Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-28
a WAR 10 NEW ORLEANS.

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Ytom = ilsalthy sorrespopdspcs in
the New York z5ssSs Of the 22d inst,
e extract the following interesting
paragraphs:
a1v8s soEz8ar.
With our huge lump Of . ship 70
DRAG, - wsrc twsnty~four hours Ct
ting 70 New Orleans. l could not -.
eret the fact, - It gave me whole
day in which TO 80 the most interesting
.port;en Of ~ noble sivee, b Ne d.
Iightfalest time Of oil the yesrs TIE
scenery along the winding banks 10
beautiful, / believe, 70 everybody, and
especially 20 when, = in my case, It i
seen for the arst time. This year the
river i unusually high. and the swollen
waters seemed constantly aboet 70
overflow the artificial banks Or Ievsss
like brimmisg cup set up IN sauces.
and threatening to sweep 2 deisg: =
destruction over the fields OF spring1ng
rice and sugar which are on both s'dss
Of the stream.
psxossraArsoxs AIoSo zzs nIysR.
judging from the demonstrations
which we're made = W approached the
catered plantation houses, o. passed
bv : group Of lsborsrs hoeing in the
fields. we were looked upon - Welcome
visitors. The negroes stopped their
work, and watched our progress with
more than curiosity. Hats and aprons
we're ierked of and waved frantically
little children, streaming like ants eut
Of the orange groves, toddled ccmical!y
to the river brink to go the big ship
filled With men, and tho steamer 20 dit.
ferent from those 70 which they were
aceustomed; old women, with the de-
monstrativepess Of their race, knslt upon
the ground and extended their hands
- they prayed Gods blessing on %
old men, worn with ago and in6rmity.
tottered from their cabins upon crutches
to hail our advent. Bot these constant
expressions of gladness were not entire.
u confined to the negroes. Occasion.
ally . white man, dressed in loose gar.
ments, and wearing the conventional
broad brimmed hat Of . Southern plant.
or, came down to wave his greeting, and
bis wife and daughters, standing on the
verandah or in the garden path, seemed
none the less rejoiced. All the way
from the forts to the city there was an
air Of pastoral quietness-of the hus-
bandman laboripg, undiaturbed BY the
discordant elements Of war-that it WAS
difficult to realize where We we're, and
the object Of our coming.
T1cKLED FRESHMAN.
Two Irishmen came alopgside our
vessel with milk and egg. Capt. Wood.
worth, being slightly waggisb, offered
to pay them for what was purchased in
Confederate scrip. "Be gorrs!'' said
Pat, Il thought yez was gintlemep, and
paid for what yex wanted. Divil bit
Of money have l seen for . year, and
Confederate scrip has brought the wife
and children to starvation almost" He
was paid in the coin Of Unole Sam,
when he broke out: "Hurrah for the
ould flag! They wanted to make me
fight against it, but l never have fought
and never will fit for EN-" And he
turned the money in his hand, examin.
ing it curiously, as . child might new.
~ acquired toy.
"xUs1c HATH CHARMS" &C.
heard of one instance where respect
for the old flag VAS shown. While the
Mississippi Was opposite the city, she
put her bows into the levee at Algiers,
the tide having swung her ashore as she
was turning in the river. A large and
boisterous crowd collected, and sought
to provoke the officers and men by their
remarks. The Captain, to drown their
noise, called the band and babe them
strike up Hail Columbia. Involuntari-
y, as 1t were, the rabble ceased howl.
ing, and instinctively some of the old
men in the throng raised their hats in
acknowledgment Of the strains which
from their youth had inspirited them.
"BR1NG IN THE BELLS"
The stories which everybody has
heard respecting cannon frowning from
the roof Of the Custom House, are all
untrue. The authorities were 70 conf.
dent in the invincibility of Forts Jack.
son and St. Philip that they never
thought it necessary to construct de.
fenaes on tho southern side Of the CITY.
The marines, who were stationed at the
Custom House to guard the flag, found
in the building at least $4,000 worth
Of bells Of al descriptions, from the pom
derous cathedral bell to the smallest size
Of hand-bells. These had been contri.
buted in response to the proclamation
Of Beauregard for gun metal, and were
to have been worked up in the Algier,
fouudries. ~
THE GREAT FLOATING BATTERY.
Among the things destroyed was ,
formidable floating battery-the Missis.
sippi-upon which the rebels had found
ed high hopes of success in their cause
She had been seven months IN course
Of construction, employing I've hundred
men the whole time, and would hav,
been finished in three weeks. Hel
length was 270 feet, and her depth 60
ana ner armament vas to have been 2(
rified guns. The frame Of tho hull Va,
made Of Georgia pine, nine inches
thick, and over the wood were place.
three plates Of rolled iron, making til,
thickness ofthe armor alone four ipcha
and hall. She was 5000 tons bur
then, and her motive power cousiste,
of three Dronollera- vh;eh v.ya csl~~,ne