New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-03

FROM Observation-Disclosures FOR OFFICE AT
wAsHINGToN-ABoUT LQCKs-REyENUE RECEIPTS.
The secretary of the treasury moved into the
city during the Presidents absence, in hopes to
dispose of the accumulated public business in his
department. but he is overwhelmed with office
seekers. Parties who desire TO obtain appoint
ments in his department, being aware of the great
number OF applications which the secretary has
not yet been able to examine, avail themselves Of
this time to press their claims hoping that he will
prepare full list Of office holders to be removed
and aspirants to be appointed Immediately on the
Presidents return
The contest in the treasury department in rea
ton to the locks to be used on dstlleres and Cis
terms between A. G. Hobbs and the Johnson rob
berry lock company, still continues. Each party
denies that the other has succeeded in picking his
lock- Under these circumstances the treasury
department is in doubt to Whichis the bestlock
but the chances favor the success of Hobbs.
The receipts from internal revenue are one mil
lion, three hundred and ninety three thousand five
hundred and two dollars.
CONVERSION OF o. S. BoNDs-FLATTERING FTEAN-
CIAL CONDITI0N.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The treasury depart
ment is busily engaged in the conversion of 7-30s
into 5-20s, the recent advance in J20s abroad hav-
ing raised their value above the present high
| prices Of 7-30s. 1t is very advantageous to make
conversions at this time.
The unprecedented rise in all classes of U. S.
| securities has revived the idea which was aban-
dened at the time of the panic abroad, of placing
/
| lieved that the demand for our securities abroad
will continue to increase, and with gratifying
| confidence which the people exhibit in government
stocks for investment, and the suDerabundanCe of
money that the government ought not to pay six
per cent. in gold for its money in time of peace.
With an earnest effort to assist the government on
the part of bankers and capitalists, there should
be no doubt about the successful negotiation of a
five per cent gold loan at par
BEwILDERED RADICALS WITH REBEL AND COPPER
HEAD RABIDs-BREAK UP OF THE RADICAL PARTY
| DREADED-MR. RAYMOND AND "LoYALIsT''
| WING.
WASHINGTON, August 29-The members of the
Union National Executive Committee, in this city,
desire it to be stated that their committee will
meet at the Continental hotel, Philadelphia, and
not the Astor house. New York, as stated in cir
cuar signed by H. j. Raymond. The members OF
the committee now here denounce Raymond as
| having entered into coalition with rebels and
| copperheads 10 break up the radical party, and
therefore they claim that he has no right to issue
the call signed by him, as chairman of that com
mittee, and that proper sense of propriety or
his part ought to dictate his voluntary withdrawal
from that committee.
1 EXPLANATION OF AN q INFORMALLY"
PHILADELPHIA, August 29.---In regard to the
causes for the informaty attending the President
visit to this city, yesterday, the North American
of to-day says 9 1t is noteworthy fact, that o
the forty-fVe members of the common council
and the twenty-five members of the select coun
Gill; less than twenty are at present in the city ant
Of these a considerable majority are Democrats
II Inc mayor is taking the only rest that he cal
enjoy for year to come, SO that the absence O
any municipal participation in yesterdays cere
monies was entirely unavoidable.n
GRAHAM's CRESCENT CITY DIRECTORY. AS vii
be seen upon reference to a notice published il
f the CRESCENT this morning, by Mr.. Louis Graham
the work of canvassing the business portion of thu
city for the above named directory will be com
menced during this week, and it is to be hopet
that our business men will extend every facility
for making it as correct as possible, as reliable
directory is Invaluable to the business men, Will
other kinds are worse than useless. Mr.. Graham
is very competent for the work-no one could b
more so-and we think that we have cause to con
graduate ourselves uponhis undertaking it. AS
directory of this city must have "a large sale an
be kept as a constant reference in every bushes
house, it is one of the best means of advertiser
that can be found, and as Mr.. Graham informs tn
public that he has reserved a few pages for adve
t tisements, we advise our merchants to lose n
time in getting in their cards or notices of the
8 wares. Money thus spent is sure to return or
hundred fold See the advertisement for pa
e tculars.