The New York herald., 1862-08-26
INTERESTING FROM EEW oRLEAHS.
INTERESTING FROM KEW ORLEANS.
Arrival Of the Steamships St. Mary
and Marion.
Gen. Buffers SeQuestratiOn
Order, No. 21.
Count Mejan, the French Con-
sui, Protests.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE,
&c, &c, 10.

MIEhES iING CUkkeSPuHUkNCE,
6c, &c, 10.
Tho steamship s.. Mary, VIM. II. Talbot commander,
which left New Orleans Sunday August II, at ten
O'Clock in the morning, arrived at this port yesterday
She brings fifty six passengers from New Orleans and
large cargo, consisting Of eight hundred hogsheads
sugar and sundry cases.
The health OF New Orleans was good. The weather
was extremely warm.
Purser satterlee, OF the 81. Mary, furnishes with
the following report
On Sunday, at six O'Clock A. ~, one hundred miles
north Of Cape Hateras. experienced heavy blow from
the northeast, which lasted all day.
August %, at four o'clock p n, forty miles south
southwest Of Cape Hateras. sgnased the brig z. P.
Sweet, bound north.
August IT. the way down the Mississippi pas sed the
steamship Matanzas, bound up.
The steamship Marion, Captain James D. Phillips, from
New Orleans nth and Key West 2lst nst also arrived
u this port yesterday
The Marion brings quite large quantity Of sent
North by citizens of New Orleans accordance with Or
der No 21 issued by Gen. Butler August a. requiring
al citizens either 70 deliver up their arms 70 the military
comandant, with permission Of the Provost Marshal
TO ship them North.
She left the following United States vessels at Key
west:-Frgate st. Lawrence, J. F. Lardner Flag Oflccr;
steamer Santiago de Cuba, Dan. B. Rdgely Commander
steamer r. R. Cuyfer, Francis wnslow Commander: Pen
gum, J. c. Williams, Lieut.. Commanding Magnolia J. Il.
SPOTS commander; and schooner Chambers.
The Marion brings mails from the United States Mail
Steamship Mississippi, gunboat Oneida and bark Arthur
at New Orleans Also from the frigate st. Lawrence,
steamer Santiago de Cuba and Magnolia, and schooner
Chambers at Key West.
FORTRESS MONROE, August %, 1862.
Tie steamship Cambria, from New orleans, and bound
10 Philadelphia, put in here short or coal.
The New Orleans Delta or the 18th instant says that
the French Consul, Count Mejan is not pleased with
General Buter's Order No a. requiring all persons to
deliver up their arms TO the Commandant.
Count Mean desires that all French subjects be per-
mitted TO retain their private arms, he thinks the
United States authorities cannot adequate pro-
lection TO them at all times and In all placesn
The notorious detective Nay, who recently escaped
from the New Orleans Custom House, had been re-
arrested.
Confiscation OF Private Firearms.
CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN THE FRENCH CONSUL
AND MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER.
The following correspondence between Count Mejan
and Major General Butler copy from the Della Of the
10th instant -
FRENCH CONSULATE New ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, August II, 1852. (
sR-The new orderof the day, which has been pub
shed this morning and by which you require that
the people OF this city must be delivered up has caused
the most serious alarm among the French subjects Of
Foreigners, cir. and particularly Frenchmsn, have,
Notwithstanding the brought against u
them by certain persons, sacrificed everything TO main
tain during the actual conflict the neutrality imposed
upon them.
when arms were delivered them by the municipal au.
thorties they only used them 70 maintain order de-
fend personal property those have
all been returned.
And II appears, according to the tenor OF your
vt
are required 10 surrender their personal arms which
could only be used in self defence.
For time past mistakabe signs have manifested
themselves among the serve population OF the city and
surrounding country Of their intention TO break the
sons apprehend an actual revolt
II is these signs this prospect Of finding ourselves
which the greatest feared that we are above
all things justly alarmed for the result Of such state
q things would fail on all alike who were est without
the means Of seifdefence.
I: denied that the protection Of the United States
government would be extended to them IN such an
event, but that protection could not be effective all
times and 10 all paccg provide against those Internal
enemies whose unrestraned language and manners are
constantly Increasing and who but partially kept In
subsection by tho conviction that their masters are
armed.
submit TO you sir, these observations with the re-
quest that you take them into consideration Please
cegt SIR tho assurance Of my high esteem The Consul
Lieutenant rwE1zE1, United States Eneinsers, and is
sistant Military Commardant Of New Orleans
HgApQuARTEss DEPARTMENT o. TIE Cur
NEW ORLEANS, August Ia, 1852. I
sIRYour Official note 70 Lieutenant Weitze, Assistant
Military Commandant, has been forwarded TO me.
see 40 Just cause Of complaint against the order re-
qurng the arms Of private citizens be delivered up
II n the usual course pursued 10 cities similarly
10 ms even without any exterior force 10 the nehbor
hood.
You win observe that viii not do 10 trust 10 mere pro-
fcssous Of neutrality trust most Of your coan, ymen
are in good faith neutral but Is unfortunately true that
Cf them not THIS The good OF necassitv
TO suffer for the acts Of the bad.
take leave 70 call your attention to the fact that the
United states forces garo 0very immunity 20 Monsieur
Bonnegross who claimed 10 be the French Consul AZ Haoa
Rouge; allowed him % keep his arms relied upon his
nsutalty but his taken prisoner on the battle
field, In arms against Us.
You viii also DO the favor 20 remember tha. very
Few of tho French subjects here have taken the oath of
neutrality, which offered but not required of
them by my order No ~. although All tho og ers II the
taken the cath support The constitution oT the Com
rate states Thus you see have guarantee for the
good faith OF bad men.
DO not understand how II is that arms are altered in
their effectiveness ~ being personal property do
see how arms which VIII serve for persCnal defence
C gui ne pervsnt seryr que pour leur defence per son
nee cannot be as cfectually used gr offensive war.
fare.
Of tbe disquet which you soy there arc signs mani.
Testing hspsives pm0ug.he black population OF desire
TO break eir honts which bind them heir masters
c. ceriapes afPsi 'ons rompre les liens qui les at
tachent q eurs 1i trcs,ij ] nave been a NOT in.
attentive Observer without wOrder because II would
seem psturN, when Nllr masters had sct them tao
szamte rebellion ~ ~s9st constituted au horss, thai