Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-23
FROM EEw ORLEANS.
1Hx TYRAHyT or BRUTE BUrLER-rHk oURREsoT-Y1E-

INK TYRANNY or BRUTE BUrLER-rHE oURREsoT-Y1E-
KIE PROVISIONS AND SALT, &C.
The following account of the condition of affirs in
New Orleans is condensed from the Delta of the Is h
inst:
Butler has given birth to another of bis famous cor
dCrsn Done in plain Engsh il that every body In
New Orleans Is 10 take the of allegiance the hate
fu Yankee Government, feel it's cuibing tyranny
We an that two OF the elemys small boats were sound
ing in Horn Island Pass. We further learn that very
large expedition fitting out in New 0leans for some
destination not known. The Ysnks were taking up for
the expedition all the vessels schooners and the like they
could find Mobile is, in all probability, its destination.
Bronze John has arrived in New Orleans, and Is doing
effective service in the Confederate cause There
over fifty Of yellow fever in the Charity Hospital
the larger proportion Of whom Yankee soldiers. In
consequence Butler Is quarterDg his troops in the sur
rou1Clg parishes and alorg the coast The plantations
Of GsIe els BaFg and Polk, and Henry Qumsn, son Of
the late GeR Qliman, and many other had bsen taken
possession Of by the invaders.
The currency is city bills and hank notes. Gold is
worth II per cent premium over currency; United
States Treasury notes equal to gold; Confederate
notes so q 90c., but no quantity-siy $4,000 70
$4,000 can DO bought at that price, The banks
are not allowed to pay out Confederate notes, and
all trading in them is punishable with fine. The South
ern Bauk made application to Butler 70 Let them pay out
their Confed rate notes, they had suspended
AID took deposits with the understanding that they were
20 take gay y the came but he decided that they
must iseu5 their notes and pay them Cut All the banks
are issuing th.r notes. B. thinks the understanding is
that Butler l. campe the banks TO take u s. Treasury
notes. Sore sui,s ocmpe! the banks 10 pay specie
have been decided against them. y
TLere have been several Union neetiogs. Ton Park
ker William Hunt Aachsel Hahn, and Dursnt il is un-
derscod have aksn the OATH aud "haud and glove"
with the Fed,rIls II is understood that Dsnegre has
taken the OATH aud has got back Ill his gold. New
Orcsgs paper, Of the S:h gives tho particulars OF
grest Un,cn meotrg held on Saturday, 7.h inst Fer
uaud plra1t Dewees- 4 h Ds.rict--and n. Hahn
we're The moI prominent. Rdde!l, Summers ard Vim.
Hunt believed to have taken The OATH and declared
themselves slEays Union
Lseds (of the foundry) Pierre Soule, Thomas Murray
(oi the tIee mGrket) four Of the Thugs Duprat, aud
others have been arrested aud sent Fort War
rem and some to Fort Jackson.
Dr. Sloue for refusing 10 attend officers and to admit
soldiers into lis hospital imprisoned and fined $780,
which he refused TO pay but he afterwards paid the
tue and was released. Young Iohare paid $1,000 and
was released
Tie ltls boats running up Red River are permitted
bring in provisions aud plssengCri aud take salt
g.. and passengers. Butler says that as long as the
psopie vii nd iG provisions, the boats shall be uamo
es.ed bat il they refuse DO will them for tran
ports. Five hundred sacks Of salt came 10 hsdi.
sonylo psyi Butler IS per sack for permit (S2 500
Toe ciJizsrs OF TerreDonue Parish, LII Ia ely hung
two OF Bl,ers msFsudes a. Houmsn in that parish in
cuusCQ lLEce OF Nlcn EIcAyuhe Duer saAOned IOfCe
OF fifteen hundred Yankees il tina: part Of the State,
composed OF toe Parishes Of Ascension, Assumption, La
Fouche and Fundamentally along the BAvous La
FIurc5e and TesebOnne and the line of the New Or
lesps, Opeousss, and Great Western Railroad. The
gentlemen sisd and ordered the execution Of the
Ysykee masaUders subsequently took 10 he swsmps and
ale ssii to be organizing corps de resistance under
he title OF Swamp Rangers.
The 6smo dread aud uncertainty prevails as formerly
There remain 5u 5000 men in the cy. The report in
Ao city s that 40 wounded and 40 dead were brought
down IRON the Grand Calf fzht. F4rssngut is not in.
Jlred, as reported.