF Southern in
dustry. A mandatory of oil cloth is now in
operation in our city. ..as.., . .-
A communication has been handed US comment
ing ON the scores of enemies to the South now in
our city; that one party is a Black Republican in
disguise and would furnish supplies to the enemy,
if he was not afraid of being caught in the opera
ton. We suggest that our correspondent go at
once before the authorities. - *"E we# :
| Then here is talk Of another character. A cor
respondent says: .,..s.--
It is high time this city was purged of all persons
who express Northern sympathies Eve think so
too) or who manifest joy at any trifing success of
our enemies. fathe forcible arrest of Messrs Sill
dell and Mason be not resented forthwith by Great
be closed in this city instanter The British Gov
eminent has not sent Consul to the Confederate
States and it is derogatory on the part of the Con-
federate Government to permit the residence
among of British official accredited to the Lin
coin Government ,,..-
We have talked on this subject before, but give
our correspondent hearing from his long resi-
dence among u.s.
The city is all agog about the great military re-
vic int ia In faly tac ha
viii be something of half-holiday. The Governor
has recommended the banks and all public Offices
to be closed, SO as to enable employees to appear
in review. Most Of the banks have already notified
the public Of their following the Executive recon-
mendation.
Talking about military matters brought up the
handsome subscription Of the regiment of the Or
leans Guards to their drill master, in the way OF
one thousand dollars, which was made up by sub
scription Of various sums, among which was one
from the President of an uptown bank, not far
from certain corner, and who is a member of the
corps, turns out regularly, and performs duty
faithfully; but we were astonished at the talking
of the magnitude of his liberalty and subscription
towards the fund, which was precisely 81 So
Whether in gold or in half of one of the notes OF
the institution, was not talked Of
The weather continues remarkably nald for the
season, altogether too mid for the sugar, which
with molasses, is becoming very abundant The
demand for molasses for Alabama exceeds any.
thing heretofore known in the trade. We observe
low qualities of sugar selling at from II to and q
cents per ID. Is the extent of the crop expected
to be so heavy as to induce planters to forward to
market at these low and rather irregular prices?
There is some deficiency in the supply of barrels
many planters having been in the practice of de.
pending on the Black Republicans of Ohio and
Indiana for their supplies. .. 90