Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

AFFAIRS IN NEW ORLEANS.

4, NJ. VII, a ea,, days AGO direct from New
Orleans which place he left on the 18th inst.
Mr. RevnnIds ia n strong Union man, and was
oonnoctod in New Orleans. with the firm of
Vose h West. hardware merchants, acting in
Tho canac;tv Of travelling agent. His adher-
ence to The Union cause brought him under
,i'a ds,,aas,,ro ~ ,ba C,onteJerates, and he
s M a,ras,od on 4 charge Of using seditous
lonanage and bronirht before Recorder Smith,
of Nav Orleans. liz was afterwards released,
bowevcr and. as soon as lie could, lost no
t;me in leavine Dixie. Mr.. Reynold says:
The din of arms drowns all other sounds in
Tho c;tv and hurry. nreparation, and confusion
oro M order of he hour The streets are
6iIed with soldiers and recruiting placards
and fonts everywhere meet the eve. The pco-
ME are os enthusiastic (ifnot more SOY in their
canse Than we are. and are certain that the
civil conflict now being wnged with such
ea rnestness on both aides will ultimately result
in n glorions triumnh for the Southern arms
Recr,;ting bos heen dull of late but after the
hattie of RulI Run large accessions poured
into the repular army. At the time Mr. Rey-
maids Taft New Orleans. there were about 49,
ooo mon in Tho c;tv They were well clothed
Int very noorly armed. Every person in the
c;,,. bol4rgod n soma military ORGANIZATIONS
and recruits wore received from the ages of
iourteen To sixtv-fve There is u camp at
Carleton. about eirbt miles from Charleston,
yvbere ali tbe reqiments orpnnized in New Or
leans are drnfted
Strnno entrencbmeuts are being erected all
aronnd The CITY. and ON the road from New
Orleans to Memnbis sixteen cannon of heavy
cal;bre are nlaeed Mt various points. On Ship
island between Mobile and New Orleans, there
are + 900 men. and the Mace itself is strongly
fortiHed livery noint If the city is mounted
with .aanaen AID TIC rnhels nriaa themselves
On ,ho imnreonahilitv of their uosition. Ex-
c;tan,ont AMI antbnsia sm Of the widest sort
re;yn around and business of nll sorts beyond
that necessary 10 snstain life itself Is entirely
snsnendel. The great question among all
classes il The war. Nothing else takes up
tbe;r attention. time and efforts. After the
hot,Io ~ pull Rnn thn JTnion ,ncn lost all homes
of ia success Of The Federal arms. and are
now cnt;relv detected. The proclamation of
,Tcf4 Davis comnelling all that were not friends
~ ,Lo rohaI cause IN leave Southern territory
bafore tbe expirotion of forty DAYS. or be i'm
n,adi,toi,, ~ rastrd is being awaited of rapidly
Tboso ,vIo have the means to 90 are leaving,
wbiIe those who have not. can but remain, ana
ara forccd hi, nrcss If circumstances TO enter
Tho rsbel army No drafting has. as vet, taken
,lace M whom Mr. REYNOLDS left tile city
I,,mors wore cnrrent that this mode of proyid-
iaa food FIR nowder would be shortly adopted.
TIere arc Eve mr. six foundries in New Orleans
,rhicb .ra kent constantly EMPLOYED, and are
ahla 70 ,nrn ont ahont siy heavy cannon per
49,, :" sell orr,s ara vorv scarce and if
l. oi,nos, ;n,noss;bla IN nrovi.le muskets for
I.;,i;,as H. saitiars The nav cnstom house
Il i,a;ns. ,sad for the mnnufnctnre Of arms.
CoIorad reg;ments undcr command of rebel