Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-12-29
Gen. Butler Superseded.
GENERAL BANKS PROCLAMATION.


North Star, with Gen. Banks and staff, arrived
The news transpired the following day that Gen.
Butler was superseded, and occasioned the ut
most surprise among all classes Even the reg
istereG enemies were sorry to part with an officer
who at least brought order and security to the
city. On the 10th, Butler and Banks met at
headquarters. Butler welcomed Banks to the
department of the gulf, and assured him that he
would ind here troops who ready to yield
cheerful obedience to every order. Banks re-
sponded that the only share he had in taking
command here was in obeying an order of the
government of the United States
The meeting was most cordial and the inter-
change of sentiment was that which marks the
coming together of old friends After the intro.
ductlon of each others staffs Gen Banks and
staff withdrew Gen. Butler then addressed his
staff, requesting each member to take pains to
| enlighten and assist his successor. He spoke in
| the most generous manner of Gen. Banks and
his staff. Gen. Buffers parting address to the
| troops bears date Dec. 18th, abiding in eloquent
terms to their success in the field, and in rcstor
! ing order and quiet to New Orleans, TO he feed
ing OF the starving wives and children of their
| enemies, stating that the expedition has cost
the government less by fOur-fifthS than any 9TH
| er, speaking of the word farewell as the only
| sorrowful thought he had, and commencing
them to their commander as worthy of his love.
On The 10th Gen. Banks general order assum-
| the state OF Texas was issued, and naming his
| staff whose names are already known at the
north. Another order is for all military and civil
Officers III the department TO report to him : and
| still another suspends public sales of property
on account of the United States till further or
| ders. Gen. Butler, accompanied by Col. Shaffer,
| Col. Iurner, Major Strong Major Bell, Capt. Da-
Wis, Capt KnSel, and other members of his
staff, was TO sail Dec. 22d tor New York. Capt.
| Clark was to remain on duty at New Orleans.
| NIeQ, Banks nUShinU fhinpS with pharaptar-
| isiic energy. Five thousand troops who had ac-
| companied him had landed at Baton Rouge, and
the remainder of the expedition would be sent
forward as fast as it arrived at New Orleans.
The weather at New Orleans was fine and the
| troops We're in good health On Dec. 18th Gen.
| Banks issued his proclamation as follows:-
| HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16 In obedience TO orders
| from the president have assumed command of
the department of the Gulf, to which is added by
ms special order, the state of Texas. The duty
| with which am charged, requires to assist
III the restoration of the government of the Unit
ed States. Ii is my desire TO secure to the people
| of every class all the privileges of possession and
| enjoyment which are consistent with the public
safety, or which it is possible for beneficent and
| just government TO confer. In the execution of
the high trust with which | am charged, | rely
| upon the cooperation and counsel of all loyal
and well disposed people, and upon the manifest
interest OF those dependant on the pursuits of
peace, as well as upon the support Of the naval
| and land forces
My Instructions require ME to treat as enemies
| those who are enemies; but shall gladly regard
as friends those who are friends. NoreStrictions
| VIII be placed upon the freedom of individuals
| which are not imperatively demanded by cons l.
| erailonS OF public safety; but while their claims
VIII be literally considered it is due also to them
| 10 stale That all the rights of the government
VIII be unfnchingly maintained Respectful
| consideration and prompt PREPARATION will be ac-
corded to all persons who wronged in body
| or estate by those under my command. The
| government does not profit by the prolopgation
OF the civil contest, the private or public sut-
| ttrlng which attend it, Its fruits are not equally
| distributed in the diSloyal states Desolation has
! empire on the sea and on the land
| In the north the war is abiding sorrow, but
not yet calamity. lis cities and towns are in-
creasing in population and power. The refugees
| from the south alone compensate in great part
| Tor the terrible destinations OF battle The peo-
| pie OF this department who disposed to stake
| their fortunes and their lives upon resistance to
the government may wisely reflect upon the i'm
mutable conditions which surround them. The
valley OF the Mississippi is the chosen seat of
| population, product, and power on this CONT
| neht La a few years twenty-five million people
| unsurpassed in material resources and capacity
Tor war Will swarm upon its fertile rivers. Those
| VINO assume to set conditions upon their exit to
the gulf count upon power not given to man.
The country washed by the waters of the
ONO, the Missouri and Mississippi can never be
barters away its rights, immortal honors will
rest upon another that reclaims them. Let it
never be said either that the east and the west
may be separated. Thirty days distance from
Inc markets OF Europe may satisfy the wants of
| LOUISIANA and ARKANSAS, but it will not answer
| the demands of illinois ard Ohio. The valley of
the Mississippi will have its drain upon the At
lantlc The physical force of the west wl de-
Douch upon It's shores with power reSistless
as the torrents of It's giant rivers.
| ms country cannot be permanently divided
Ceaseless wars may drain its blood and treasure;
domestic tyrants or foreign foes may grasp the
sctpte OF Its power; but its destiny will remain
Unchanged. 1t will still be undivided. tits so
Ordained. What avails then The destruction of
the best government ever devised by man and
Tue sel-adJustlng, sef-correcting constitution of
the United States. People of the southwest, why
hot accept the conditions imposed by the impe-
rlouS necessities of geographical contiguralion
ana commercial supremacy, aud re-estabish
your ancient prosperity and renown? Why not
become The founders of states, which as entire
ports ana deports of your own central and upper
valleys may stand in the affluence of their re-
sources without superior, aud in the privileges
OF the people without peer among the nations
OF the earth n. p. BANKS, Maj. Gen. Com
The only additional news in the New Orleans
paper is the capture Of Two steamers loaded with
sugar, and launch loaded with arms ammuui-
ton, and one small brass cannon, by the expedi-
ton sent to Attichalaloya river by commander
Buchanan.
Inc Roanoke brings Havana advices 10 Dec
22d. Advices received there from Ship Island
Dec 18TH state that all the ships that sailed from
Hampton Roads for Gen. Banks mad reached
there except two, viz: the Thames and Georges
Creek The Curew got ashore there, but got
off safely
The rebel steamer Relief, at Havana, from Mo
BILE, with cotton, reports that the rebel steamer
Florida alias the Oyiet0 had set out with a crew
OF hundred men, passing the blockade during
inc night. Nothing later from Mexico. Among
the vessels from New York that have not reached
ship Island, in addition to those already report
cd broken down, are the Shetuckei Continental.
Quinebaug and Honduras.
The rebels, thinking they see a less vigorous
commander in Gen. Banks, appear in the streets
IN crowds. One of them sent challenge to
Gen. Butler, who put it in his pocket and sent
the angry rebel word that if he desired an onset
TO come on in the street or wherever else it might
suit him best.
Gen. Corcoran with the Irish legion had ar
rived below New Orleans. The Delta has had
occasion TO rebuke the lurking treason of the
Pieayune. A large number of spectators had
arrived, and may give an impulse to trade.