The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20
Affairs in New Orleans..p,.
s,on Of the Land Of Div. e'a
Correspondents Of the Chse,ro RAJ,

AAeoNB, Ill, July Il In
Having been for the past year a u,,s.'
Louisiana, and having left New o..
lately as the 9th inst, sit down IA =.
short account of the present copdas. y
Southwest. / have had considerabe CO. -
ties for examining of recources, and isa
servation OF public feeling, and now sens ~
result ofmy experience. :"
The boats having, as You know sso,,.;
ming from st. Louis and Cincinnati; 70
leans, there is only one boat now where =.
to be. Moreover, as it is the duh seaso,
all the planters are at home, and The c,on.
ing there can be no conception Of ,hs
that reigns on the river. The pr;pe;n., ~
gers on the boats are military compalie, 4
the country, who are carried to New M
and then distributed to the various c,s,s = Il
are composed Of the planters, verse;, f.. 10y
of considerable bravery, undoubtedly h., a. :.
disciplined and broken down, in nanr iD,,..s
by long dissipation.
There is absolutely no trade IN yex f,,,..
The streets are tolerably lively ofeourss
certain branches Of business, such % boil,
grocery keeping, continue pretty prcS,,h-
the blockade at Cairo and the mouth Of 4, !,
er, have with an iron hand, DESTROYED m u,
suits which are not absolutely neeesssry b
existence of the people.
The parishes are almost destitute d nan,
Whatever little amount remained n a. 4,
of the planters at the beginning Of ID rt.unr|
has been exhausted by equipping tuqa WV
arms, and taking up parish coupons The IL.
est man in Louisiana cannot borror hua,s
dollars. Securities are worthless and he b
count on notes payable year from dsp b ia
80 per cent. In short, Louisiana ia o. d. Vi
OF terrible var, with bankruptcy Of tie ID
stringent description m immediate problsa
The same remarks apply, with increased I'M
Mississippi and Arkansas.
l came by railroad from New Orleans toy
vile. The whole thought and talk vas I'D
the war. Soldiers of every grade, in al ms
uniforms and with all kinds Of faces, loungi
the cars, stood on the platforms at stations d
strobe through the streets Of ever teEn II
chivalry were forever pulling their boards ln
drinking at every available point They decd
ed, with fierce gestures and considerable
family, that they would wipe out the Feder
mics ; that the sacred soil of Virginia woulds
be cleared of the minions of Old Abe, &c.
really there is some excuse for this sort q
since the Southwestern papers have pensd
ly published only such things as suited .
cause. The people firmly believe that in g
skirmish in Virginia they have conquered u
whelmiDg odds.
Yet Messrs. Editors, they are restless, ann
gloomy;they are troubled by the blockade, an!
trying TO persuade themselves that England
France will interfere with the blockadng se,
ron in November or December. Then ibg a
sell their cotton and snap their fngesg lari
ern interference, say they. They Ms sg.iey
by another fear, which, though they vlluo.
knowledge it directly, is ever preSntin u
minds-the fear Of a slave insurreetion. lnu
many men who eat, sleep, walk and ride
revolvers at reaching distance. The paru
out every night all over Louisiana, and b
guards, composed of the old men and the
are drilling, SO as to be ready for any tas4
the sort that may occur.
In great hast, yours, CHARLKs WlS