The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-01
Talk on Change.

Adjourned to the OH OF January LeO-'
1870
Talk on Change.
TheCrescent o the 18th nit says tine weather was most
auspcious Yesterday Nevertheless, the galhcrngs on
the faces particularly Carondeet altogether too d.
minye to command notice Yet there.wfi3 disposs-
ZION talk inquiries were made by the Tahk4 invasion.
Not much use to be talking about pcayune Butler and
coharts Tho Yankees coming in grtat'torce, and,
to cut long argument short have merely to repeat
tho talk: are we prepared?
There is a desire to invest in cotton. Some buyers
are transmitting their orders to Mississippi where they
can be filed and admitted to landing On 5ur leYce-
under restrictions which may be considered as cohdu-
crve to the general trade Of our city but of the same
time they are not to be made public Thele was some
talk about the receipts Of the barbecue 1T ane MetarIe
RIDGE that is disposition has been made of them, and
what was the amogat OF net proceeds.
hetelegraph was silent yesterday followed by hearty
wishes thar it would its daily advcRs 81 nonsense
and rumors from Virginia. Private leltess from the
peninsula of Virginia up to the 18th inst state that
Gen Magruder had been among the SOdiGrSlvng fresh
orders and putting tine young volunteers to the hand
line of spades, whcebaTOws and Picl4-a3es, for the
erection Of breastWOrks and batteries stating battle
was imminent; and here six days have passed and rot a
demonstration FROM other sources, lefte9writers say
that Mcclellan has evidently bamboozPd, fooled our
generals that lie does not intend to hghuon the Po-
tonac but is laying quiet and low for eSeenton Mo
bile and New Orleans. Oar volunteers hear Yorktown
during the six moths now terminating.
We learn that OF our Carondelet street merchants
arrived two three days since from thh GpmHions OF
Lincoln. He via Paducah, or some ither route.
He left New York some twelve days since FromWbat
he says t4e nuneyed men Of New York. tie capitalists
Of Waz4reet. g4e embittered against Ihe southi aFe
loi &tln se war; ri III 'stf - f..@
uFed terms; td5 tuey are Wiling TO lend the Gorilla
government all they have lend to carry Gut its meas
urcs and yet of our citizens who think there will
be peace before the lst of April next. Tribe we may
effect peace, after driving thirty OF fifty thousand
yankees into the Mississippi and drowning .hen Us Ma
poleon did the Austrians into the Danbbe.
Full details Of the cllamtous fire in Charleston have
come to hand Some Of our banks have been consid-
eng whether they could contribute towards the safer
1t is hoped bank mandators viii not stop to
debate the amount Of subscription What is 10 be car
ried should be done at once. Some bur private
citizens have contributed freely, and it is hoped our
public institutions Will come forward with tie same feel
ing
The blockade Of Mississippi sound nterleres greatly
with the trade Of sugar and molasses Tho receipts OF
these two articles continue large and ARD new from in
terruptien, greatly in of the demand 1t will
take weeks clear the Accommodations at the sew
eral depots. In the meantime the weather continues
very mild-too much 50 for the yield OF cane in this
climate. Some bulls in sugar say that the crop of Lou
isiaua will not be than ample to SUPPLY the Con-
federate States including, Of course Missouri and Ken
lucky We shoad like to have this figured out, as we
You gentlemen who gofor only three hundred thousand
hogsheads
On the 18th the same writer saws: Talk talk talk
there not immensely Oft Yesterday tn the fags
Carondeet was really excited. The gatherings we've nu-
merous large as houghtforty thousand ales Of cot
ton had changed hands But the old fogie4 seemed to
think that there too much enthusiasm evnced based
on mere Jelegraphic dispatches. From all accounts
scanning and searching closely all dispatches we do not
discover the least account of any official action on the
part OF the British ministry. In fact not ajword came
from Downing street. The later dispatches received
lass evening embrace too much suppositbn and the oft
repeated words, sit ssud so and so. The adyces said
to be sent to lord Lyons specific but the individual
that has been permitted to read them had ntt made his
appearance in Norfolk nor in Richmond. che English
ministry do not act in haste and far al can be aSce7
tained the affair OF the Trent could not have been act
ed in time for the result to be known bv The steamer
OF the SJth The Portland steamer of the 9TH and the
Cunard OF the 18th will bring denate Intelligence
1t will be observed much stress is placed OH the move
ments Of the great Warrior and it Is supposed
mind, 1t is only supPosedthat her destitatoa is A.
merica-notlug positive. If the British Government
will only carry half of what the Telegraph reported
Yesterday the Southern Confcdcracy viii he in aclnoy
edged TACT all over the world.
BUYING YAN0EE oprcg1oNs.-The Rielmor,l Dis.
patch IS informed by Of he principal publishers Of
that city that the demand for Yankee booHsis not affect
ed by the war, and that few days ago he had an Or
der for considerable number of yanlee; arithmetic
although his shelves are filed with work by an emil
nent southern scholar which is confessed to He the best
Ill the language.
There one sentence in the first lcte; of prince
Napoleon from this country which filled u7 with dsnaY
He freely expressed in this letter his opinions OF the IN
hill job whch the north had undertaken In It's attemn
to su9ugae the SOUTH but he add in his opinion after
the war, trade would resume its usual ch5nl.nes
If he right in that prediction, tile WAR might rs
well, might better Eave been never fought III The south
IS to continue commercial tributary Of tie north. If
above ALL it is to look to the north for thb education of
its children, it is subject and depeudentpF,vince and
nothing more nor less no matter by what knocking name
of treedua it is delpded,
How long war whit require to wcan ths people
from dependence upon the north? Better il should last
forever than that priceless blood already shed should
have BEN she'd in vain. We have no iealon to fear
the nortl in war But when the army of blyouets be-
comes converted by peace into an army of idrummers
the sruure Of southern independence will be subject
ell 30 ateSt more severe and terrible thniany which
Scott oeNcCellan are able to apply.
Mr.. EDuoR-Many Of the cotton planters Of this
parish IRE of opinion that cotton sholldbe planted
throughout the cotton growing States Of tha COnfeder
acy nelt year, unless the blockade is risei early in
the sping. In order have concert off action on so
important matter there should be public meetings OF
the cotton planters held in every cotton gro ng parish
Of thes State appoint or more deIeratts gen
eral conventions; whose members should petition the
Confederate S,a1s congress 20 pass LAZY prohibiting
tie planting making Of cotton in any Df the cotton
growing States, during the blockade
If YOU think well Of this, please to uottgte cotton
planters Of this parish through the columns Of Your
valuable paper tt public meeting will be held III the
courthouse III tlistown "a the first Monday III ,}auua-
ny, la6a, for the purpose of appointing delegates as d.
bove stated A Corrok FLsNrER
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