New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-22
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'tFsD AY MORNING JaNrTARy % 1oe,
TALK ON CHANGE.

leEspAY MORNING, JANUARY %, 1861.
TALK ON CHANGE.
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lt!eYe was very little done on the flags yester.
day Rain commenced al on early hour, about
sunrise Or before, and continued through tile day.
aefeotton moved, not only from the landings to
hepfesses, but it changed hands from factors to
ouIers, and, for wet and rainy day, the sales
WeB highly respectable, promising that 10000
aesorinore changing hands can be deemed re-
psetable
W marine register this morning indicates nu.
onRsarliyala Of steamers, all with full loads of
Me rlch and varied products of the great South
West, Cotton is coming in freely So is sugar. but
IL not of much use to talk Of transactions in
sugaf ON auch.a day as yesterday. The gimiet
RANGES were hors de combat. They retired at an
cary ldur, and went to reading newspapers
Iheg could well Withstand q thirty.two FOUNDER
NoHa Black Republican, but it was rather hard to
aace Inc old gray northeast storm Of yesterday 1t
Was9hetefore superlatively dull the great sugar
IA. platiorm yesterday There was great activity in
4 and about our late Uncle's Chat is to be) great
earayansary, the Custom house. Fifty.eight YES
selscleored; took out their clearance documents.
some,cf them may get off this week, good many
next week, and some the week after; provided the
cottonfhtended to load them is on board. This is
taking time by the forelock, but we do not learn
how regular manifests can be made, how lists Of
eaInenand protection articles are passed. MQis
ainaporfe, the present is time Of great emer-
geney Under the present posture of affairs, and
to relieve shippers and others of all anxiety and
feaF inregard to clearance Of vessels, it il hoped
Collector Hatch will hold on as long as he can.
HisenfnInasiDn expires il il nrpsumed on thn dth
oil AsFeh next. He and his bondsmen are bound
10 ahe General Government that was until that
lime. Il he should resign before that period, and
no succession appointed, he is amenable to the
government that was, though Louisiana, the port
aha aitrlet Of New Orleans is in course of seces-
siohs secession IS not revolution. Whether the
f9tsse u louisiana VIII take the Customhouse and
aellsnaeneies in possession and assume the entire
ooiissH ioftnTltn after the ordinance OF secession
~ passed, which VIII be in about ten days. in all
pfpsssaity, Is another question: 10 relieve ship
pets ot pf0dace, the mercantile community, and
coYisss eIaos ana confusion, it is suggested that
Y ollee1er Hatch be allowed to hold his office until
tils ol his commission, which Will be on
Ae 4s4ot Atafch. Between the present time and
,, le y q AiaFeh the great secession movement
S#siIo fully developed. There ia so much talk
f9i~tSJ 80 -A''+~''S''A ''A't' ,
taas Me afe compelled TO aisdde to 1T, though we
fesaEd many views and IDEAS as idle and unfound-
eas 1s are greeted with The remark, suppose
sup laaaed walh cotton, clearing from New Orleans
aittf$seesslon becomes reality, is arrested, de-
talnsaDy a cruiser under the old UniteHf States
hassand the vessels register being of the same
nation as the capturer or detainer, the cotton on
bosfdbeing declared to be English property. What
81 them Wlll the American cruiser send such vessel
and deargo into Northern port for condemnation
pr afl2acation? Therefore, we desire to know
what course will be pursued If the United States
slooR9EwAr Brooklyn, or any other vessel, should
capfaas twenty ships loaded with cotton off the
rnoatasof the Mississippi, theships being owned in
NewAagland and manned by New England officers,
the faitoa owned in or for English account? Will
sofnsos the alarmists and agtators on this point in
iormHs what will be done with these vessels and
cargsas2 The Captains Of these vessels, the owners
ef t5s aame, The shippers and owners of the car
IS goeseapnot be answerabe forthe political changes
r tte government
IRaipsher belief is there has been much un-
necessary talk aboat the changes whchwill follow
the secession Of Louisiana. True declaration of