New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-02

nth ult,
Editorial correspondence of the Ranehero from a
This city has the following paragraphs respecting
New Orleans ana the Texas trade 9
Without knowing it, the Crescent glty mas
dangerous rival for the trade Of Texas-a very
important trade to the merchants OF ln,s pi%So'
And who is this rival who would dare make pre-
tensions to rival the opuent old Crescent! IL IS
none other than Galveston. Some very hne meth-
ing New Orleans will wake up to ind IeXas gone.
This programme IS already ahn9uhSeu i on .,io
boards but the lettering is dim, and will require
few more touches of the commercial brush 10
render them so plain that " who runs may read.
/ will not, however be too sanguine about inns,
for the old Crescent has the "plle," II 1hefe pe
"four aces " against her.
But what can New Orleans do to avert 50 Sc
rious calamity as the loss Of the growing and TO-
crow Texas trade2 l will answer: eheapeh
transportation to Texas; cheapen transPortattI9n
from the great west to this city; lessen the
charges on goods, wares and merchandise pass
ing through this city import goods directly from
foreign countries. But this is not AL. hehts
must come down; salaries must come down;
profits must come down; all kinds Of charges
must come down if New Orleans would holu the
Texas trade. But there is something else to pc
| done: A railroad must be pushed through 10
! Houston, and from Houston they must go any |
where even to San Antonio and the Rio GFande,
These things New Orleans must do or be drowned
out between the cheaper salt waters OF New
| York, Liverpool, Bremen and Galveston.
scar ana yellow leaf if she does not do something
TO hold the Texas trade, and make up for the loss
OF cotton consequent on the emancipation, OF de-
| struoton of the grandest labor power ever VIE
messed earth. To this end would suggest that
she make three millions of people in Northern
/ Mexico pay tribute. But this can only be done
by granting the boon of peace to that distracted
country, and by putting her finger on the no
Grande as the western terminus OF her SOUTH
western railroad enterprise.
But what are the troubles Of New Orleans to us?
\ Nothing at all, for do not cur Rio Grande mer-
chants hold the Mexican card at their finger ends,
ready to play it as they please? Cnquestionably
they do.
Tha Ranchero of the 18th nit. has the following
items Of intelligence from the neigbborhood Of
Matamoros:
Evening before last a squad Of Cortina's men
made dash at let Of cattle which were grazing
outside the forttications, but We're driven oil ny
the guns from the fort without any loss. Ihey
. returned again, however, about dusk, and kept
up struggling fire Of musketry all night with the
pfckets on the forts, without damage to el1het
party.
the outside and nothing is allowed to come into
The city trEm the surrounding ranches. COrtna Is
determined to starve the city out, so far as the
supplies from that direction is concerned.
Men, women and children are praying for a
change in the government, no matter who repre-
:, sents it, or where it comes from, 50 is only
change, ali feel that it cannot possibly be tol
the worse. Crushed and blighted Matamoros De
q serving how much better at the hands Of tate
alas it is too true that 'Ichibod is written oI
q thy walls
The following paragraph, from the same paper,
may prove Of interest to some Of our readers:
Morg Barcley yesterday presented us with q
! genuine relic, in the way Of the upper end of q
, copper sword scabbard, about ten inches inlensth
and in a good state Of preservation, having en-
graved on it in the finest style Of the art the fol
lowing Inscription; Presented by the citizens Of
! Vicksburg to John GUion, captain of the Ficks
: burg Volunteers
teen years ago, near the site of the present con,
vent just inside our city, and could it speak might
tell some rusty old tales now lost to the history
of the Mexican war times.
There were rumors in Brownsville at the latest
dates that Tapia, with two thousand men, had
Joined Cortina, and that Matamoros would be at.
tackled Immediately by the combined forces OF
those commanders. The Ranchero treats these re-
ports, however, as unfounded.
Col. Gillespie, of Gen. Sheridan's staff, arrived
in Brownsville on the 25thul
The Ranchero has the following translation from
the Matamoros Pueblo of the 25th ult.:
4 We translate from the Matamoros Pueblo Of yes
terday the following:
. Col Benites arrived in this city on Monday
night for the purpose Of delivering to Col, Canale
I Communication, dated 18th inst, sent by Gen
Tapia from GIier, and which briefly says:
B That the president has disapproyed of the nom
? nation which made this garrison declare agains
y Senior Carvajal; that the president appoints Gen
z Tapia governor of Tamaulipas and commanding
Il general of her armies.
It The command Of this post shall be given owe
7 by Col CanaIes to Gen. Capistran; that if Gen
Y Gapstrap be not living, he shall give the command
to Col Otero; and if this one also be not living
! Col Cerd0 shall succeed to the command. Hha
d Col. Ganaies and Gen. HinojosO go to Chihuahua
(
Q finally, that he Gen. Tapia) didnot know whethe
Il Col. Canales has directly received the same orders
Col Canales replies;
S That he has received no such order although h
: has been expecting it; but ne was willing to de
: liver the command Of this port to any one Of tn
/ aforementioned persons. These persons bein
E called upon they refuse to receive the command
= Therefore Col. Canales proposes to go out frOG
: the city and let them arrange the matter as bes
Il they cam they say that he, being a commissions
s officer, is not bound to give an account Of his az
L tions to Gen. Iapla. In Fampico they had an eet
tiOn OR the purpose of electing Gen. Iampico go1
q ernor, but the garrison expressed unanimously &c
1t Canaes. This we have received in a postiV
manner.
j. 8 From all that has been said we come to the cor
l. clusion that General Tapa has chance to rende
II great service to this frontier and not nsistin!
d We hope that he will do SO. Submissiqely the tw
t, principal posts in the State pronounced for Co
d Canales, the more prudent would be to unite wit
d him and conclude this question, which is maxim
" him lose time, which would be precious for tiel
y. operations,
e lie Courier du Rio Grande Of the 25th ult., say
y that large steamer, supposed to belong to 0
y tegas expedition, was in sight at Brazos the pr
j. ceding day.
I'll In 1s4S, the late John Van Buren,, as is we
il known, followed his father into the freesoil cam
:. This step was the occasion of some pretty hal
4 attacks on the prince, who, in characteristic sty
4 parried the thrusts of his adversares with an
4 eedote. And this was the aneCdote. a travelt
ipassing along corduroy road in the Empire Stat
ID came to load of hay overturned on the side
10 the road. Observing lusty youth pitching ii
1t hay right and left in a very unuccountable wa,
the traveller said " My young FRIEND why do yd
it do that?" Wiping the sweat from his brow, an
e pointing to the pile of hay, the boy replied
ID !" Stranger dads under there r OF course til
n anecdote required no application from the son
d his father; and amid general merriment til
prince would pass on to the graVer topics of I'll
le canvass.
in In Calhoun county, West Virginia, we lear
y from the Parkersburg Gazette, the names
i ntnety-eight voters were struck summarily fro
the registry, with notice to appear next SUNNI
IS to have the matter rectified, if dissatisfied. Co
IS siderng that they wished to vote this fall, ar
es that the law entities them to know at once il
IS reason Of their erason this is an arbitrary exc
"a else of authority.