The New York herald., 1862-08-20
New Orleans-G cneral Butior-Importan nt
Movements az Washington.

We are informed that General Butler will
shortly be relieved from the command of the
| Department Of the Gulf for active service in
some other quarter, and that General Dix will
| take his place in New Orleans with the Hon.
Reverdy Johnson. of Maryland, as President
Lincoln's Provisional Governor Of Louisiana
We presume that, as General Butler has
been so successful in tanning the rabid secession
elements of New Orleans and in reducing them
to law and order. the principal object OF the
government in recalling him is to secure the
advantages Of his peculiar talents, activity and
energy of character in some new field Of ope-
rations demanding the presence Of some such
positive and resolute man. Our readers will
remember how speedily and efec,uaily the
| sharp discipline Of General Butler brought the
| rebel ruffians and conspirators Of Baltimore in
the spring OF lsG! to terms, thus clearing the
| way for the mildef administration Of General
Dix. In the same way, bnt on \ much grander
scale, the study and intiexiole Massachusetts
| Puritan has accomplished the rough and III
cult work OF reducing New Orleans to slsbmis
son to The flag and the authority OF the Union
What Rarey is among horse tanners General
| the infaliibe straps Of The one are the secret
| of the others successes.
The work performed by General Butler in
| New Orleans since the recovery of that ci,y By
| our arms. in April last, may not ineptly be
! compared with the labors OF Hercules. he
found the city reduced by the rebellion to
| state Of indescribsole mutiny rlfanism law
| iessness fltbness, disorder ard destitution'
/, The rebellion had suffocatei the Union senti
| ment which had been predominant among its
| population, and they had been deluded by the
rebel authors Of their ruin into the savage be-
| lief that the wrongs and outrages they had
| suffered ard were suffering from secession
| were due to tho government FROM which they
| had received only the choicest blessings Of a
| happy people. Hence, instead Of being well
| coined in New Orleans as a delyerer, General
| Butler was received as tyrannical con-
| queror. He found himself in tie midst
Of great conspiracy Of suien and defiant men
and Of unhappy and excited women, venting
| their foolish anger upon himself and his sol-
| diers in every species Of insult He soon dis
| covered that casual collision in the street
mig ht Instantly rpen into general revolt, in
volving fearful destruction OF human life aud
| the reduction Of tho city to ashes; and ne saw
at once that it was only by stroug measures
that he could save the city or it, people sgom
the worst consequences OF their own madness
| and folly.
| With this conviction General Butter pro
/, oeeded to the work before him, and with The
will, industry aud resolution equal 10 the TASK
| He believed IL was necessary to make some ter
| ribie examplcs--perhaps too severe in several
cases-of prominent offenders Of both sexes,
| and TO impress by acts. AZ well as by procla-
nations, the people OF all classes OF New Or
! leans with the positive snpremacg OF The au-
'tLorty oil the United States 10 ths end We
need not here recspitulate his orders and his
tcts, nor their successful operation and iaiiu-
| ences. II is enough TO say, that from furious
| insubordnation end savage violence and dis
| order he has restored New Orleans to sobriety
and submission; that from the stagnatioa Of
despair he has wonderfully revived The trade
iid business OF the city; thai its ithincss has
been changed into cleanliness; that It's lead
ing wealthy secession cunspFators have been
made 10 disgoree for the support Of then .if
:
offerings to this insane rebellion; and GuslIy
that from such forced contributions anil from
the federal treasury General Butler has sub
sisted for scye erai months from ten 10 fifteen
tbousand souls in New Orleans, chiefly women
and children who otherwise would have
rerished from Tie deslituton 10 whic. they had
been reduced by secession exicrtions and pri
vations.
Such are The results Of General Buffers mill
t;igy provisional dictatorship over New Orleans
II forms ono Of tie most curious, interesting,
importaa aud instructive chapters Of this most
extraordinary rebellion. aud il furnishes TO ihe
historian nRe Of the most active, energetic and
irde'aiigable Union heroes Of this war That
he has committed some mistakes cannot De de-
MED: but that his service with his health and
yigor retained. arr 10 DO dispensed with on his
Withdrawal from New Orleans is not very
probable. We aFe inclined to suspect Lhat his
next field Of operations will be South Carolina
and that, with the restoration or the old Fac
over the Custom House of Charleston, that
city--that ue,rr-to-be-forgoiton head and front
OF this rcbelion--wili before long he under
tie Wholesome discipline a. General Butler, 70
take of the wify edge OF secession a. VI Balti-
more and New Orleans.
New Orleans having, like Baltimore. been
cured IL tho strong medicines OF General But
Ter OF thc more violent symptoms Of the seces
sion disease may now be safely put under
more lenicnt and soothing system IN charge Of
Genera. DIX and Hon Reverdy Johnson-thc
one as tie Commanding General Of lbe Gulf
Department be other as Provisional Military
Governor og Louisiana. That tho people Of
New Orleans and the State are beginning to
rca'iro tie rc5eillon a. failure and tho Union
& their eatiuy is apparent. and that, under The
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