The New York herald., 1862-12-10

Uain pesss0isA - ths coveted track Without me Gs
e Unnecessary urder 10 his astonishmsns, noweveT
sxss u 49, - s .sss sSSs' ssousiy swearing tA.s ss
wosld hs hsnEsd in preference Fi0dins that ~ was
sos apo.d - ys wso s oe
eion-proAah because his share in the deeA would oe
known 70 nsny-eonmstsa ne sen,ence moss "a
cnnnng implcae al present, he ordered the whoas
club IN body, proceed and witness the ceremony.
Aecoraspgly the unfouanate vciim escorted BY some
sixty or seventy persons WAS taken beyond the cess
res the edge q! the swamp There he was strippod
q G 9, o,s r r s.ssrs ss re
ocnspators then retarned 20 the club house. werc each
tock solemn oath that he would not beray any OF
his fellows, under me penalty Of death.
Meanwhile tho victim os 20 much brutality wandered
ahosi iii rear day light when he fortunately fell in with
marEs. cart The driver took him up, covered him
with blanket and i,ok him mis- own house. A few
days after when he had soociently recovered from the
made known the whole story Public Indignation was
aroused and even the racst seccssionists demanded
strict inquiry Into the outrage. The community, in
act, paray led with terror; for could tel
but what would be his turn next. twas this terror
that enabled the gang Of scoundres to maintain their
terrible sway 40 long for TO dsnounce Of them
arncst certain death
A bill was foInd by the Grand Jury against Lucen
Adams and his asomplices but such was The corruption
OF pubiic jost.cc under secession rule that they
never brought 10 ;i,a Mayer Monroe pretended 10 IN
yestgae the case but Of course he decided that he
could tnd no evidence agalnst the accused The OK
stevedre could not afford 10 dsoblige hrs respectable
friends hc thugs, and SO they We're set a: liberty.
trc eruugh TO for Messrs iucen Adams X Co..
aud General Butler has brought them mp with round
Military Commission The trial over; but The decision
f the Court ard the Commanding General has not yet
been promugated Itieres general belief and desire
among both secessioniss and loyal that Adams
and will be hanged.
Wilson's 2cuayes-sixth New yo.k yolunteers-left
ensacoia III dc'achments on The Sth inst and arrived
ere on the 2ls.. they AFRO stationed outside tho limits
Ave miles above Camp parapet, above Carrolllon Tho
regiment now numbers seven hundred effective nGn
seventeen have been killed in action eleven have dicd
f m disease ami there are at present ak IL, the hospital
Colonel Wilson is IN Temporary command c General
Shermans brigade, the General have gone up the river
with hrs staff, to command portion Of his brigade in
that quarter The object Of the expedition s said 10 be
to recoEnore with the view Of nscertairng what steps
best be taken to open the Mississippi. The only
naming obstacles to the free navigation Of the river are
batteries Of scge guns Port Hudson.
These removed, the gner ss and their field pieces
Can be taken care Of by the gunboats.
! regret to say that a soldier Of Wilson's ZorAyes
Lanei Jack Williams, has got into q serious scrape IN
yoving his ne lhe he other syeS,ns no suacseS MT.
ant the lake, clappcd pistol to his breast, and IN the
good Old style Of Claude Dval and Dick 1urpn demanded
life beyond the .'n!ihy ucre which it Jack does
not, be stood and delivered parting with nearly hun
sred dollars. Williams has been arrested, and will be
tried for tho oence which, according recent der
cf the Commanding General, IS punishable with death
IL is pity that snch thing sho,h have occurred as
the members OF the regiment have soldiers redeemed
the character they lost citizens The boys said 70
have been little Wild arriving here but they
The Third Louisiana ,reeiment Of Native Guards icol
ercd) has been detailed rr picket duty the sugar
plantatns to protect the erativcs in sugar Masking.
This arrangement has been arrived At n order that the
white troops may be lett unshacklcd operate IN the
field Consequently there nee6 no lear OF i'll
qucnces white feeling repugiance TO fight by
the side OF blacks.
The object sending General Eeitzcls brigade up the
river cat through to Berwick Bay has been achieved
and The route has been opened up vii the WAY through
il is said that the citizens in that quarter begin
ming 20 feel III better hnmor with The gov
crni0ent than before. and many Of them
have taken the oath of allegiance Sugar making is pro
gresag under the auspices M government and the
being brought down the transports last made
One hundred bales Of cotton Also brought down
from the Deigborhccd Of Berw lexis Bay few days ago
Business New Orleans, which generally suspend
ed during the summer months, wont TO he resumed
on the l-t Of November. This acoompanedeby the
opening Of the theatres and such Of the hotels and
rants confined themselves TO The lucrative winter bnsi.
ncss This year all that has been changed. We no
SIS .r activity in the busy marts OF commerce:
Calondcet street Is dull Filth avenue, New
York, and the Ave miles OF steamers aud sailing
vessels that crowded the levee three deep
have disappeared BY the touch Of enChanter g
wand. Such the bitter fruits of rebellion. Thers are
however rrmors O! revival Of business, with the
opening Of the Mississippi though TO the extent
former years Still the hotel keepers and restaurant
Bonacrs begin 10 brighten in the hope OF making up the
sses they sustained during the reign Of secesh Rssk
House in Camp street, has aeaiv reopened and there
runors that the priBceiy 81 Charles will follow suit.
he Park Hotel continues TO b, the rendezvous o. the
officers OF, ths army and navy many Of whom take their
meae here: ami the ty Hotel seems 10 be receiving
incrAassd number Of guests.