New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-19
AI;;KlI|. q oN scHANGE. 9


{ Yeaisrday was i recognized day of suspension
nom bhsiness, nevertheless there were many
stores snd Atiices open, and there were some d
dc nsuxl habitnes of the flags out, and that was
u. "a s8s :ss 5s
The III graph dyises that the French Minister
has arrised VI Richmond, bnt the report il SO very
Init 1t W well have been omitted
sNe Afs not horned whether IN the plenipo
\ tisry II lie French empire AT " ashingto or
whether ii u d special embassy and 10y the dis;
patch rays his business is all conf ecture " may be
asanmed that the personage question is all con
jscturss
~ Thers Was some inquiries yesterday regard ding
The ginia, and That shea WAS doing These
ones tions cannot bill wered from want Of infor-
mation. II iii about time some reticence, some
should be- observed III the moyeme nts ofl
sour army any nary. # the course now rected by
. the authorities had been adopted months ago, our
adveSsasies would never have obtained some of1
4 he advantages they have. Il MI
Il There was some talk that the stocks Of proYi-
sions Md breadstnffs were running low that some
dealers Id got to Tie Of orr authorities:
As W. predicted, Tie large supplies o. surplus 81
breadssuns expected from Red river will prove al
barrels of Aour, and hnrd reds Of bushels Of corn
which were expected from Northwest Louisiana
and Upper Texas. IA few dozen OF dray1oads are
reoeiyed occasionally. In The meantime il be-
NeYsd speculs tors have been throwing dust ia the
ayes of onr authorities. The editor Of the News
I hoy lgiarss iterates . charge, and We have
heard Il reiterated The NeWsboy Of Wednesday
last talks thus
81 MARTIAL. Law. "a gentleman just from within
Wifhin Gen Bragg lines be failed to see but ONE
y drunken man Martial law Is enforced by Bragg,
and his men ara sold iers, mott mob. HOW il il
~ sdicta 81 onr Provost % 70 flonr
and meats IRE disrega ?g TIE rich Holders Of
provisions laugh ct mart yesterday
Il heard numbers of people iHquring for Hour The
Provost Marehals themselves could not purchase
hour. Why = martial law NOT made aIeal thing to
be felt If Imprisonment has been tried al these
: rich offenders Who shut up their warehouses, We
have not found out. Let II be tried and ii That
Y fail, nv hemp.
Our anthprit ies have given special ii quests and
genera desires that certain movements should not
be daily chroniced Id tie public journals One i'm.
portant prohibition has been overlooked. alude
ID the weskly publication Of the financial position
\ Of onrs banks. These informal exhibits Of orr
4 anancea ~ of great service to the enemy. We
diAcontipn Tho pnbl cation sixty days since As
\ they have ssnce been continued weekly id the
columns IL TIVE onr Camp street oten,poraries,
w deem the snpp preston as Of much Importance
81 ether information, which Va have eceiyed d.
! sitiye iDjnnctions from making known. Our
foaders viii, therefore, understand that Tie con
slant inquiries, e why don't y0n publish this 81
give something about that ~ would be impoiitic3
And nnRiss at this juncture. #
There mere many rnmors aaoat Yesterday, bnt
mp " y r. n. they were only run1ors. III tie
neantirnA " suggested that the public Journals
4 thrcpghopt the country will refrain from putting
and hattating every little skirmisl Of the capturing
Clone, two 81 three Yankees as evidence 81 great
strategic skill. military ardor and unheard-d pai
1antry We have heard enough Of dis putting and
Gent to last for twelve months Al least.
medlately after the great battle Of Shiloh.
many of our citizens departed for Gorinth. to take
care ~ their relations and friends aud render aer
\ vice ID tho wounded and sick. Several have "a.
turned, bringing accounts Of greal need ana want
of nearly sil the necessaries Of life That grea,
suffering u Id the hospitals and the de
= positoTtes OF the wounded. w o urge on cur citi
zsnasto seed ediately forward all The require
menta slothing Will go aIniss In rendering snccoi
I 40 the thousands of onr gallant soldiers now Ian.
& gushing IN order to insure the safe delivery d
aA articles medicines, clothing, blankets and othei
necessasiss, they should be placed in charge d
some attendant some one that will go through OF
re esra and attend TO the delivery. There III
many arities at The Grand Junction. il NE
Kay " riding these necessary supplies. Oh
viii " presumed, furnish any
Y further niormatic required.
We aclnpw edge The receipt iron, tile author Mn
Y. =. Grhble )of painphlet entitled the Cotton
Interest and its Relation to The Present Crisis. Il
contains several tables of figures ana iIfere meas
which viii do well as record. AS the course s.
things hare changed IN regard to tie great cotton
Question since the article was conceived II !.
unnecessary for Us to go into an extended r. !
! O. combat the position assumed by the anthor
I The article Will be found in, DeDow,s Review e,
the current month. 81 ~
tHoM CoarNTH. Persons arriving BIZ the Charles
toa 1alroad yesterday say that it was Confidently
xeported N C0rinth, when the train left, thar liz
Z enemy had withdrawn down the Tennessee river
ssslg near tle battle-ground [sIenphis Appeal.