New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-08
TALK ON CHANGE.

before III o'clock a. 1, the habitues or frequent
ers were met yesterday 1t tho usual hour Of as
ssmhling with dispatches from Tennessee Of tile
capture BIZ the Hessians Of Fort Henry, and further
I.adyices say 81 bridge had been burned which
i would out off the Communication between Bowling
! Green and Columbus cf sconrse, on The spur Of
the nome many were ready To- believe that the
/ Hessians had obtained 8 great victory It cannot
be regarded ID this light. because they are now
between two fires, pne from Bowling Green and
| the other from Columbus However, we shall
knowFall about in day or two. In means
time there was some talk that our little Secretary
Of War has got to change his tactics, and tile;
sooner the better. I'M 5 IA IN RI S III @8ssss
Under the influence Of the intelligence, as pub
lished ia extras. tile flags were cleared at an early
| hour, with the exception of d sleek, fat, nice
looking mule before sdray, with its equally fat
shining darkey as driver, which has occupied
appointment corner Of the roadstead of garondeIet
for the last six mouths. fact ii was useless and
derogatory inquire, Hwhers is yoar mule l, for
there he stood complacently munching his bits;
awaiting orders md raising Of the cotton en- j.
barge. Passing from Carondslet5 to the grand
boulevard required only 81 fsws minutes, Or few
motions Of edestfian ayalabilitiess Weregret to-
have to remark on the absence Of crinoline from
the grand esntrality where III has for days and
weeks borne sway Il "a Sy5es
II was volunteer Of free market day, but we did
not perceive that many of the hundreds Of exeur-
sionsts on tue grand bouevard paid their respects
to the president and managers OF this temple of
goodness and hsnevolence. We trust, however,
b frequently aliuding to II they VIII be attracted
withinSi its portals. sis 81 " d ~ AZ S33as N &
There have beenremarks that many of our citi-
zens, who are known to be in af1lnent cireum-
stanc have been reniiss in their contribu-
tions to this market and other associations Some
one.sent us a list Of known wealthy citizens who
have not come forward with that willingness and
alacrity that should attend the disposition Of good
Southerners. n 4 sggs Nj rs \
There i some tail !, why should some parties be
Tenitting funds to Europeg There was also aome
further that remittanees of bills Of xchange,
( bank checks, continue to 60 forward in some way
or another for Northern account. True, there is q
committee appointed By the authorities to inspect
AL letters TO be forwarded by the socalled mails.
But are not our authorities aware that this course
is liable to abuse The entire system Of allowing,
corresp ondenee between the North and South
tween N belligerents lis wrong, radically
wrong, against all rules of war A commit
tee y appointed to inspect all letters. VIII any
one Inform ps how long It wiz take to read and
paruse one thousand letters, some covering four
sides 81 al sheet of paper Afew days since We
periaed two Now York papers, which contained
extracts from our city papers, showing most con-
elusiyely that our enemies obtain papers from this
scityin some way another. This mail business and
passp system must cease. n Richmond and New
Orleans ought to be cleared Of the spies and Black
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