New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-18

The events of yesterday, in financial Gil cles
gladden. the heart of every true Southerner, every
patriot. After o'clock continuous throng of
citizens embracing retired merchants active mer-
chants, capitalists professional men, the dealer
| the trader, the men Of nerve, the bone and sincw
| the hard listed mechanics and all, were vending
their way to the Citizens Bank for the purpose of
subscribing to the loan for the defense of the Con-
| tederate States of America. 1t was a gratifying
| spectacle. We shall have occasion to talk about
the takers and subscribers as soon as the books
are closed. The lists will remain open till to. NOR
| row (trIday) at O'Clock. The amount subscri-
bed up to the closing of the banks at 2 p. NJ yester
| day was three millions of dollars. Carondelet
| street came up WELL There holding back on
the part of some two Or three heavy cotton fact
orage houses, which have made immense sums
out Of Mississippi planters. Possibly they may come
up to the rack to-day; if not, they may expect
to hear of their dissemination to sustain the cause
of Southern independence on every plantation in
the patriotic State of Mississippi. This great State
is not holding back in the of Southern rights
1t does not become some factorage houses who
have amassed all that they pretend to be worth,
to refrain from or hold back in this momentous
crisis. Though the entire amount of the loan de-
sired will be taken and millions above, this is not
sufficient Let our people show its opinion of Mr.
Abraham Lincoln and his Administration. There
are some of his sympathisers in our midst The
talk is, they known. We look on them as
spies the sooner they pack up and take their de-
parture, the better for them.
AS the loan the chief talk on the flags YES
terday, we withdrew at early hour, and fell in
with few outside parties talking of something
that would harrass Northern commerce. 1t was
nothing more nor less than there were three or
four clipper-built vessels now in port which, with
small outlay, could be transmogrified or altered
into snacy privateers. A long Tom (thirtv.two
pounder) four six long twelves would be all the
armament required, with accompanying ammuui-
ton. One or two vessels of this description can
soon be on the track of the Aspnwall and Califor-
mia steamers. The vessels of war of the old con-
Germ are elsewhere just at this time. A declara-
ton of war, formally made, will in all probability
follow the meeting of Congress at Montgomery on
the Goth instant Who talks thus it is asked
N'importe.
We expect to announce before sixty days ex-
pres the arrival of the steamer Northern Light,
North Star, or Star of the West, as q prize to the
privateer Rattlesnake of New Orleans The Rat
tlesnake was the name of famous pryatcer
owned in and sailed out of Philadelphia during the
war of 1872 with Great Britain. We met a day or
two since with an old and respected citizen on our
flags who was on board the Rattlesnake during her
famous cruise in the year 1913.
The general feeling on the flags denotes calm
ness. The military ardor is getting considerably
above par. The chief talk at late hour was
about Virginia that the secret session of the Con
Vention yesterday was passing the ordinance OF
secession, and capturing the seven war vessels
now at Norfolk. This can be carried out at once.
multitude of dispatches are hourly coming over
the wires from all the Northern States. Nine
tenths are, as usual not entitled to any credit they
can be considered in company with the lying cor
respondence of Northern papers, such as the Bos
ton Traveller, New York Times and the New York |
Commercial Advertiser. There are spies and trail |
tors in our midst, though lying and mendaoious
ones.
There were no mails received yesterday. Mr.
Liueoln's oabiq4s. are very anxious to keep up
Intercourse wi. tsae South.