, 1862-01-27

sire TO give IS nearly II hi: own words as pos
sible. 4 gentleman had go1'e up to the camps
at Nashville, having in Charge donations
from the citizens Of New Ozle.ens. On his &C.
tt1n his unof1cizp statements were about a5
follows: III tel you, you hare idea Of the:
ssstring there among our troops It would
nlaac your heart bleed to see tbeIM lying there
SICK and dying without nurses and medicine.
must do more"
Bystazdes-"B But why don't people up
that way do something:''
"Nell, I'll tell you. The fact is, about one
half Of them say they never wanted the troops
to come there at all, and don't care how soon
they are removed. The other half are doing
a1l they can; 5nt cannot do au-''
"Nhy don't they set their niggggers to tend
ing the sick:''
swell, that's the squallicst point in the
whole. The niggers say that if they were Lin
coin soldiers they would attend them-'
4 A5y-aander (hotlyH Why don't they shot
the - treacherous sons Of -"
"WTell (neaningEy) they don't think its quite
safe up there to 6eJin that sort Of thing"
a pretty eiEniHeent confession, one would
think, 10 be made publicly in the rotunda Of
the st. Charles And this brings us to speak
Of the position Of the b1acks- What do they
think OF the war? The gentleman we quote
says 1sthe blacks bare been educated fast within
the past six months. They arc different race
from What they were. Their docihty is e
thing of the past, and their masters stand ap-
pa1led at the transformation In several Of
the parishes about New Orleans, what were
believed to be the germs Of dangerous insur-
rcc1ions have been several times discovered
within the past few months In st. Mary's
thirteen slaycs were shot at one Tine. The
South have thought il would MD their plans
by tell1. tic slaves that tile enemy Of tile
Union was the "ar1ny Of freedom,'' and the
blacks believe it. Certainly no Abolition sheet
Of the North is responsible for the circulation
| Of such statement.
An instance was told us of q man sent to the
North from New Orleans, with the purpose Of
looking about him 4 little here and gaining an
| idea Of matters. He accomplished his mis-
! sion, after divers adventures, and came backto
| the Crescent City. Wherever lis formal re-
| port was made, it certainly was pretty much
| summed up in statement lie made openly IL
aseeessiop cotcrie at the st. Charles. Said he
II went to New York; business is going or
| there about as ever-neyer saw things more
busy thcre-should not judge any body hai
conc to the war didn't actually hear mucf
about the South. Then ] went to where the.
were turning out the things for the war, ant
saw how they were doing it, and then aoa
alien / began to sahe7 M.
We are exceeding tic limits We had propos
ed for our statement, but let us add few brie
facts. AS to the dcfences Of New Orleans
There are two forts on tic river below tn
city, which once passed, New Orleans woul'
be in Federal hands In twenty -four hours, 70
/ it has no defences in itself Earthworks wer
thrown up south Of the city, but no guns hay
been mounted. The secessionfsts feel the dar
ger Of their position, and are loud in censurc
Of their Confederate government for its dill:
toriness Tie foreign population Of New O
leans are alarmed ut the aspect Of affairs.
! large meeting of French citizens has been he1t
, and delegation waited on the French Cons1
| to ask him to present their petition to tt
: French Emperor to send a national vessel
) | take them from the city.
It is upon community thus constituted ar
l flied with these real sources Of alarm, th
the news Of ZoIlicoffcr's defeat must fall.
= will be spread like wildtirc all throughout tt
t South. If Confederate notes were drug b
5 fore, and only taken under protest md UNIV:
Hngly, what will happen when notes sredeer
a able On the establishment of the Southc
!. Confederacy" are made even more slEky as
e currency by the imminent danger Of the rel
e. government. The beginning Of the end is
" hand, and that at no distant day.