New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-08
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TALK ON II ANGE.

IL is supposed that every freqnenter and habitue
OF the flags, as well outside parties, and all,
were acquainted with the glorious intelligence from
the seat Of war in Tennessee aud Mississippi. 1t is
hardly necessary to alude to the ten thousand
gratua,ions at late hour. After the close of busi
ness, all the previous dispatches were confirmed by
official dispatches, transmitted from the Adjuant.
Generals office, in Richmond. These dispatches
confirm the sad loss of Gen. Albert 8. Johnston
There was not much desire evfnced to comment or
| talk on the glorious news, coupled, as it was with
the death Of the illustrious cheftain and Com.
| mander-in- Chief, Gen. Johnston. or course, be-
yond the adyices Of the great fight of the 9Th Of
April 1862, there was very little talk the flags
| Of Carondelet. Around on Tchoupitoulas, Poydras,
and even Leves street, there very little doing
In fact, there was something Of half:and- half
panic in the flour market. Consumers, bakers,
could have purchased all they wanted at the tariff
prices established by the Provost-M -Marshals and
| Committee Of Safety. We should not be surprised
that, within few days. dealers ia -four and wheat
will be thsnking the authorities for interfering, as
| it were, with speculative tendencies. There a,
however, too great discrepancy between the
prices OF corn, wheat and flour. Flour, at the
| wholesale. prices named, should make corn worth
Il so to 81 copper bushal. -- - T.
tutes retail 10 selling -four. corn and other articles.
What is to be considered as retail. The breaking
| of q sack of corn would be deemed retail. If a
thousand sacks on the levee are sold in a lump,
| and the buyer should forthwith sell dray load
twenty sacks or fifty sacks, would this be called re-
failing? We should think 30. On the other hand
dealer has thousand sacks in store, and sells to
his customers as they desire, three, four five or
twenty SACKS. Then, again. some parties contend
that retailing means the breaking of package ;
that s, selling one bushel out OF two and a-haf
bushel sack. Is the selling barrel of -four to
be deemed retail transaction? we think so
There is considerable talk ON the flags as to what
are to be considered retail transactions. There
| is great difference between the wholesale ard re-
tail prices, say rs per cent but, there being con-
! hlct of opinions and views, which difference is
brought forward in the course of trade, the ques-
tion to be solved is, what is to be considered whole
sale or retail. Are sales of 500 1000 sacks from
store to be considered Wholesale, as well as boat
load or cargo on the levea? 1t is desirable that
| the Chamber of Commerce should take cognizance
of the matter, and that the Provost Marehals should
take into consideration the talk, and define retail
and wholesale transactions Selling one, two,
three or five dray loads from the stores of dealers
gives rse to the important question: what is to be
considered retail? Say when party buys an en-
tire invoice the landing, transports it to his
store warehouses; and sells It in parcels of 20,
so, or 100 sacks of corn, barrels of -four or pork
h5gsheadsof bacon, and SO on. The consideration
of the Provost Marshals is desired to this effect
that is, how small a quantity, or how large a
number of packages shall be embraced in the
| retail item. There are very few dealers in these
articles on Tchoupitonlas street Poydras street,
| that break packages; that is, selling half or a
bushel of corn out of sack, or breaking barrel
of flour. OF course, every one ia aware that going
| to "a butcher or huckster's stall in the market
houses, they purchase by retail. As there is no
| doubt but what martial law will have to be main
tanned for weeks to come, we consider it duty
call the attention OF authorities to define the
relative bearing between wholesale and retail, to
| settle the discordant opinions now prevailing.
1t is hardly necessary to talk Of the great crowds
of people and folks, women, men, boys and girls,
who thropged Camp street yesterday forenoon,
About IL O'clock the usual hour Of snacks, there
| was something of an excitement in our immediate
sanctum. sone large walters, with many good
| things, appeared among us. We thought that our
fidelity TO the great Southern cause was about to
be rewarded in something really more than talk,
and our good friends had embraced the OCCASION of
|
! compliments. The i!lusion we may term it, was
of but short duration; for just our jaws were
i preparing for the feast, discovered great
mistake had been msde-that the feast was intend.
ed for our vs-svis neighbor, the Insurance Office,
where there was AL election for directors trus-
tees going on, to serve the current year. We have
not been furnished with the result of the election
We trust the comnissary department of the COM
I;,,,tr hair En- ali,
US the mex. year with their good things, because
if any more large walters, with choice edibles, find
their way into our eauctum, we shall not stop to
enquire who they belong to, but clear them out,
swallow them up, as the gallant southrons, Louisi.
anaians, Mssissppians, Alabamaians and Texans
did the Black Republicans on Sunday last, on the
battlefield Of Monterey.
The time for registering and taking the neces.
sary formalites before the Provost Marshals ex-
pres on Thursday, the 10th inst, that is, the day
after tomorrow. Ample time has been granted to
all desrous Of showing their fidelity to the South.
There has been some backwardness evinced on the
part of several persons. some going so far as to
think that our city would be in the possession of
the Lncoluites before the time expired. What a
vain deluson. We have merely to say the time
expires at sunset on the 10th inst. for the register
| ing OF Names
We apnend communication from an old citizen
in regard to cotton yarns. All information reg ard
ing manufactures is solicited:
Mr.. Talk on 'Change-Dear Sir: wish to call
yours and the public attention to the matter Of
cotton yarns made here and elsew here in this Con-
federacy, and sold in the CITY of New Orleans-the
| prices and les results.
First why should the price of cotton yarns be so
| high-trom so to rs cents per pound? The raw
material is plentiful, and atlower prices than usual
Labor for such work is plentiful, and at nc higher
prices than usual. Fuel and oil are some higher,
but not sufficiently high to make the difference iu
price from what they were sold at last year. The
cotton yarns spun at the Louisiana factory prev
Gus to its burning, the raw material being higher
then than now, was sold at 20 cents per pound
aud realized so per cent profit. So you can draw
your own conclusions from the above.
Secondly, our country needs cloths OF different
kinds. Parties are willing and are constructing
machines to weave those cloths, and have every
confidence in SUCCESS But at the high price o
yarns, dye-stuffs, etc. necessary Tor the manutac
ture of these kinds of cloths, what must be the
price per yard required after the expenses incurred
in weaving, etc. Why, the price per yard woult
be such that it would place it far beyond the reacf
of that class Of people who need 1t most and at ;
price not justable 10 ask under the circumstances
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