The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-23

" wnv orthc river An attempt on New Or
| ans by way oi Lake ljoignc was unsuccessful
1911 hut au attack rid tho bayou St John,
with strong force, uni 'r cuycr Of = bockllins
squadron, would duultlcss bring the rcbnli 10
s'nsc Of their Io'itinn.
Should the city come into the pos ,cssion of
tie Federal fu.ccs when there is tull supply
ot "thc staple I'm lis storchpusol aud yicinIgc,
the prize would bc invaluable; but the rehcl
lpadcta, IN anticipation of such an event, have
Ions. siucc sued orders iprldding steamers on
the river from TRANSPORTING cotton from the
drpot' in the interior, to the city, and judging
hum the reports that have reached us from tho
mississippi valley. it is highly probable that
the great bulk of this years crop is still on the
plantations.
of exports which annually leave tho "Crcsccrt
city, We submit The following extracted tho
l. =. C,Hm,rciui RCgiSi,r.
IN lS5G-1 the exports were;
Cottoit-balcs, l,jl6,92l, averaging 100 lb. per
lalc.
Totacco-hh's. joIs1.
SUGAR hhls g3,2; barr l., >, ,i2j.
Moli.c.--hbls. 2l,JJ6.
puring that wear, the ,o,-cN prico piid for
cotton IN England was II c'u,s per pound,
Chough Il oitcn brought from - to 10 ccnts,)
makin., the value Of the cotton exports from
New Orleans alone amount 60 siIfy-fr millions,
t,c hUirci and h'iy.frc h"p'lgd, TIRE hun
1fc,i ami treuh-,igi' dpus! go, ,53j,32S)
In l.jj.G the sports ot sugar aud molisscs
were much larger tmu the figures pivcn above,
| the crop hrvinC pii;ly failed tbc wear & flowing
| Tho cNt orts oi thrsc articles for 500 were:
Sugar, Ohlsl hlO1s: (hbls.) 5,sSj.
Mol,sscs, (lhls) 1896.
From these statistics may be iuigcl tho In
Lcrrut wealth Of the cNtromN South, now roh
dcrcd yalucless 10y the blockade;
The great progress OF New Orleans in ropuh
ton and veal II may be dated from lsOs, whc'
Ia.
were first made known. In 1910 it, ilr't stree
I was paved. Up to that ycir the transportation
/ Of cotton, through tho streets of tho city oven
was very difiiculr, slcds being the usuhl mode o
! conveyance, anl he price generally charged iol
their usc was Z per bale. Gas was introduced
into the ciiy IN "a. Nov every street has both
g.ls aud wafer mains. The water used is taken
from thc Mlssi ,ippi river. The area oi the city
is scUmputcd 1T iouy square mlH'. lh' "" prom
iuCut parks Ur tVuut- ATE name al,rf l.N-Ifesl-
/ dent jackson and the uuhlr French patriot,
! Lafayette. In the former thcyc Is % monument
/ to the memory Of 'Oli Hickory, greatly ad-
| uircd by all competent judges Of tcu!pturc. The
S,h day of january srogulHIly celebrated in this
Citv, being the anniversary q! the ba'tllO Vi 1919.
New Orleans wa originally ,oil II 10y tho
| French ia lli, conveyed To tho Spanish in
1,Gg, rr.ouuN,y,d 10 France In 1900, aud crIne
into The Uuiou,n- pat Of the Lpui-iGnI purchase,
in l,I3. II bullars greatly from yellow icvor
AT times but since lNj1 hgs been almost Ncmpt
from tllt tcnurg". l. g..Tm Asihh will com
pare laNUnhly with that Of any southern cityi
but il, morals are nj low chb, although. it gats
the ere lit Of hriug worse than tbs real facts in
this regard vii warrant. A. commercial city
| il ranks as the C,oJM in the void.
News was received hero on the 10Th nit,
through reLl SOURCES, that llollins, tho rebel
comInudOrc hal driven Ashore our blpckNtinR
squa iron at the mouth Of the Nj gitsippi, ant
that hc had ''poppcrcd them we'll This rumor
although no, FUZZY believed, created great ex-
element On the 25th, We received the TedI
account of the affair, viz; That on tho night OF
the 18th, llollin,s famous cram Manassas, an
| iron steam noudrscript vessel, ran foul OF the
| 1. S. steamer Richmond, and knocked hole in
the bow, doing bat very littlc injury. llollns's
feet consisted U fN gunh1ats and tive or six tire
ships. To avoid thr latter, tho bloc<adins
squadron driitcd down the river While tha Vim
ccnnes, uih tco gVas, drove the brlggirt COM
/ modorc back 10 New Orleans. This was Ill the
"pcIpcrng' in the affair. No one on our id
was either killed or wounded. Orc or two o
our vessels that had giouulei were subsequent
/ " nontcd OH safely.