, 1862-05-29
GENERAL ORDER FROM Gen,
BUTLER.
he Promises to Feed the Hungry;


GENERAL ORDERS No. 25.-The deplorable
state OF destitution and hunger of the me-
chanics and working classes in this city has
been brought to the knowledge OF the Com
manding General.
:, He has yielded to every suggestion made by
method Of furnishing food to the people Of
New Orleans that that government desired
No relief BY those officials has yet been
afforded. This hunger does not pinch the
wealthy and Influential, the leaders Of the re-
bellion, who have gotten up this war, and are
gard to the starving poor, tue working man,
bis wife and child. Unm1ndfnl Of their suffer-
ing felloW-clti1ens at home, they have caused
Or suffered provisions to be carried out of the
city for Confederate service since the oceupa-
tion By the United States forces.
Lafayette Square, their homes of affluence,
was made the depot Of stores and munitions
OF war for the rebel armies, and not of pro-
visions for their poor neighbors. Striking
hands with the vile, the gambler, the idler
and the rn1flan, they have destroyed the sugar
and cotton which might have been exchanged
grated the price Of that which is left, by dis
crediting the very currency they had furnished,
While they eloped with the specie; Is well as
that stolen from the United States, as the
banks. the property Of the good people of
Ne" Orleans, thus leaving them to rufn and
starvation.
Fugidye5 from Justice, many of them, and
others, their associates, staying because too
pnerile and Insignificant to be objects Of pun
tshnent BY the clement Government Of the
United States.
They hare betrayed their couutrF.
They have been false to every trust,
They hare shown themselves incapable Of
defending the State they have seized Upon, al
though they have forced every Door mans
child into their service as soldiers for that pur-
pcse, while they made their SONS and nephews
officers.
They cannot protect those whom they have
ruined, but have left them to the mercies and
assassinations Of q chronic mob.
They Will not feed those whom they are
starving.
Mostly without property themselves, they
have plnndered, stolen aud destroyed the
children penniless and old age hopeless,
Men of Louisiana. Working men Prop
eIty holders. merchants and citizens Of the
United States, Of whatever nation yon may
have had birth, how long will you uphold
these fragrant wrongs, and by inaction suffer
yourselves to be made the serts Of these
leadcrse
The United States have sent land and naval
forces here to fight and 6ubduc rebellious
armies in array against her authority. We
find, substantially, only fugitive masses, run
away properly owners, a whisky drinking mob,
children. Il is our duty to call back the first,
punish the second, root out the third, feed
and protect the Last.
Ready only for what VIC had not prepared
elves, to feed the hungry and relieve the
distressed with provisions. But to the c1-
| tent possible within the power of the Com.
manding General it shall be done.
He has captured quantity Of beef and
| sugar intended fer the rebels tn the field. 4
| thousand barrels Of those stores will be dis
! %~,b +&.,I <1,a
| city, from whom the rebels had plundered it,
even although some of the food will 70 to
| supply the craving wants Of the wives and
children Of those now herding at scamp
Moore" md elsewhere, in arms against the
| United States
| Captain John Clark, acting chief commits.
sary Of subsistence, will be charged with the
execution Of this order, and viii give public
] notice OF the place and manner Of dIstribu
ton, which will be arranged as far as pos
sible SO that the unworthy and dissolute vii
not share its benefits. By command Of
MAJOR GEsELAL BUTLER
GEO. C. STRONG, a a. e., Chief Of staff.
| MISCELLANEOUS,
The Delta Of the 18th has also the follow
items:
six large square-rigged vessels arrive.
troops.
Tie flag Of the Consulate Of the Netherland
Is not flying to-day.
We learn that the residences Of Gen. T9ieg
and Col. Adams, in Peytania street, have bot
been taken for occupancy by the Fedcrs
troops.
We learn that ". B. Mnnford. who
charged With being conspicuous as the leade
Of tie party that, before the arrival Of Ger
Bntler, tore down the Federal aag which va
lluietcd on the mint By the forces under Cap
Farragut, Was yesterday arrested by the Un
tod States authorities.
We understand that the authorities Of Il
United States On Sunday arrested Mr. Esnart
who was formerly a clerk Of Mr. A 8. Guiro
Al officer Of the Mint together with the booI
Of Mr.. g., and yesterday they arrested II
Bernard Ayegno, one Of lii. 6uirot's secur
ties on his bond to the United States.
| The President of the banks were requeste
to meet Gen. Butler yesterday, and We lea,
= that he invited them to return the spec
: | which they had sent out Of the city to the
; vaults, assuring them that he would not sci,
Z or interfere with It, We did not ascertain Il
discrimination of the Presidents, but Buppo
the specie to be beyond their reach.
lae cotton In Conc cordla parish has been {
tirely destroyed. In Tensas parish the bur
:, ing ia going Oh. :; a., -.