New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-24
Jleh Orleans Qaily Gres1ent,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL a, 1861.
TALK ON 'CHANGE.


The movements on the flags yesterday were
something on the summer order the habtues Of
Carondeet street gathered on the shady side.
There were several transactions in cotton in a
small way. There cannot be anything else under
the light stocks on sale. The last receipts from
upper Red river have come to hand and we shall,
at an early day be prepared to talk more fully of
the fall crop We have highly favorable intelli-
gence Of prospects for the crop of 1861. The
weather continues most auspicuous. The war of
the North will not interrupt the cotton fields. The
great Souh-thc eight States, including Virginia,
can send half million of men to battle and leave
the darkies to raise five millions of bales of cotton.
Our transatlantic friends, England and France,
need not be alarmed all we want here in the
South are the sguadrons Of Mr.. Bull and Mr.. NapO-
leon, Just to fair play off the Southern ports.
If England will only send ten armed vessels to
watch the property of British subjects in Mobile
and New Orleans, we shall not be much troubled
with the cohorts Of Mesars. Lincoln, Seward & Co.
There was some talk that the British Minister at
Washington had communicated to his Government
the necessity Of an imposing squadron to be within
call of the Southern ports which to be under
the paper blockade.
The most important move now to be carried out
at this time is to suppress the teegra ph wires.
The dispatches forwarded daily through the
Associated Press agents, serve to keep up con-
tnual excitement. We have every confidence in
the Government at Montgomery. 1t is wise just
and prudent that its movements should be kept
from the public. When orders and instructions
are issued they will be received by those who are
expected to carry them out. The manner in
which telegraphc intelligence has been pub
| lished is a burlesque-a perfect farce. 1t is
| about time it ended We beg most heartily
for the frequcnters Of the flags to dispense with
| the everlasting inquiry, "what is the news ?"
| If we are bored much longer with '' what is the
news, we shall have a STANDARD reply go to
| grass. In the name of common sense, what is the
use OF watching the telegraph with the avdty that
| is perccptbe from day to day. If there is any
| thing of essential Importance, it will come along in
| due season. To cut long story Short the tele-
graph and the bulletin boards are becoming real
nusances.
We learn that the steamship Daniel Webster
cleared at New York on the 10th, for Havana and
| New Orleans. This steamer belongs to Cornelius
Vanderbilt, who has offered all his steamships to
the Black Republican Government for transports
and purposes. The inquiry is, what is the
business of this ship hither? will it not be well to
place her alongside of the Star the West? pttie1
s0Je. A vessel sailed few days since for the
coast Of Africa. 1t is surmscd she will soon be
accounted for, as the private armed brig ---,
with a score Of prizes sent in--never mind when
| the owners and all interested will know.
The Black Republican ship-owners in the North
are sorely troubled by the minons of Abraham
Lincoln. All the poor shippers of schooners, brigs
and ships arriving at New York and other ports
are fined from 500 to 500 for not having our old
Uncles clearances. What nonsense and tyranny
how could these vessels obtain any other clear
ances than what were furnished at the ports Of de
parture. If Northern ship-owners choose to sub
nit to these fines, it is none of our business. Wh
talking of vessels, we are reminded of another for
egn Government through its representative, recog
niZed the Confederation flag. 1t was flying yester
dap from the fore of fine Hamburg vessel, nov
loading for Europe.
There were no later advices from Texas yeser
day. 1t is unnecessary to be alarmed about Texas
The Texan volunteers now under arms can Whir
the whole entire army of late Uncle if it shouit
land in Texas. We expect to learn in a few days
that the troops of the old concern have all surren
dered to Col VanDorn. That is, all that will be
left after dcducting those that have gone without
consent of old Abraham