The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-12

hv wlv Of the river An attempt on New Or
ilrans hy way OF Lake Dofgnc was unstCc s'ful
n 1911, but an attack rn the bayou St. John,
with a strong force, under ogor of blorkaiing
squadron, would doubtless bring the rebels TO a
, sense of their position.
Should the city come into the possession of
| the Federal forces when there Is a full supply
Of "thc staple III its stofchouscs and vicinagc
the prize would hc invaluable; but the rebel
leaders IN anticipation Of such AN event, have
long since issued orders lorbidding steamers on
the river from transporting cotton from the
dcpots in the interior, to the city, and Judging
from the reports that have reached us from the
Mississippi valley, 1t is highly probable that
the great hulh or this years crop Is still on the
plantations
A. giving our readers an index TO the amount
Of exports which annually leave the Crescent
city We submit the following, extracted the
| l. =. Commercial ReGis,r.
In is56-, the exports we're
CotlOn-balcs, 1,5lG,92l. averaging 100 IL. per
| lnlc
Tohacco-hhds. 80, 1871.
Suenr--hhds. 0B72, barrels, 2,525.
hlolnsscs-bbls. -, ,656.
During that year, the iotccN price paid for
cotton in England was II cents per pound,
0hough It often brought from 10 to IL ccnts,)
making the value OF the cotton exports from
New Olcans alone amount to sirty fire millions,
fire hundred and thirty fire houdHd hfes hun
dred and hcc''y-cght d,i,rs' OiG1 b35, ,32s)
In 1906 the exports Of sugar and molasscs
were much larger than the figures given above,
the crop having partly failed the year following.
| The exports of these articles for 'JJ-G wore:
Sugar. (hhds.O bI.O1s; (hLls.) 5,SS3.
Molnsacs, Olls.) 142, ,967.
From these statistics may hc judged tho In
hcrcnt wealth Of the extreme South, now rem
dcrcd valuclcss 10y the blockade.
Tho great progress of New Orleans in popula-
tion and wealth may bc dated from lSOS whom
the Improvements in cotton and sugar culture
were iirst made known. In 1910 its first street
was paved. up TO that year tho transportation
oi cotton, through the streets of the city even,
was very diiliculf Slcds being the usual mole oi
conveyance and the price generally charged for
their uso was ~ per bale. Gas was introduced
into the city in 1884. Now every street has both
gas and wal,r maiu.. The water used Is taken
from the Mi sis-ippi river. Tho area ot tho city
II sCOmputodRl forty square miles. The two prom
incnt PARKS or squares are named after EN-Prcsi-
dent JacksOn and the noble French patriot,
Lafayette. IN the former there il a monument
To the memory Of ''Oll Hickory greatly adj
nlircd by all competent judges Of sculpture. The
9Th day OF January Is regularly celebrated in this
city, being the anniversary of the battle OF 1919
New Orlcans was originally settled by the
French in 11l7, conveyed to the Spanish in
1862, rc.couvcycd 10 France in 1900, and came
into the UuiOn,as part Of thc Louisiana purchase
in 1905, II ,Uilers greatly from yellow fever
AT times; but since 1857 has been almost exempt
n
pare iayorahly with that of any southern city;
but it, morals are at a low ebb, although it gcts
the credit Of bCing worse than the real facts in
this re pud will warrant. A. commercial city
IT rank, ns the Courh in the world.
News was received here on the 18th alt,
| through rcbd sources, that llOllins, the rcbel
comm, lore, hal driven ashore our blockading
squadron at the mouth Of the Misssspp, and
that he hrh 'peppored them WE'LL This rumor,
although no; fully believed, created great ex:
element On the 2jlh, We received the real
account Of the affair, viz That on the night OF
the 18th, llullins's famous tram" Manassas, an
iron steam nonlescript vessel ran foul of the
L. 5. steamer Richmond, and knocked a hole in
the Low, doing hut very little injury. lIollins's
fleet consisted oi siN guuboat4 and i've six ire
ships. r" avoid the latter, the blocklding
squadron lritcd down the river whilo the Vim
ccnncs, irih hro guts, drove the braggirt COM
modurc back TO New Orleans. This was all th
'pcppcrng' in the affair. No one on our ,id
was either killed or wounded. One or two Of
our vessels that hal Eoundcd were subsequent
lyhoatrd on safely.