The New York herald., 1862-08-01

Il 10 great pity that the government can't spars
few thousand more troops, that might entirely
out this State and the little towns Miss n
sippi sound.
Encouraged by the rs-eetablishment q the United
States authority in New Orleans great many people in
the surrounding country have gwen or ses exprss
sion 70 the Union feeling which tho tyranny they have
been heretofore has suppressed. The result
Is that guerilla bands retaliatng by ou.ragng she
people ana stealing destroying their property.
They appeal Gen Butler for protection bus what
he do without rsnforcemcnts2 When Gen. Williams and
his command arrive shall be able assist thc towns
in immediate neghoorhood; bus with reinforce.
ment Of ave ten thousand could clear the
State Of active secession from end ~ the other.
capt. Buchanan, Of the gupboat Grey ciond, bu
formerly OF the New London, In which be, with Capt
Reed, gained the acknowledgment from ether naval OH
Of having done service In the than any
oher two officers in the navy has been of on what he
calls "pyrooting expedition 10 Pascagoula and
other points the Sound. Last Thursday the Grey
Cloud and the New London arrived of Pascagoua. The
raueht of water of the New Iond great to ad
NIT Of her going up 70 the town, 60 Capt. Reed was
obiged to lay of at anchor Capt Buchanan pushed on
up to the town. and landing his men, destroyed the Office
Of the telegraph 10 Mobile Thc operator, suspect
lug the design, escaped with Of. the appa-
ratus before the Grey Cloud arrived, but Capt.
Buchanan fixed mis- wires and other property
n such manner that the apparatus won't be- Il much
icceuns. H then tried TO go mp the rascagoua river
but found that the rebels had plies
tatboats obstruction He fastened of ne
riles and sndeavored pull up, but couldn't do it. lie
then tried to edge between the piles but that being
mo go" he manned launch with sixty marines whom
he had borrowed from the supply ship Potomac Ship
Island and started the river the cable in another
place SO s 70 more eccualy stop communication with
Mobile. As he drawing the land he q crowd
OF women scatter and run and he received
he concealed fire Of about sixty muskets His drop
ped in the boat and by that probably saved many
lives Ten OF the were wounded, one 1t Is feared
mortaly The returned by the marines and three
rcbc men aud one woman killed. Capt. Buchanan
then returned to the Grey Cloud with his
He informed that the people had sent of for two
hundred soldiers and soma field artillery; he informed
the inhabitants OF Pascago1a that he should lay N the
town until the Eext morning. and II he fired upon h
would shei! and destroy the place. He was not further
mossd On returning New Orleans he stopped Satur
day at Covingon, and going ashore found the place
entirely dcserod apparently, but he received nforma
lion that behind grocery there quite little
force Of rebel soldiers concealed and waiting - dash out
upon cur force and "gobble" them. Captain Buchanan
Effected to think that there nobody the place. and
withdrew his 70 the gunboat and then let fly
here stampede Of the surprised and fright
ened men that one often sees.
The rebels raising the guns from The rebel gun.
boats sunk in the rivers the lake. and erecting
batteries to defend themselves against invasion.
General ruter has adopted new plan to prevent the
outrages of guerillas, OF which frequently
spoken. Last week band OF these outlaws
house of Mr.. Thomas s. Burbank, Of the parish Of St
john the Baptist night and seized the person of his
brother and carried him OF river Opelcusas
where Governor Moore is, and says that he has
been hung. AL this because he is guilty Of being
Union nm
On Saturday Mr.. Thomas Burbank came down TO the
city and Appealed General Butler for protection and
asked him TO devise plan by which the guerias
might be prevented from numbering mis- brother and the
other Union that have been taken from their
homes The general sold Dir. Burbank TO name a
half dozen men in the parish who represent
The influence and wealth Of the district and
who noted for their strong secessonsm. He pamed
them, and on Sunday, accompanied by Captain Cark's
company of the Twenty sixth Massachusetts, he went up
boat TO the parish OF St. John the Baptist and ar
rested Messrs. Desonde Ia brothern-law of sde and
bsauregard) P. A. St. Martin - Girard, Malsin Mar
million, Z. Goudrey and G. Luminais They brought
70 this city aud confined hostages the Union men
the hands Of the gueras. They have since been re-
eased by giving their parole leave New Orleans
AID to be forthcoming General Buffers order and by
furnishing very strong security.
We have bad another Of sending woman into
cohnnen;ent A young and very pretty woman. Mrs.
cowan. arrested last week for violent
nstratons; but after few days Of custody she was
leased on saturday The first Of her liberty was 70
send card to the Dia defyng the authority Of the
United States, and then she forwarded copy of TIE
card, !" with the compliments Of the author,' to Gen
rfutlar
appeal Of her mother released the same day On
Monday for reasons that necessarily secret but very
crsditabs 70 the Genera, she taken Fort
hcccmb, where she will be treated With perfect kind
usss. and as the fort In superb condition. she is Likely
10 lass the summer very pleasantly. Lieutenant Wei.
zel Of General Buffers slar her the
md on her trip she confessed that she recently had
occasion TO change her opinion Of General Butter anu
that she had conceived deep respect for him. She was
~ capital sprits and seemed look forward 10 resi
dsncs the fort with little delight.
The three persons whom I mentioned in my last a.
having been arrested while trying pass lines have
b en- punished as foows'-Msssrs. Rossy and Dacres
sent to Fort ST. Philip, and Mr. RUSSELL having been en-
gagged IL attempting TO get away for the purpose
tending 10 the business Of his employers, Msssrs Ben
tluysen, Lewis Co. released after his PRINCIPALS
nad paid 1ns Of $500.
The negro question getting 10 be very pressing
important here just beyond General Phelps lines there
eve six hundred collected are con
SANITY applying 10 have them returned. Unless the
masters have taken the oath of allegiance General Butler
won't even listen 10 them. His course has bson emi
nently conservative, and he has done his Jus
rics te the propristors, and at the same tune to
adhsro 10 the laws Of Congress but II is im.
pcssibie 70 satisfy both sides. and the govern.
ment ought most emphatcally to establish
some decided policy on this perpexng question. Tie
General has decided to send large number the negroes
within the federal lines down the work IN
the intrenchmen,s, thus oblsing them 10 their
subsistence The people here very much exercised
IN the matter Of the negroes and becoming good
deal alarmed. well known citizen, who lives Just
above Carroliton, called General Butler f.. days
sncc. and begged that something might be done 10
secure his family from dangers whch apprehc ded
from the great numocrs of backs his neighborhoos
He said h. was afraid q night attack and he