, 1862-05-16
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
What they Think OF Ben. +.
Butler.
JACOB BARKER on THE NONE
TARF CRISIS.
Protest Of the French Naval Com
mander.



generous and warm hearted-peop1e of that |
city, it Is that such specimen Of Yankee /
dom, should be their Military Governor. 4 |
more polished and chiva1ric population can
not be found On this continent, and every in I
etinct of their nature must revolt at the |
who is now lording it over 8 community |
who have never before seen such being |
outside the guard house. 1t WIS bad enough |
they 6hculd be gwen over without blow to |
the hands of the enemy, that their fortifca- !
tions should be abandoned and blown up,
their army taken away, and their OWL private
arms taken with them; but that B. F: Butler
should be put in command OF the forsaken
city is the last drop ia the bitter cup Of humil-
iation and shame Of all the Yankee Gener-
qualities OF the soldier and the gentleman.
a ycrier humbug IN military point Of view,
WAS never created. The battle Of Bethel
at which he took good care not to be present
is the only battle With which hc ever had
us landed at Hatteras till the guns of the ship
ping had silenccd the fire Of the Notifications.
ard he is not heard uf at New Orleans till the
gunboats have achieved their hloodles5 vic
tcry. He is now in his element, sporting
laurels which do not belong. to him-an
Butler will leave before the weather becomes
excessively warm. His oleaginons courage will
eyaporate speedily before the burning sun.
The yellow fever Till before long put an end,
in one way OF another, to the dominion Of
Bombastce, and open batteries upon his forces
generally which can neither be resisted by
power nor pa1alyzed by treason. IT McC1el-
fau's forces are already seriously affected bG
our comparatively saluorious swamps in Vir-
ginfa, what must become of those who have
Undertaken to "hold, occupy and possess''
the death breeding waters Of the Mississippi?
From the New Orleans Delta. May1.]
Commander Of the United States squadron ~osc
in tie po5t Of Mr. Orleans =
s1n:-sent By my government to protect
the persons and property OF it's citizens, who
! are here to the number Of thirty thousand,
| regret to learn at this moment that you have
| accorded delay Of forty-eight hours for ths
| evacuation of the city By the women and chill
| dren. venture to observe to you that this
short delay il ridiculous: and in the name OF
t NY government, oppose It. If it is your res
| olutiou to bombard the city, do it; but wish
to state that you will have to account for
the harbarous act to the power which repre-
seht. In any event I demand sixty days for
the evacuation DE CLorEr, :,
Commandant Of the steamer Milan, opposite
the city Of New Orleans.
From tie New Orleans Picaynns. April 2s1
Orr DOMESTIC CURREscT.-The following
/ letter from the well known fu2ncier and
banker, Mr.. Jacob Barker, was ELECTED by one
addressed to him BY one Of the Provost Mar
shais Of this city. Its suggestions and recon-.
mendations seem very well worthy OF atten
ton in the quarter to which they arc particn
lar1y addressed:
NEW ORLEANS, april 5, 1852.
H. D. OGDEN, E=q.-Dear Sir:.1 am in ra
ccipt of your letter OF the 1st inst, saying
that suggestions from me would be attended
to. ! lesitated at making any lest it shoule
be supposed that Tas Influenced by interest
ed 1notivis, which 1 assure yon Is not ant
viii not BE- the c:st. Tie business in which
am embarked Is more for the pleasur. of tn
occupation and employment Of those abou
| ME wiTh whom am connected than for an,
anticipation Of profit
To preserve III, VAN Of the Confederat
Treasury notes it is absolutely necessary tha
there should be sone place where those Q
large denomination can be exchanged for
good circulating currency Of small deno1uua
ton without loss OF expense.
at present there is great difficulty in ret
, ! ting good small notes for those Of the demon
nation Of twenty dollars aud upwards. Trea:
ury notes Of less denomination cannot be OF
;; tanned by the employees Of the Government
.. nor can they be obtained from the bank.
change them daily at the counter, general
without charge, as far as / can obtain th
mt ans.
It is all important that we should have
{ large supply OF the nccessaries OF life.
= = aid Of this agents should have been secretl
, sent to all parts with gold aud silver to pu
= = chase 1T any cost, and when the produce q
i riveB it should be sold to consumers I
. moderate rates, regardless OF the loss.
;. few hundreds thousand dollars sacrificed
i this way would be we'll spent Under sue
{ circumstances spectators could not sell will
!. out reGucing their prices. Our supplies mn
J. come from . distance where gold and si1Tt
f. or bank notes arc demanded, aud if tho;
who bring us supplies are not allowed to pu
chase coin, they will not be likely to come
send supplies.
Everything appertainiug to legitimate COZ
mcrcc should Ee left as free as air, exec
e when spectators Inonopoltze articles of fir
), necessity. The public should then take Pc
}, slssion Of Euch articles and supply consume
d at fair prices, indennnYing spectators for tt
IS actual LOSES they sustain.
IF No regulation you may adopt can avail
IS the supplies necessary for our subsistence a
ID not here or brought here.
le VERY respectfully, your obedient servant,
" JACOB BARRIER.
'e From the n. 0. Csescent, april 2s.1
!! SATURDAY Nlcur, April 2e-12 m.-To
a attempt anything Of q general feEiew. II
~ . evening that would be Of the least satistAc'
~ ~, ~ nature, would be useless; nevertheless,
IT. IT. Keep up record Of events, financial and co
oe os nlcrcia1, we resume our weekly task. We c
- T.. tertain hopes that the future in store for Q
~ city will remunerate us for all the trouble =
de5popdeney which Is now Euspending o.
~ the community.
~ At the date Of our last weekly summit
10 the forts below the city were invested, CT
y. ing considerable anxiety IN financial circl
nv particularly SO much SO that it H:as deeu
~ advisable By our mandators to take preliI
70 nary steps to place their yaluables in 8 III,
~ safe place Of security than the vaults II
~ supposed to afford. Monday and Tuesd
a. 20. thlec Of the banks redeemed their circulate
- others in part. On Wednesday general
ri ri quest was received from the authorities
* Richmond for the banks to refrAin from
-. - ! further paying out of coin. On ThuE5t
,oe morning our community in general .
I'D setounded to learn that several vessels Of
~ Federal fleet had passed the fort beloE.
~, general scene OF confusion and excitement
-. sued.
- Some of the banks requested their dep
,n' tors to Withdraw all their tin boxes and ':
,he 'u ables on special deposit, and declining to
f.,r ceiyc deposits. at meridian two of the b.,
~ ~ closed their doors, declining TO trsusl lct
az l,a further business. Notes, Of course, went
Id paid, though there were few falling due.
~ ~; Friday the excitement and panic were etl
81 thtr Increased by the arrival Of the enelI
- , - vessels in front Of the city. The banks +
,rs - Immediately closed, and have remained clio
W. since. When they will open agaln for reg
81 oa business, it il impossible to predict or Il
~ tell.
~ In the meantime, our currency is in
Aa feet state Of chans, though it is hoped
panic connected with it has run it, cou
anu IQaL Ou -31Uuut1 NC u4af HtldESt . CiAl
as. state Of affairs. As for the individual iss
alias shinplastcrs, Of parties Of hereto
.ity standing and responsibility, We are not AZ
Or that the occurrences of the week, the disas
to in our situation, will in the least weaken
aita impair their solidity: yet it cannot be del
ctr- that measures should be taken to repress
ion further issue Of change notes on the par
i've many makers, OF whose responsibility Il
ard are many doubts.
ON We cannot observe any impropricty In q
Ihe suggesting that all association be formed
this | some dozen or more individuals, to be den
cs- mated the ttChange Association to i
tho | small notes for notes Of large denouainati
the The proceeds Of these change notes to be
,ary in t1nst for the redemption Of the same
ent, huctuating currency Is pest, and duzil
ally | crisis Of tho present magnitude, auctua
nits will attend the daily routine OF current NJ
1855 ments. If we could return forthwith TO
ions Gle currency, it would rebound to the goo
al. True, millions of dollars OF the coin
ent we're here are now no 1ouger here.
ssist All expectation that coin payments II
the be continued On the part OF our banks
5. 4 vided they do open doors again) muat be
ash the present abandoned In nlauJ ihstst
ould during the past few days, there has been
I di. cardiDg Of the general currency OF the Cor
that crarE. This added confusion aHd nuceFtl
'rces to the Present position Of affairs. In all T
i1cer ability theEe may possibly follow parsia
symptoms in dealings in coin. that is,
this the coin In private hsuds and outside pa
Il be has not taken wings and ho~n Away,
nbcr There were no returns from tho banks t.
Con Board OF Currency TO-DAY:
hon- Inc movements ia produce durluS the
ters. have been conGped TO sugar and mola
ct Of chiefly before Friday. There were sale
the 1,500 hogshPads OF sugar and !, 800 barre
g IN moiassts. On Frid,y q lawless rAbla, it c
II rE,ri commenced tnrin,r the bQFuiI