, 1862-01-27
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WAR.
It's Social and Commercial Aspects.
The Feeling Among its People.

We haze just had the pleasure Of enjoying
Il protrcttd conversation with highly intel
ligcnt gentleman, long resident Of that city,
who left New Orleans for the North about ten
days ago. Without further particulars Is TO
our informant himself, it is enough to say that
he is e1nincutly reliable, 4 gentleman Of ma
ture Judgment and excellent sense, and thus
worthy Of the utmost confidence in his state
ments. We shall do injustice to his lucid and
graphic statements Of the condition Of affairs
In The Metropolis Of tue Southwest, trusting |
oily TO memory to seize the details, but |
some points will interes, our rc1ders, even thus
inperfcctly presented.
Louisiana WAS i strong Union State, and |
the influence Of New Orleans c1nincnt1y so,
long after the secession Of other States. The
"Coorcrationists' represented the interme-
diatc stage Of public sentiment from loyalty
to dislos atty, but leaned most strongly in
favor Of adherence to the Constitution and
TIC C,iion They took their name and shaped
their ,olicy On the scheme Of cooperation OF
! the Southern Suites in order to secure addl-
tioual pledges from the General Government,
and they carried the State 10 this measure, but
| the ground taken WAS not high enough,au
| secession came next, and became dominant,
overrowcring everything:
| What OF the Union element in New Orleans
| to-day? The question might as we'll be asked
| iunid- winter ola SNOW covcred1feld, as to what
| it is seeded down, and what it will bear. just
now secession Ao1ds sway aud unionism is
crushed out. Only one sentiments expressed,
because but one is safe, and 1uartysdom would
| l. 3l,,c 9th I To$
ism lie removed, aud there would come tho
time for Judging as tie share Of this and other
Southrt1. communities who would welcome
the restoration Of the Federal power, and unite
with it in utterly sweeping away the reckless
denaagogues who have betrayed and out
ragged the South. Our informant speaks hope
fully with reference to the ulen who are thus
; s'hidiug their time"
III New Orleans, under tic all oycrpowcring
influence Of secession, there is but one opinion
: expressed in public. The city is quiet and or
derry, for lis lower onler Of white society hast
! gone to the wars. There are no riots, nor dis
turb:u1ccs. The city is dull in commercial re
= spccts. Whatever products belong to thei
market are plenty and without sale: whateyc
y they have been accustomed to seek from
abroad are proportionatcly high. Thus suga
Il | is IL to ? cents per h., and mess pork is So
IS per barrel AL fabrics are high, and stock
It arc very light. Owing to the scarcity Of meats
J. the planters arc feeding their slagcs on mus
J.. and moiassos, the latter staple being cheaI
. ! The scarcity Of ardent compounds being als
great. large quantities Of nolasscs arc beln
- manufactured into New England Rum, "lic
IL the whisky loving must needs list in place
t. tue coveted but scarccr, article.
ID In monetary matters, the chnnge is stl
be King one. All specie has disappeared from cl
III | cu1ation. 1t has gone into private hoar1s, NJ
Ia bills Of the sound banks Of Louisiana (al
-, there are none better in the United 8tates) a
~. also being stored away by holders, who see
advantage in presenting them for redempti
lo in Confederate Notes. Said bank officer
re the State Bank Of Louisiana to our informal
10 "Out OF S250, 600 in currency received in ma
ful ing our Exchanges with other banks, o.
he | t,w,t1y:9ee dollars Of our om't issues were
mt cei1ed' For an institution witha clrculati
-,- u one and half million, this is d signifies
,r statement
' Another proof Of the distrust Of the peo]
~ in thu notes of C. 8. 4. is seen in the fact
no greatly stimulated prices Of New Orleans 7
oe- estate. sccessionists who do not look bcne
The the surface WAX vastly jubilant over the
lg- poet. "Therc, sir, look at it-sec what
nj / war, and this cutting loose from the No
|,,t has done for : US rea1 estate in hee Orleans
q, gone up one ha1E: Glorious l. sir, do
- yol1 see it 81 The cause Of exultation din
ishcs rapidly when 1t Is understood that
oo' this is but the natural cause Of ho1derf
'm- property who say to their possessions, in r
low Of the everywhere present Confederate NJ
nay -" take any shape but that" No WOE
they prefer real estate at exorDitant pri
hcl | and pass the shinplasters out Of their I'm:
han as fast as possible, This is the sole secret
,r,a- the flush times in New Orleans real estate
in Tho money in circulation from hand to +
Is eyer5body's checks" and Omnibus tic:
Wv fer small change, and the most mongrel b,
eN- Of wild cats and Kittens that ever distress
way | business community. We saw in the han.
ther our informant, 6tza mote for fzx cents, Isl
eco by the Bank Of Nashville! Besides small is
, no Of eh1nplastc1s, notes in circulation arc
+r.,t dcd. A. desiring to pay B. two dollars a
i "a half, cuts 4 five dollar note In two. and
,o,, discovered portion goes floating about dist
49,. 49, edl, looking up its better hail. (or other
1pan s-a:a,- - .rhiot ord 1,a,r. +ho hank +
no1e tures.)
; last As 10 tic feeling Of tie community rega,
i by Tic war, the out*7,ok<n sentiment is ono G
very tepsc hahcd to the North, or tho U
"a it States az they express it. They affect
of H. icvc that tpoliaticn, rapine and outral
+on.a every dye would follow the invasion Of n
'~1 EN- troope. Their own troops areoaly
ferenly provided with outfit. and camp