Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-05-24
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

The Mobile Evening News il indebted to al officer Of
the Confederate army for a copy Of the New Orleans
Delta of Wednesday the 9Th inst. Acknowledging the
receipt Of the paper, the News adds:
Oar neighbor keeps q bold and defiant front to the
difficulties Of the journalistic situation He devotes
leader 10 Of Pic. Buffers procamations
denouneing the invention OF "rebelous, lying and
desperate men" shat the Government OF the United
States by tie forces have come here to conhscaLe and
destroy their crops of cotton and sugar. The Delta
certainly has the best OF the argument in its logical as
pect sustained as it IL by what the Government Of the
United States has sad aud done in Washington on this
subject but Butler possesses the unansTerabe argument
of force and we spprehend will apply il dd homiRsn IL
the bold editor permits such articles Too long for our
space copy another and characteristic one upon the
sub Jet Of Major General Butler:
General Butler the present Military Governor of New
Orleans who has been indicted into authority through
the agency Of five gates, ten gunboat aud some doz
en- or 80 of mortar vessels and other cra the strongest
of which now lie In our port with their bate
res bearing upon our city, Is native and resident Of
the town Of Lowell Massachusetts, II is an interesting
historical fact that the leader In hostile expedition
against this great cotton mart should be cizn OF the
town which more than any other this continent is de-
pendent on the good will OF the people Of this city, and
which owes all its prosperity 10 the commerce aud indus
try in defence cf which this revolution commenced
and is now prosecuted 1t is interesting and instructive
TO dwell upon the wonderful growth and progress OF this
town from Inc VI
featuring the raw products oil the Southern States nO
certain valuable articles Of merchandise and Of great de
mand throughout the world civilized and uncvilzed. 1t
was not until the year 1921 that the idea occurred
tain eneprising capitalists 10 employ the water Of al
old canal which had been constructed for certain COM
mercal Purposes 10 the much valuable and useful
pnrpo~ OF supplying motive power to factories for the
lure Of various cotton article fabrics. This Ell
Get with great success, ard in a very few years
To , tOEn was tsken up, and all the water power
az iated by these cotton factories. The investments
in these establishments proved enormously remuncrave
| and Lowell began soon to figure as one OF the most
thriving towns in the Union It furnished in larger
quantity hau any other town the chief article OF export
of New England aud enabled the manufacturers OF that
section compete successfully with the long established
factories Of Engaud The last statistics OF the products
of the industry OF this town show that the Of hir
teen millions was invested i'd cotton manufacturing; that
234 looms were employed, with 1893 O64 spndles H.
507 operatives that the consumption OF cotton at
the rate Of s05 no bs and the product amounted 10
2463 900 yards oil cloth per week. At this rate
the consumption Of raw cotton by the facto
ries OF Lowell alone exceeds one hundred thousand
bales per annum This cotton ID the product OF twenty
thousaud slaves the right to hold whom denied by the
President of the United States, aud by mi oy OF his
plry and By largo majority Of bis people, who
represented here by the u States force under Gen. Butler
II their great factories not supplied with the staple
they need for their support il this thirteen millions OF
Ipal prove to be utterly unremunerative II their
twelve thousand operatives are thrown out OF employ
ment and left without the OF supporting life
can there be question Of doubt TO the parties who
are responsible for such disasters We have little doubt
that if Gen. Butler would relax his restrictions upon the
press of the city, especially the order communicated TO
against the publication Of any OF his speeches cal
cullted bring him into contempt could adduce am
pie proof that the doctrines advocated by the President
Of the United States those which would bring and
have brought upon Gen. Buffers native town the ruin
aud disasters that may soon convert It's
aoui3hng factories into the abodes Of mendcancy and
misery.