New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-15
TALK ON 'CaANGE.

The talk on the flags yesterday was varied.
Some remarks are made about cearances of ves-
seis after the 2Sd inst. We are not yet in state
Of war. The first gun has not yss been fred by
theNorthern confederacy on the South. When it
IL some folks ask, g Will it not be good time to
canhscate some Of the Northern ships now in
sapshern ports :? y On this question many parties
eaGarondelet street are dsincned to talk much.
Hemight talk for them. OF course, cotton s being
hurled on shpboard fast the fifty presses of
hewarehonses and screws can prepare it, as well
IL tile warehouse proprietors There is great
aeal talk about what Collector Hatch will do
aierthe 2Sd inst, or the act Of secession
-spassed Would it not be well for Mr.. Hatch to
hke a walk on Carondelet street to-day and ex-
blail his course Merchants, shippers and others
arein a state Of betweenity. In the meantime, the
Tepresentatfve Of Queen Victoria the Consul, is
pefplexed by the numerous interrogatories hourly
Dit as to what be intends to do. Why he will do
she has been doing. When he receives instruc-
tions from Ills Government or the British Minister
at Washington, he will give public notice. Mr..
BILLS too shrewd dipomati5t to allow our dis.
iFbances to interfere with his supply Of cotton at
this moment.
Tile movements in cotton yesterday were large,
that is, on the great evee where several mammoth
caFgoes were being discharged. Among buyers
and sellers there was not SO much doing. After a
storm comes calm, applies to dealings in cotton
~ in natures movements. The sales Of the staple
for the last week, that is from Monday to Satur-
day, inclusive, we've 81 7,OO0 bales. This quantity
having to be delivered, received and exchange
negotiated rather checked the movements yester-
aday. There was a disposition evinced by some
Nlyers to await further advices from the other
side, now nearly due by the Canadian at Portland,
say Of the Sd inst. The Asia is the steamer of the
5th for NewYor The interception or boadring of
Cane Race has been suspended, or will be on the
18th inst It will be resumed about the middle OF
April next
The freight market continues somewhat excited
Rates have advanced to I'd. in British bottoms and
23.32d. is very close shave in an American yes
sell Not so close however, as a case in years
gone by say over third of q century when q
shipner took up vessel at So 64d. Of penny. We
occasionally meet this old merchant on the flags
who, blythe bye looks as hearty as he did in the
eyentful year of 1925, say thirty-six years ago.
The freight market is, of course, talked much of
and even the good Black Republican ship William
Singer has been cleared by Messrs Meeker, Knox
& Co., with full cargo Of cotton for Liverpool
Some one asks lis if the letters of marque are moi
preparing to go on q sailing excursion out Of
Charleston or Mobile to inquire into the national
ity of some Of these downeast ships, particularly
as the Governors and Legislatures Of the States o
Maine and Massachusetts are SO rampant fo
coercion towards the South.
The further talk is, "What constitutes an Amer
lean vessel?' There is no United States of Amer
ica at this time, as the registers of these vessel
read. 1t is suggested that the New York and New
England shipowners had better keep very quiet
As for Moses Fl. Grinnell, the great Black Repub
lican shipowner in NewYork, and Capt. Charley Fl
Marshall, they had best keep very calm, and no
be talkingso fast about advancing money to sub
due the South. Two or three fleet priVateers OF
Long Island would soon make quick work of som
Of their vessels, without interference from an,
armed vessels, particularly the present dull and in
efficient steam marine belonging to our late ven
erable Uncle.
There was some talk about our mail arrange
ments. The balief is that our postal matters can
not be much worse. We hear of complaints oI
complaints. Many parties, subscribers to papers
have not received number for weeks past. MeI
chants and others, who are regular subscribers t
three or four papers, have not received copy o
either for four weeks. Some of the back or de
..#layed bags must have come to hand. The inquirl
.s, g Whose fault is it?" Ask the question at ou
SPoat-offce, and the reply is, g Not come" Tht
English papers, due for three weeks past, have no
been received at this office. In the meantime, t.
make confusion worse confounded, our Post. Office
has been undergoing changes and repairs, occa
sioning great interruption and delay to our mer
chants and citizens in general. These alterations
ought to have been made before the office was
located in the great caraVansary. Some folks dc
not understand why and for what the changes now