, 1862-12-29
FROM new ORLEANS.
GENERAL BANKS SUPERSEDES
GENERAL BUTLER,
Gen. Buffers Farewdl-Leaves for
New York.
BANKS. AND HIS, ARMY FULLY
LANDED.
THEY ARE READY TO FALL At WORK.
Cen. Banks First Order.

Gen. Banks First Order.
New FoRK, Dec 28.-The Roanoke, from |
New Orleans on the 18th, via Havana on the
22d, has arrived. The news is' important.
TIE. North Star, with Gen. Banks and staff,
arriTcd at New Orleans on the 18th, leaving
New York on the 5th. The news transpired
the following day that Gen. Butler was super
ecded and occasioned the utmost surprise
among all classes, even the registered enemies I
were sorry to part with an officer who, at /
lcast, brought order and security to the city.
On the 18th, Butler aud Gen. Banks met at |
headquarters. Gen. Butler welcomed Banks |
to the Department Of the Gulf, and assured |
him he would find here troops who were
ready to yield cheerful obedience to every |
order. .
Gen. Banks responded that the only plea |
sure he had in taking the command was in
obeying an order Of the Government Of the
J. United States. Gen. Butler addressed his
staff, requesting each member to take pains
to cnlighten and assist their SUCCESSORS. He
spoke in the most most generous manner Of
Gen: Banks and staff.
Gen. Buffers parting address to the troops
bears date Of the 18th Abiding in eloquent
terms to their successes in the field and in re-
storing order and quiet to New Orleans, to
the feeding starving wives and children Of the
enemies Of the Union, stating that his expe-
dition and command has cost the government
| less By foatr:ftahs than any otAer-speaking Of
| the word farewell as the only sorrowful
| thought he had, and commenting them to
| their commander as worthy Of his love.
| On the 18th, Gen. Banks issued his orderas-
suming the command Of the Department Of
the Gulf aud the State Of Texas, and naming
/ his Staff, whose names are already known at
the North
Another order is for all military and civil
officers IN the department. to report to him;
and still another, suspends all public sales of
property on account Of the United States,
until further orders have been issued.
Gen. Butler, accompanied by Col. J. ".
ShafIer ,(of Freeport, Ill., Col. Turner {of
Chingo, Major Strong, Major Bell, Captain
Davis, Captain KenEel, and other members Of
his Staf, was 10 sail on rhe 22d for New York.
Captain Clark was to remain On duty at New
Orleans.
Gen. Banks was pushing things with charac-
teristic energy.
Fifty thousand troops who accompanied had
landed at Baton Rouge, and the remainder Of
| the expedition will be sent forward as fast as
they arrive.
The weather at New Orleans was fine and
the health Of the troops good.
GEN. BANESs ORDER ASSU3uNG COMMAND
-HEADquARTERs< s<QEPARrAEsT Or THE GuLF.
NEW ORnEAas, Dec. t6. 1862. {
:, f. In obediencc+o orders from the President
have assumed command Of the Department,
Of the Gull, to which is added, by lis specla
: order, the State Of Texas
: The duty with which am charged, require
me to assist in the restoration Of the Govern
ment Of the United States. It is my desire t.
0 secure to the people Of every class all til
l. privileges and possessions and enjoyment
!. which are consistent with public SAFETY, ant
:. which it is possible for benefcent and JUS
e government to confer.
e In the execution Of the high trust wit
which am charged, rely upon the co-opers
ton and counsel of all loyal aud we'll dispose
= people, and upon the manifest interest {
ID those dependent upon the pursuits Of peaet
as well as upon the support Of naval and Ian
L. forces.
As MY instructions require me to treat as en-,
% | mics those who are enemies, but Sha
C. gladly regard as friends those who are friend
nj No restrictions will be placed upon tt
lively demanded by the conscientious Of pul
at lie safety, but while their elaln1B will be hb
ad rally considered, it is due also to them,
NJ state that all the rights Of the governme.
will be unainchingly maintained. Respectt
nc consideration and prompt reparation will
ng accorded to all persons who are wronged
III body or estate by those under my comlnan
Tic government does not profit by the pr
fe- longation Of civil contest or the private
ny public sufferings which attend it. Its fFul
II arc not equally distributed. In the disloy
or. States, desolatlon has eulpire On the sea al
et. In The North the war is an abiding sorro
ur- but not get 4 calamity. Its cities and tow
ion / are increasing in population, wealth and po
on pensate in great paat for the terrible decln
lad tions Of battle Thepcople Of this departing
I of who arc disposed to stake their fortunes q
,a11 their lives upon resistance to the governne
w. ~, may wisely reflect upon the iHmusable con
the tions which surround them
full The Valley Of the Mississippi is the cho:
Tho seat Of population, product and power on t
continent. In few years twenty five millit
ao OF people, unsurpassed in material, rcsour
ives and capacity for war, will swarm upon its I
and | tile rivers.
Those toho assume to set conditions upon
~" c1odts to the Ga!f, count upoa a poteer not 81
mat to man. The country washed by the wat
cIa- of the Ohio, the Missouri and the MississiI
Ken can neter pe Eetnaus.l5 sS'I.eG a. :~.4s
pre- mortal honor will rest upon another that
deems them. Let it never be said, either,t
two the East and West may be separated. Til
soa+ DAYS distance from the markets Of Eur
,ood i.nnsas. Int T. viii not answer the dema
the Of Illinois and Ohio. The Valley Of the
NOS sissippi will have its deltas upon the Allan
Poa The physical force Of the West will dcbo
au- upon its shores with power as Irresistible
Is to tie torrents Of its mighty rivers
cite This country cannot be permanently
yided Ceaseless wars may drain its hl
and treasure, domestic tyrants or foreign
with may grasp the sceptre Of its power, m but
h at destiny yin remain unchanged. s1 i WI u.
~ then, the destruction Of the best governn
our ever devised By man, the self adjasting,
nd correcting constitution Of the United Sta
and People: ct the Southwest Why not o ac
been the conditions imposed by The ips5ii;9as
S ru- commercial Supremacy, and rc-establish .
te To- ancient prosperity and renoWn. why no
i. is come the founders Of States which as
az entrepots and depots Of your own ce1
and upper valleys may stand in the .attiu
! say Of thelr resources without superiors an
'rtif- the privileges Of the people without
CAM among the nations Of the earth:
~ &signed) 49,. N. F. Bases,
Major General Commando
.,v NEW I ORR, Lee. @S.-l1e aEta1HtE W
wed bia arrived tonight from New Orleans
h1cn. s4 and Havana 2e;d- The steamer Potomac
Nun ! arrived from New Orleans ltth. No new
'ates: moment. The rebels, thinking they ha
ana less vigorous commander in Gen. Bank:
orceo pear ln the streets in crowds; one OF
sent a challenge to Gen. Butler, who put
LACK his pocket and sent the rebel word that
unty, desired an onset, to come on in the sire
o1sly wherever else might suit him best
ID of aT;rcd helotT New Orleans.
zteen The Ddta has had occasion to rebuk
lurking treason Of the Pcdy,ze-
YES A large number Of spectators had ar
1 lhzo and may give an impulse to trade. &c
: tele- tinn vii, Gens EntIer. and The best f
exists between them aud their respe
Staffs Col Elliott of the 1st Louisiana
IN. ! ment had resigned. Gems. Banks and 7
were sercnaded On the night Of the 19a
Last the band Of the 3lst Massachusetts.
broke The only additional news in the Ne
IS east leans papers is the capture Of two ste.
loney. loaded with sugars, and d launch filed
down, arms, ammunition, and q small brass ca
ing at by an expedition to Atchafalaya Rive
rough Commander Buchanan.
other The Roanoke brings Havana adyicss
n, and 22d The rebel schooner Relief st "a
;tol at from Mobile with cotton, reports the
re VAS steamer Florida alias Oyet0, had got ou
ZOO in q crew Of loo men, passing the block