New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-27
THE CLvEL WAR In AMERICA.
BY WILLIAM HovaRD RUSSELL ~. D BsrrirersLaw the
special Contemporary, u The Load,a f'aea

bI, along tat fertile tut unlnteresNLg feloh Oh re-
claimed ewamp lands called " tire Coast" which ex'
tends along both banks for one hundred and twenty
miles above the city. IL is called from the name
given to il, L. C6te,"b the early French settlers
Here is the favored and-ala8 ii is a feyer-and too
Of sugar-cane and ludmn corn. To those who have
very ma Difcent conceptonBof the Mississippi iounden
arilhmetical compuati Of lengaes, Or vague
geographical data, it may be astonishg bni u IS
nevertheless true the Mississippi 10 artificial FOR many
hundreds OF miles. Nature has Of eoure, poured CUT
tie waters, tut man has made the banks. by vast
system Of raised ebankments, called levees the Vef
is constrained 10 abstain ir0m Overlooking the swsmls
now drained aud green with wealtb-roduclng CROP.
At the present the suface Of tie river seVtr
feet higher than the hand each soe &C the steamer
moves level with tire upper storlee, or even Tue
roofs Of the houses reminding Of such scenery ~
could be witnessed in the old days Of treckshuyt III
Holland. TIE river is not broader than the Tlsmts ~
Giavesend, aud is quiz ne richly coored But theh
il $50 feet deep and for hundreds of miles 1t hs not
less than 100 i,et Of water. Thus deeJ ~ has u
seoOped into tie rich clay and mail 10 ne c"uise,
bot as Il lowe Out Ia iou tie teiLit throws down ne
vast preciptstes Which render e bdre 20 sn",i"s
and CifHc,lt, AID tri"g the Mighty tNer 70 SUN
poor eXi a lew mlles ABOVE The whaNcr anu Heo
evees Of the ci'y the country really oQttsrs 10 %
ga of l,bt reen vi rhUr. Of forest In the distance,
about two miles away fOm Il q baIk. tbs FOREST s
the uuC AIRED LAND, extending for oonsl cradle way
back, wbcn each plant 7 bopfs 10 take n',o eutiue
one dav or other, AID which be now utes Ia PROVIDE
/ timber for bis farm. Near tie banks are houres
Of wood with pori,oes, lllla's, versId"hs ana Tn.
| shades generally PAINTED white aud green mere II
prrpt ~ iOfuiy of style bat the dea aimeo AT r. ems
4 be bat OF tie old Freucl chaeau, with tie adAl9n
81 III colonuade round tio ground story. inere dweli-
irgs are generally u the Didst Of euia garden non
in semrtIup'Cal vegetation, Win GLORIOUS n'G'"has
7 t..Il in hair
live oak derrltred Tie evee II as bard ana ail ~
! tie bank Of n eabd. llete AID hete It L lrOpPtdup
| by wo den reyelmelts. Between 1t and thc nhi1r"
ne Of paiDss which qua &c Tho r'er lace O inc l-'
tsvs there IL Carl ,ge road. La The iDcloeie Gear
each residence there vs. row o. email "OO'St hui4,
white washed, in whica 1--we tie Degoe' stcben 70 te
ssivile 81 the family. Outside The negIoea VA" A'Of
/ IL tie fields are quaretcu IN sihlAH o.e'tuN -,
Which Are ike tho tmall gle hut called ~ NAL
| tese, which IL ulIful - the Cfinle'i. lucy
| are rarely iuIueled with wi do~si wooden tliie
or gruied eIac. admits tnch lght Gud ar a. tbey
want. Que "a the ct striking ieauies II 'he iiid
| scare is IL inter Want OF NE. There were q few
hoTsem,n exercising in field, come gigs Hnd Cusgies
along The ieVee roads, aud l'ie sfoals ~ Tue h'nei-
! QUE luGuC-pas generally cout.iiing lew oildieu
/. toI..iOOi cOsiuusr, ZouaSes Casehrr, or some
-JIi e. infantry but the slaves wno were there td
| ooue down 10 LOs ait.r lug age or thor N efs.
IheTe nserry, igngling, clAtefiAS Ehinc ilgH
If batk faces AID vi ite tteh sut Lear abou'.
/ InCeed tue negrOes ara bot we'd bs ea0'u's w
sIr cot Of tldf tive rlautali'ns ~ " 20 along
/ the rI1ld Will out pufNH Itul thclt tNitirs as
eteauier J. L. CO0n, Which wss uOt The ~ p1pula'
| lerhals bCcsute ohe bad tho WORDS l0w lirsslle
oousl cuous Ub Ter Ia, l. toNe, tarled ar i0d OF
! pss.iH.ers mosi IL whom acre mtuleis 81 lfe"ie
| families living Oh he eoasi. ne pfolvf meAnlR o.
/ the word "crOle l. ,ery different ifogn thst wuich
We attach 10 il. II rig ines prfsop O NJ anisb or
FrelCh escest bonn ia LoulsianR o "a ihe S"ui etu
| and iroIi,Hl couEsiies. lie great uaJofly ~ 'Ae
| planters Lefe arr french Cr,oi +, tho h rald Ity
| aie kindsr aud ,be er nnsiers IuEn Americans %
| Scotch, tho EreT being Considcird toe met tevcie
! Intelligent Ou mOst suDjsrir, thy NE fosol lie ~
! the be LEI that Ebs lsyd NUT AAe ihlr tol'0h OF
! rerish Even the keeiest OF tbcif bnau,ieIs, hr
| FJrtall, an lrisb Creole, who Il ieprrs@nian,e
oi tbs home OF BAiins 80 NAG IA, lird 10 Tue i,
| thOGgh be IL PREPARED Win many bebicus If1pni-
tom ,yi h ~oul r-loic8 Dir. ti lds Oue's ini1ort
heart TO rilse money tor the SoIti eel Confectionery
and uuke them rich exceedingly. One ttlnH htr rdth
puzzled him. M. Da VcLc, who b ~ heN-,Ire 1s,
eibcr loOkefon, or a. an socre'red eml Joyce OF
his faiLer Of Tie freuch GOverums gu gs''.u 10
him thai Il wvuld be pJrtIbie Tor NIL the Cia O!e
mercantile marine OF England aud rran together 10
carry the cotton CROP which hitherto gave EN- ioyneDt
10 ,ept n 10 er Of American vessels, nov ta10Otd
by tie Soutl aud the al uators seem to bear out the
truth OF the reuaik. he that ss NAY, Mf. torshl
il quit prepared 10 show cat the South Gao ruI-e
/ Irodgious revenae 10y small Greet t0ation, Tor
when the macl cry llreaCy * sts ~ every parish al
the STATE, aud that the No th mast be prolgiou'ly
damap ed ia the struggle. II not tuied ontnsht. One
great sourre OF sIeugth IN tue South Il us rcAduess
Ut least it's prOes.ed al ty-to Yield any iag Wal
\
Jefferson Davis. Wherever ~, tie rauo que tlOu ~
ed: " Well Sir, what Go you think Of our Fresi
deIti Doee be LOt strike you be ny very able
uqu % la finance he IL trusted a. much a. IN war.
W en- he seut Crders TO the .Urchnr Ba he some
time ago - suspend specie pay Gtnt, he t2cfi.et
rover Which cold NOT be Jus'lDed by any reaGi Of
the Southern COitliiuliOn. All uI,n dplimded. Tue
President Of the United Stses IL Tar IRON receiving
any such support or confidence, ara nted not be ed
any eel OF III Of tie mature a. tuat Of &r. DAVIS
would have created an inIhen.e "utcfy sgdirfi MN
But the South has all the uuauiniy OF conspiracy,
aud lie unuimty Is not greater trGn Z cOubdedcv.
D.e il rather tired OF eldies, question: "Nho
can corauer such men I" But the qles ION
should lie "Cau the North conquer We u Oh the
iusi.n about dyiug la their tracks ana byht-
iDg uil every mhn, wOmnn, aud clhd Il eher-
minated thee Is geat deal tOO much, but they really
ie-ye g tie late which Poland could not avert, ~
with France as well the nations hhe oseral bowed
The head can never reach then. WIN their fatlful
negroes 10 rlire their corn, sugar abd cotton whie
thew are at he WETs aud Engltd and Frauce % take
tie aiter AID pay them for II, lucy believe they 'an
meet LIE Aueri an wofld ia arms pOIlyu6 iunfU
o,epe etoie them. III Lilable behe titled by multi
adinous negroes open their vision, aud pfo.tihl, at
The base of The mount in 81 cotton Iron Viii they
rule tire kings OF the ealu tcempiese OF Europe sheI
lie with IA their gold, THEN iauuiaciure Lnd thtl
industry. crying out, Pray - more cotton AL
We ask is inUe Bat Lefe l. the boat siOi ling OppO-
,ie Mr. Roman s-eS-i vi he STATE oil LOUIS
ana aud > e. Commissioner nom the Confederate Cow
| eruueut at Montgomery 10 the GOvernulent VI tha
| United States At Washington Not very long bgO lie
| could boast of a very handsome Lardcl-the French
Cteules love glrle s-Americenr aud EuA lish do Lot
ma1h AFFECT them; when the biissirsppl wa low oae
| Inc day. Isyee aud all hhd Gown Tie Oahh iutO tLo
NAV vi the uvef ana WeIC CirI1sd OH. 1nin 10 hat
l. called the "cayng iu OF bank; when tn letee j.
br ken through 1T high walter II Is taId t1.t ere
vas4e" Las tak-n Ike. Tie Governor, as he IS call
| once "a ca ptain always . captan-has siili iand-
| sou.e gadcu however, though lis hOnso hHs been
| fDs ION