New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-08
TALK ON CHANGE.

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TALK ON CHANGE.
= There was very title talk yesterday The flags
were deserted az an ea-ly hour An old fashioned
mortimer ster commenced about merriam 10 show
u pranks, and before tie close Of busiaess-fhat
il, g tleres ives any such ling Is business going
on the e;iee of the weather were observable
The storm of yesterday was She festrepres
of the hypetborean;region We hare been favored
with this season. The indea ';ous las. evening for
lair wea Aers for the ritory parade were very.
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~ To-day Z HE stT'Yersary Of one of The greatest
6attes recorded 10 he annals Of history. Our old
es;izers and descendant $, notwithstanding the
i. eat changes which have followed the course Of
time since he st' Of January, 1876 still remember
that evantfRl day.FsWe have beensfrrnished by
Gen. b. W. Palfrey with some interesting scraps Of
thai oanpaiso, from which we gather the follow
ing, Comprising the MINES Of citizen soldiers who
were engaged in The campaign Of 1874 and 1915
before New Orleans.
The mester roll Of Cap ain Thomas Beale's com
paDy. OF rjdemen in December, 1914, comprised 81
men, an told. oely two of them are now i',.ng,
say john Mitchell, orr old fellow citizen, who we
meet frequently on tlle flags, and A. W. Gordon, Of
Mobile. The two last deatlts Of ,tfl;s oldfcorps
we're Seaman Field, who died in September, 1860,
and Charles Patterson, who diediu March. 1861. \
Paaehe,s battalion Of otlea,is Volunteers, now
termed he Louisiana Legion, comprised Eve ooms
pan,es (5l5 effective men). -of the respective
companies there are nov living:
\ OF The Gafbmeefs, A. r. Lanaux, 9Th Sergeant;
Edmond j. Fors all, 6.h Corporal; priyates grcou,
r. IanauS, St.sCyr, j. B. Perrsult, jacques Dss-
FORCES, J. %. B. Voisin aid Pierre Delays and d.
B. Fagot, a. Fernandez and Edward IRENE, mu,
sieiaRs DEATH during The last-year, e.. Duplesss.
VI Dtagoons q Fled n. Correjolles, Nj. Barnett and
u. r. Raymond.
\ Coinpany ef Francs g. Toledano, j.. Toledano,
P. ID. Henry and p. .Landreaux. s,sl
VI LouiFia,a BtuesA daunsel White, Captains; aud
Henry ". Palffey, Sd G ,rporal. si1s.s is S
Eildsst u:s-J .B. Lamothe, 4th Sergeant; 1, S.
ST. Stu Sergeant; Ghas. W. Daby, d. &.
Iepretre, S. Mennier, Gervois, p. Desdr les and:'
4 N . Lapice, priyates, :s&
0gdea's company of cayalry,to eong-Alst, d
Hennen, Corporal; Henry johnson and James
{ Hepk 'rs. Total now living, on Of SIC nhste$e
s5ato sers Ice Id December, 1874, oily 81. s
We have, however, to remark that there IRE Two
Esold soldiers 40f that epoch now LIVING, who we're
4 connected with The Quartermaster Depai me
say Messrs. WI lam ", Montgomery and Charles
I Harrpds Rhere were also engaged in the battle Of
The sth, and on the 23d December, Captain Chau-
yean's company Of Cavalry, and Major Lacotie
and Major dAqiia's ha .,alons OF colored men, 400
strong. III t
There YVES some talk about the Cotton Loan
Bill. IL IL hard to conpiac many partisaas aud
supporters Of this bill of the impolicy and greas
9. i attending becoming d law we truss oar
legislalors will pause before giving tleit assent to
This measure. II is talked Of in tie morr s. lis
tmaFi7 if any, and dement's, are scanned at moor
and night it Is lie nniyeysal there Of de iou, &c.
ment with 'tsound and jndcious others, embrsc,
iog faetors, cotton buyers, merchan sraders aud
dealers Of every braeh Of commerce. q.
Oar sister State, Mississippi, has irau.srrated
laws count nanci'ig the issue Of s1oG0eQOO Of
paper money, which will be deprecated before
July aext esix months hence) fully rs to 3ess pei
cents The fruitful era for shavers ard brokers is
surely approac ching, Though really We cannot
point out any Individual who made anything bs
Investing il theissues Of the Brandon Bank of Mis-
slssippi, the Union Bank Of Mssissipp:, Bank ol
Rodney and 9 litter Of other promises Is pay, il
that then impoverished State !: and with the in
mense osses, ger erai disruption Of trade f,ancia
and social evils, allowing the oyertradisg aad
paper era Of 1897 IL 1s4o, it can hardly Be es
p6eted that lle issues 81 he State of Mississipn
Lean be received IN our community With muet
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4 In our tank yesterday the types put in an extr;
4 word. We remarked that there hasnot been da-
4 since the 18th Of October last but what vessel
could have proceeded 10 sea out Of the Mississippi
i The word sxceptsgot in gratis IL the qsas: en-
barge act had mot been in force, many cargoes q
4 cotton would have been exported, and If due Ell
consignment had been given, our citizens nigh
fnow be receiving many articles Of prime necesst
~ ne-half the present cost now paid. For il
4 stance, We might have obtained good hams at /
TO 49, per NJ; lard Ut Is to 1sc., and good Spar
ish honr could have been delivered al from 81 70
Per barrel. As forsdry goods, woollens and so OF
We might have obtained reasonable and ampl
I1supplies, Is. \. Z 81 IA
There was some talk about letters of cred
granted in Lpndonin tiyoe o. a former, well know
operator and dealer aeottpn, who is presumed i