The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-03

GDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1851
HR RUssRLL's LETTERS TO THE LONDON
gNEB FROM NEW ORLEANS.
ErASpx ~ TIE rOlr AND A PKvArrHR.
NEW ORLEANS, May q, 1881.
.ssieroay n,c:-.. ..~,sI ers s'ois 10 tho steamer
Florida, which arrived In the laks Of
1t night or carly this morning. The voyage, oh
JAILED 10, would have offered In less exciting times
nat WAS interesting 10 stranger rooi dsa
~, was novef, for our course lay insids chan almost
,pintefyuntss 1900" With sans ana pine trees,
s.,rJ ,:s' that ,ss sari aaa waves q
" OCEAN beyond coSid p
each, while the r. tina forest or on tho white !
pseohg, ~ % lake on which our steamer was !
y Nc N broad smooth sheet, Jos' cs'sp pSa
eeae, between the outward barrier ana clea sa'
or ~ they called pierce the oom OF these
endless pines. For the whole Gay we saw only ios
out tn the evening large schooner, which sailed llse
WITCH and crowded with men, challenged my aven
ton and on looking u her through me S sos ses
one was a quiet, short handed, web Gl'ed old mer.
chairman. There could DO NO mistake ao9us
low ss yacht, and there were some
Afty or SIXTY men IN the waist and fore 'astie
WAR sacnsAssr OF 1rA FRENCH POPULATION ,ss,
The prevalence Of the warfpirt here s in thing
sonewbst exaggerated by the fervor OF daiiic ofS'i
me ma,s are ss potent any place the South The
4 houee Of Brown Brothers, OF Liverpool and New
iDtiu osion Of the mob the phrase rs Of the "a
tz bs" who excited" by seeing that me nrm
a to ss Tsr s Sn.r 1 S,a On asn
same s e S ALL al large business transactions re
which here to trade has tasen wing much
eaber thsn usual But the streets are fun Of rurcoe
and Zouayss" and "Chass eurs* the tailors basy
night ard day uniforms; the walls covered T,h
placssds recruits the sesmereeses sewing ags
The ladies' are cadpg lint ard stncaips cartridge bags
che newspapers crowded with advertisements Tei Il
20 the OF Lew companies OF volunto and
The election OF officers There are Pickwick Rites Ia
fayette, Beauregard, Irish, German, Scotch, Italian
| Spanish, Crescent, Mckahon-nnumeFable-RH Volun
tiers oil and patonalities, and The Meaghsr
RITES, Indignant with "that valiant son Of Mars' be
cause he hos drawn his sword for the North, have
Baptized themselves, and are going 10 geek glory under
! anore auspicio1s nomenclature.
| WILL THERE A PEACE MEDIATION OR ooNoUxr2
There soe who cling to TIE idea that there will DC
after ALL but one believes that the South viii
back Of its free will, aud the only reason
that can oe given for VII, hope rather
in that s to be found ia the faith tina. the North
vii, accept mediation, and will let tho South go
But could therecan there be peaoe9 The frontsr
questionable adjustment Of various clsmsthe demands
tor or for privileges or exemptions n The
task Of mediation 70 be hankless aoOrtive
Ar.uredy the preferred service OF England would,
Nothing hut adversely can teach these people e own
/ Doet upefu lessons
TIE RsBxIs 10 STRUGGLE TIE POLES FOR pEPENpFNCE
New ORLEANS, Nay "a 1881
IL impossible TO resist the conviction that the South
ooniederacy only be conquered by means rre
sntble a. hose by which Poland subjagaed. The
south will fall II At ALL PROSTATE at the fee,
Of victorious enemy There doubt Of the unan!ms
BY Only sentiment and they viii resist the North
ss long a. they can command man or dollar There
totnps OF seCstonsI cnalacter IN tos dHposi
L nj th0 In haPQ n nlv Onn
voice audible Hereafter, indeed, State jealous,ss
may work their own way. Whatever may be the result
moi hook Ike itthsy viii light 70 The iast before iAsy
give In, and their confidence h their is only
Utmost There noisy vociferation about their dsoi4-
Tasfoos Of implicit trust and reliance on their dawes
which makes one think they do "protest too much and
remsins 70 be seen whether the slaves really win
msin faithful To their masters should the abolition army
| ever ccme among them - An armed propaganda
THB PECULIAR WAR rACnO OF THE SOUTH
The whole State Of Louisiana contains about 80 900
liable TO serve when called on or that number only
ever and one is to Judge Of the state q aass BY the
advertisements which appear from tho AdutaDt Gene
1as office, there was some difficulty in procuring the
5000 men-merely s. 900 volunteefB-"to serve during
the war who are required by the Confederate govern
ment There h plenty Of "paveords," and Il fierce
sides would have been killed and eaten long ago 1t 10
founo out thai "thenves Of the czens ut Pensacola
storm that shall drive away the Ships plsgue yellow
fever, mosquitoes ratteenakes smalpox-Any Of these
agencies IoOKed 10 Win confidence TO DO the work
shot, shell and hayonet Our American brethren in
arms have yet 10 learn that great law In military
ry that at they want TO make omelets they must break
eges The "ora suasion Of the lssso, Of head ehav-
ing duckpg, kicking and such processes are suspect,
usea no. uSrequeny TO stimulate voluntsefs and the
extent to which the acts of the recruiting officer
some~hat aided by the of the law and the force
| Of the policeman and the magistrate, may be seen
ron pa,asl h the morning Papers now
extraction, who might have been engaged In pugnistc
pursuits, were discharged from custody UNPUBLISHED on
conniton that they enlisted for the With the pecu
liar entertained Of freedom Of opinion action
by large classes Of people on this continent such mode
evnces Of zeal on the part Of some OF The so eco
who are on the rolls; and, from all l hear-and
have asked numerous persons likely TO be acquainted
with the subjec-'here not than those 10 coo
men Of whom have spoken In all the State under arms
or in training, OF whom considerable proportion will be
needed FOR garrison and coast defence duties.
VET 10 TIRE REBEL CAMP OF TANGlrAo.
! MAY 26 1861
visit to the camp at Tapgipao about ATTY miles from
New Orleans, gave occasion for obtaining clearer
view Of the internal military condition Of those forces Of
which reads much and little than any other
way. Major General Lewis, Of the State Militia, and
STAFF and General Iabuzan, creole officer attended by
Major Ranney, President Of the New Orleans Jackson
unitorm started with that purpose at half past four
o'clock this evening in railway carriage carefully and
Gomiosoly hted for their reception The militia Of
oSers have no military experience and the men have no
Emerging from the swampy suburbs soon pass be.
tween white cover PASTURES which are Told inva.
riabfy ssiivate the herds OF small but plump cattle
browsing upon them Soon cornnelds, "in tasee al
te,nats With long narrow rows Of growing sugar cane;
which though scarcely q fourth Of the height Of
the maize, will coon overshadow r. and the cane stalks
grow up 60 derBey together that nothing larger than
| ratt!esn.ke Can pass between them
From Kennersve, an ancient sugar plantation cut up
into "Iown lois our frst halt, ten miles out shoot
through cypress swamp the primitive forest OF this
Eion and note greater aluence Of Spanish moss than
In the woods Of Georgia Carolina There hung like
! hsrmts beAyd, from the pensis branch Here 70
\ one Who should venture to thread the snake
and alligator haunted mAzes OF the jungle,
| its plated profusion must resemble clusters
| Of stalactites pendent from the roof OF some
vast for the gloom Of endless night appears
pervade the deeper recessee at the entrance OF which
stand like outlying skeleton pickets the uhfelled and
eseee parachs Of the clearing that for breadth Of
about yards, on either side, seems TO have furnished
| the road with it's sleepeYs
Again through miles Of cypress swanps the train
peses On to what IL called the trembling PRAIRIE"
where the seepers laid upon treese work Of heavier
logs 30 that the rails raised by "crbs" Of timber
nearly yard above the Three species of rail-
one Of them az large 40 curlew and the summer duck
seem the chief occupants Of the mArsh but white
and brown btterns take the ALARM and falcons and long
| tailed tackbirds sail In the dietapce