The New York herald., 1862-12-11

general and its only effect was 10 keep General ebs
lines fun q journalists long - they chose 70 stay
The attention of Congress aud the public ut large shouo
be called 10 abuse of the charactss
that has laely sprung up IN this department II noo
the rebels with whatever they need Il Is plan ssndisc
and put into execution by the Hon. Secretary Chase
Mr. Yeatan the special agent ol the treasury Depart
ent here with authority from Mr. Chase 10 ssus
permits TO boats 70 trade they please along tbs
hssissippi, Mr. Yeatman issues ,hese PERMITS bearing
Mr. Chases authority and the documents are taken By
the holders Admiral Porter and General sherman
General Hurlbut for approval. or course with such
high name as that OF Mr. Chase the permits these hum
bier officials find fault and their signatures are a
obtained The boats then load up with -four, salt
boots coh Coffee tea dry goods Of various kinds, and
with whatever else the rebels ueed and ut once start
their expeditions Within tho past eight days i've boats
Wing Catahoula and Lake CITY, AL these took down fui
loads of goods most Ia demand in the confederscy The
Gladiator has returned, and yesterday had converse
stance Of what SAID to mo in nearly his own Words
I" We have had splendid time. Have made pile OF
Everybody was glad to Al every landing the
rebe cavalry would ride down TO ths river, dsmount md
with them; they would drink with is and cay
no hing about politics, bay what they wanted
and ss 80 ), ash,rs One day we sock dinner ss the
cavalry III tnat vicinity The Colonel was very glad to
sec US and csud not do to manifest his gratitude
lie SAID be must have starved il had not come he
and every body else Of fun projection as long
We came % Trade They want our goods too much to See
A half dozen openly avowed sscnssonsts came up On
the Gladiator to buy supply Of gvofs to take below
there no doubt OF their succeeding unless this matter IL
speedily stopped.
Wa have feet, AZ enormous expense, olockadng the
Atlantic and Gulf coast II Whole batloa Of goods
be taken souh from ST. Louis and Cairo may well
call home bockading saadons. ls not the old adage
about repairing fence carefully aud then leaving the
gate OPEN" applicable herG
We NAV well cease the striigency OF our watch
along the lire of army What guard the rail
roads and highways leading into the South and then open
the Mssisspi riverf
Many or the persons who h,vo recoivcd permits TO
trade IN hs OF doubtful nyalt and three Of
the five boats thus far going below mainly owned by
secossionists II the trade l. to bo !oy al, would
1t not be proper 10 make Discrimination il favor of.l0y
alists2
Trade has recently fallen OF at this point. owing 10
the movements. cf the army toward tb south large
portion of the goods sold he snuGgled into
the conederacy. The position Of OOPS is such
TO SOP most Of the Illicit l. aie Tho greatest demand
Tor supplies 10 go below under Secre.a hascs permits
The public will remember the st Eclipse OF Low
syi lie, the fastest hoa chat gated the Western
IL 1858 she raced ith tho A. T. Slotweil, OF
New Albany. making the run from New Orleans 10 Cairo
ten hundred and fifty miles in ares Days and four hours.
In er first twenty ou hoars from New Orleans she made
three hundred aud 1lty 1--we mics beating tho Showell
abost three miles About three yes ago her machinery
removed, and sho has since been used wharf
boat at Memphis. On the mnrnns oi the 4th she COM
mnced leaking, and by sunk to the hurricane deck
II is MT likely she wilt be rni % large amount Of
government plopert? was stored Oh hnr al the tme most
n which was saved.