New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-18
! TALK ON ,oHANaR. !

The gatherings on the flags yesterday were
numerous, considering they were merely for talk
fng and passing time. There were many remarks
shout the course Of the, Postmaster in regard
TO the rent Of boxes for the current year, that
his demanding five dollars in currency or four dol
lars ii silver our readers will refer back they
will find We alluded to this very subject at the
close Of The attention Of all interested
to the matter. We have no space for the com
mnnicati orwarded US on this point. Our duty
regard to the complaints against our Post Office
has, We believe, been faithfully performed. We
can, therefore, only recommend an appeal to the
authorities 1T Richmond. ssas / - s.. z
u This talk about the seizure Of the sixteen steam
ships did mot appear 70 be worn out yesterday,
The course adopted BY the authorities was I'M.
kdolbtediy precautionary one, switch Will be con.
lffrtned % wise one as events pass from day to
days The question was propounded To u.s. aif il
would not have been highly .preiudicial to tbe
Southern .eause 10 permit oil these steamers ito
leave our port for Cuba and elsewhere, and be-
osptnred as prizes by the Hessiahs; then fitted out
and turned against US, so well adapted are they for
Southern waters ~ The Hessians will now unaer-
stand that the feet i safely ensconced within tha
limits Of the port and district OF New Orleans, and
not eome-asable. aB 4 # .ss5 ,' } ne !, 5 Z -
Talking aboutthe export Of cotton has given rise
to many arguments about the shipping Of few
thousand bales. our Legislature has been making
az tnlndicipus use Of its time in entertaininr
4 bilf 10 prohibit the expectation Of cotton, One
y our cotsmp asserts that there has been
FOOD deal ofs cotton shipped from Havana for LIN.
eolnd0m. From information before ms, this view
hss no warrant 70 sustain it, We give place to the
following comlnnnic alton on the subject:
l1s. EALx 4 notice an articls headed. .The
sAsasoA Mhy. know that Ii Is wrong and viii
Havana oa ~ e s Srsng here LEFT
nIosRsue from thia city 10 Havans and back to
~ ~ e tnd cottpn shipped TO Havana has ali
,sr no ossn bsaghs By European houses for
Safsss G1 tas Further
1saans. unlonl actually prohibited CAPTAINS Of
saaeral veasels IRON taking snch carcoes "a I;oSt
nesan me sne port q Havana BY tic Gonfsdsrates
and they Wond be liable to seiznra N
Northern p0rts, With their eareoea helm. 49,, -
posed of produce which had been run hrosph ~
hiocksde.z Many respectable merchants IL I'M; s
Havana, can certify to this 49, - =.
Yours respectfully. ARCHIE AID FORSYTH.
I TIE above comes from most respectable and
fntsAigent mariner whose home is on the n,oun.
tata waye but at present his saucy craft is some,
shera within . thousand miles Of the Crescent
Gty, preparing TO bring from some place over the
water many articles for which our Confederacy II
y need, and We consumers wonld like to see re-
'eneea greatly III price BY freq Importation.
81 IA addition to the above certificate MA laar,
from other sources that the. Government of snsin
has pstructed the Governors General Of Cnba MT
TO allow any exports OF cotton Or anv
OF the ArfieIe nufv FIR Etror,e q M, -. ,s'--f =