New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-20
LATE FROM THE SOUTH.
STATE OF Observation-Disclosures MoHEf

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-PRICES-THE DEFENSH-CR0PS.
We have bad an hours conversation with gentle
man of character and intelligence, who says affairs
have detained him several mouths IN NeW-orieTls,
and who left that place one week ago TO day: Inc
information he gives is exceedingly interesting ana
specially valuable coming from an eyewitness. lie
describes tic business Of that city utterly dead
The moet melancholy sight was the leyee scarcely
solitary steamer arriving from or departing up the
river. The huge monsters lying at the dock, grouped
together presented most desolae picture. O course
nothing was doing with the shipping. In the cityi
literally, everything was stapnAut -
The Confederate States have issned hVe millohs OF
proUisioAdl notes from dollar up, which bear no
iaere,t are not redeemable in specie, but are recev
abb for subscriptions TO the Confederate oan and Tor
Ill taxes and for State and Government dues. These
notes pass current everywhere quite IN Tie Austrian
fashion, no one having tie courage to refuse them.
The following e the prices 1t retail Tor certain nee
e-sary articles Batter 90 cents per pound ordinary
coffee 80 cents; potatoes, penny piece poo'S ann
.hocs 100 per cent deafer thsn ia New-lOrki NELL
tiuc- very dear aud becoming daily more eXpenhNei
clothing about 81 por cent dearer than in Newly ork,
large quantities having lately come through hentuCky
On The other hand sugar rice, -four and all vegetables
exeept Votaioes were cheap aud abundant. Beei Is
dear Tor the Ckade OF the Gulf prevents shipping
cattle from Texss although they driven overland
Our informant states that the city up to the time OF
the IIatteras expedition was entirely nndeiended,
reports 10 the contrary Notwithstanding and that gOOJ
regular troops coming down the Mississippi could have
sEen H. But the CAPTURE Of the harbors in North Car
olina produced tremendous fright in New Orleans.
The PEOPLE at once resumed their home drill, and
began TO erect what Notifications they Could They
believe their own turn will soon. AZ to The BIT.
uation this gentleman declares that the South have
not ghost OF chance except through European In.
terference; interference, not simply recognilion-and
they admit H. but they u cling TO the beei that the
blockade will he iorcbly raised IN November.
Tue crops throughout the entire South are remark,
ABLY fine with the exception of cotton. That crop will
probably be IS per cent less than last year great
deal of il was injured by the late heavy rains-soe
fields, indeed, quite destroyed. While the people
maintain their persistence ia resisting what they have
been taught by their leaders to call Northern y1n-
ny" they begin evidently to lose heart. The next
stcn vilbe 10 o.e faith in those at the lead OF affairs.
one decisive victory for the North, and il is the opin.
ION Of many in New Orleans, there viii be general
"caying 10 Of the COniederEcy. To come IRON that
,ty 10 Newlork remarks informant, 10 to emerge
from darkness into noon day; is TO be restored
more 70 the world aud its occupations after long aud
melancholy incarceration. S. Y. Eve. Post, 18th.