Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-18
LArER ER0M NEW ORLEANS,
From ,As Egs o5 Tuesday, I3lb.I
THF SITUATION

aud destitute ot our city quantity Of beef and
| sugar C8ptUle3 by the United Satfe5 forces The
| work wit he commenced this dav at the custom
! house, from . a. VI. to T. NJ where all auuli-
| cant5 tor all, who arc provided with proper ere
! i-.tia'- viii be- entitled to 70 share af The prpvj
! sious is the official Gotr-. IT, utimated tbattne
! poor ct New Orleans have been wholly NEGLECTED.
! by ihe rebels. We have only 10 call Gen.
Barcf attention to the fsct thstsincr the month
| or August here has been in regular operation ian
! this CI;y = free market supplied exclusively
| from voluntary contributions and which is still
| in existence IwicG week betweeu 1900 ana
1909 persons have bad tbeir baskets filed with
| meat, vegetables and other articles Of food Itis
| estimated that between 5000 and 5000 individuals
are thus nurtured through the d1srajy of tbe
/ city and country.
| a change has taken place in the military gov
| ernment Of our city Gen. Butler. in q special
notice marked No. u of general orders. an
! nounces the appointment of Act Brig Gen Geo
| F. Shepley, colonel l2Ih regiment Maine VOL
unteeIs, as military c0mmguiant of New Or
| leans Il lS rUmOred that Gen Butler cuutem-
plates establishing his headquarters at some
| point across the lake. A resdrrre at any of tn,
watering places would be far more Agreeable,
| than exposure TO the heat, dust and uucirauli-
| ness OF New Orleans during the p,riious months
| of summer.
The MississipPiis still extraordinarily high and
| has broken through the iavre in vayiru. ularr-
| both above and below. We have not heard
whether the crsvassa in the parish of I5r,vilic
has been closed That at Story's plantation, in
! Plaquenae, IS stopped haJ another has taken
! playe on the rght bapk Of the river in Jhc same
| parish. We anticipate, however. a speedy fan
| ia the preensions oi the "Fa-h-r of Waters
From the Delta, May 81
Bot to the extract from the Dcito. which is rs
| follows:
THE BEEEToIENCE OF NEW ORLEANS.
The Bee has the following:
| In the official notice i is intimaled that tho
| poo of New Orleans have been wholly neglect
| cd by he rebels We have only to call Gen
Buffers attention to the fact that since The month
! OF August there has been IN :, guiar operation in
! tLi' city FREQ Market supplied exclusively
| iTgm vouutary contributions, aud which Is s,l.l
| in existence. Twice a week between 100 and
| 1900 persons have had their baskets Il led with
| meal, vegetables. and other articles of food l.
! s estimated that between five and SIX thousand
individuals are thus nurtured through the liber-
| ally oi ne city aud county"
l. addition to this, tho Bee might have called
| attention 20 other faCts-that IN the absence of
a .slgs number Of male adult population.
| ample arrangements had bee made by tac clt-
! Cyaucil 10 suppCc, the families of ali such, who
| were destltUte-thGt for this purpose millions rf
! dollars have been subscribed by our people duE-
! ing tue last twelve mOnths-that twenty y-taUI
hundred oTphaa cbiidseu are now supported iu
tho orphan Syiums Of this cisy-thaf the ludi-
gent sick al admissible to the Charity Hos
ptal the most extensive institution OF The kiud
IN the United Sts.es-aEd finally, that there Is
UJt = community IN the world where a more lID-
eral, generous, and charitable feeling pervadcS
li classes than tae. OF New Orleans. The pres
rut suffering in our cl!y Is due to two caus"s
first, the blockade or nUd-iutCTcJuTse with tile
country, iT0m which all our provisions have
heretofore been drawn, and secondly, the de-
raugcHeut of our currency, the United States
commander having in his proclamation, warmed
the people of the danger of receiving the only
currency III circulation, or rather the basis 0t
thc only currency IL circulation
| New Oraaus unlike other large cities has no
suburbs. L. IS compelled to rely upon remote Sec
tjons of the country for its daily food Ia times
| of the greatest prosperity a weeks interruptions Of
intercourse with tbe interior would produce 70
d,aigass similar t. rHat which now exists We
are here in position Ike ihat IN which New
England would be placed If her intercourse WITH
the middle and western >-ates was suddenly
stopped With all h,r w"aisl, h.r vast quantity
| Of manufactured goods. % 3 people would be
sorely puzzirl io obtain the chief articles Of
| Subsisioura. At tai. period Of ibe year there are
usually about "a hUudni huge steamboats, con-
(which besT every 2U'lH nl the enormous pro
duel1n of he v:yoT OF Toe Mississippi Now
! their places asr occupied b. ships of wj- aud
transports for troops Not Il boat has arrived
from the int i0r during the eight days the
United States troops huve occupied this city
Under these circumstance 1t is IrmarkaOe that
! the people hold up AS we'll uF tHey to-thst
thcrc Is Eot more suffering and distress than
really prevail.
| - ord r tina, on. readers may understand the
despicable character Of the proclamation Of the
Federal commander alluded to above we ap-
pend it, as follows:
GENERAL ORDERS. NO p.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF The GULF
NEW ORLEANS, Nay g. 1862.
| The daplorsble stalr OF desiitu,iou aud hun
ger of iir mechanics and working classes in this
city has been brought to the knowledge of the
commanding general.
! lie has yielded 10 every suggestion made by
the city government, ard ordered every method
Of furnishing food to tie people of New Orleans
that that government d,suod. No relief by
those officials has yet been afforded This huu-
ger does not pinch the wealthy and influential,
the leaders cf the rebellion, who have gotten up
this war, and are nov end d.avoIiug TO prosecute
it, without regard to the Saving poor, the werk
ing man, his wife and child. UumudUi Of their
suffering toilow-citizers at home, they have
caused or suffered provisions TO uc carried out Of
the city for Confederate service since the 8ccu
patton by the United S ates forces
Lafayette Square, their home Of afilcuce, vas
made the depot Of stores and munitions of war
for the rebel aImes, and not pf provisions for
their poor neighb0rs. S;riisiug hands with the
vile. fiH gambler she idler aud the TGftian they
have destroyed the srgar and cotton which might
have baen exchanged tor food for the industrious
and good, and grgIatgd the price of thas which
Is islt. by disCTeai,iug the very currency they
had furnished wl o tney elopa5 with the specie :;
as well as tbat op'i"u from the United States, SIS
the banks, tise property OF tho COED people Of
| New Or.eans- tuus leaving them rs ruin and
! starvation.
FugiHve7 from JUSTICE many of sheID and
others, their associates. staying because too
pueric and Insignificant TO be objects ot punish
| men, by the clement government OF tho United
| STATES:
They have betrayed then country
They have been false to every trust.
They have shown themselves incapable Of
defending the State they have seized upon, a.
though they have forced every poor mau's child
| into their service as soldiers for that purpose,
| while they made their sons and nephews officers.
They csnuct protect those whom they have
ruined, but have lett them to the mercies and
| assassinGlOns OF a chronic mob,
They will not feed those whom they are starv-
ing.
Mostly without property themselves they have
pluud, T5d, stolen aud destroyed the means OF
those who had properly, leaving children penni-
less and cid age hopeless
Nsu of Louisiana, Eo5ltiHg men, Property
| Holders Merchants ara Citizens Of the United
! Stqtrs, of Whatever nation you may have had
| birth, bow iorg will you uphold these asgrant
wrongs and by Inaclinn suffer yourselves to be
made the sarls of these leaders
! The Jr-.,25 States have sent land and naval
forces here to &gns and 8ubiue rebellious armies
| in array ag.iuss hsE authority. We find, sub.
| stantiaI.y. .-iT fugitive masses, runaway pro
perry own 20. s b, uisKy drinking mob, and starv-
| iuc ci5zar- with their wives aud children Il is
! our duty 10 cali back the first, to punish the
/ second, root out Che third feed and protect the
| last
| Ready only for war. We had not rrerarod opr