, 1860-11-29

Northern Merchants not Safe In New
0rIennx.
From the CIncinlIa,I Gazct::. 2;th.

| lFrun the Cfncinl.asl Gazct;:. 2'tl,.l
One OF our leading Wholesale grocery 1ner-
chants returned Oh Saturday evening from
| New Orleans, for which place hc had left here
ou the Monday previous, with thr intention Of
remaining through tile winter, us had been his
custom for several years I'a<1, in order to pnr.
chase sisyr ami tnolsGr1 fur tlle firm Of which
! he il II nlcMlTr.
lie was ll!t,rn, f..r The impression, cnul.
mon IL eur merchants ..,rrty, tflat l,"twiIl-
staining the political excitement in III" South
i si.,re 1i,H+.lla's election, in great ro1i,-
! mcrelal mari like New Orleans, where so
( many Northern people ure iu thu habit ot
! spending, th. winter, Northern merchants
w",lld im IN safe from persecution Ills season
| ns heretofore. The conservatism Of "sng:r
"n=nrs'' have never hc:n questioned, aud with
| Ol.c of these faisnsanir instruments in fland.
| nl:ln was exempt from suspicion either on
| the ''1rycc" orthe "eon<t." Hence Il. lrt ht'
| hesitation whatever III going.
| Upon arriving there, however, he l,ecaE!t
very soon convinced Tint public feeling lE:sl
bcson," intensified ~ degree that he cnnls!
not have before believed, and the cxlspc-it..
against the North, aud t9l. mlna for Secession,
scci1lrt Ia 1t. almost universal, outsid' u: tilr
| comparatively few conservative business ;llc,,
whom knowledge Of and contact with ss"rtl1-
es1l rrop!e HIS ituhned with more Liberal sen
timcnt. but wliu are I'owcricss tn etr&n tf...
popular torrent. Prominent Northrrr tri,,.,
~
had t"cn "stoplmd "a secret Association, il
Is raid. existing for that p:r"'s.:-aiad lr WAS
surprised tln,t 1lir political views and prcoi
He::fi:s! IOtc> ii the members Ul I'LL nnr lT:,-
ciral Gr'"try, Commission and Produce
houses. l..vin. dealings with NeW Orleans.
were "l.ookrd," and the Sarle lta icc.l @cntr-
ally made known throughout the community.
! lie lad 1l0 touutr arrived than Ii: wis t::llc
upon by disintcrcstri rersous re=is!ent there.
H. well It's from the city, who advised hill not
to rc'.ian. While l,t might not l'c nnlestcd.
yct thc desperation "f FEELING among thu
ilasaes w:ls such taa :.lpuli 1t: happen to II
lnIntcd nut to crowd rs Ill ''-tl'uli.i0sll>t "
As aiI Republicans are styiesl-Ilc w"ul.!. 10
say thr least, he subjected IL insults and i:iI
nilics. !: not tu tl.e Aazarl Of tusing Lis it.
Evcl, Snlfc 0f the Democrats and Evil rlirn d:
the North are hy III 1nranS 1t c:.Se is tn their
security. nr the length If tnIc they may il1l
ii cxl,cdicnt t" rcnlain-uwin:. to t!e ,scfion"t
III well IL the political hatred arosct!-wl.ilr
General Impression Seems IN prevail IN tie
minds of residents Us wrl as yisitnrs that III
mans life IS safe from the contingencies u:
mob violence. should he happen 10 he singled
ruf :,s al ''-Aboliiiouist." Calm and cs,,istr-
yatiye lien, as The leading citizens Of New
Orleans are, might and would-a, several
assured him they woEid do, if necessary. il:
lis ca>c-r'l their lives lo protect their :>urtl.-
rrn friends. hut Of what avail woulh this he
against reckless and inturiated crowd, ill.,
LINED with passion and sectional aninlo=ity:
Tile reported Montgomery raid, the rews .!
w'lirh lad just hccil published there, was cal.
culatcd to aid fuel to the ila1nc. He concluded:
therefore, that from the best evidence It,
}"rc him." this climate would be l'leasanter t.
spend at least the present winter In, aud PRO-
ceede,l accordingly to rctracc his steps.
lie mrt Il merchant f7um New York Oh t|lt
cars going back; aiotllc7 from Chicago, whu
had started down, f,ccamc 20 conscious ortht