The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-16
From New orleans.

rIOlA N6W OTl6aubs
In the Newt Orleans Evening Delta Of
Thursday, LIST instant. wo fnd much Of
interest. and Sollate below: y
ARaIvAL Of THE ENExY's TRoops.-A
large propeller transports, her deck crowd.
ed with troops, arrived to-day at IL M.
and anchored IN front Of hescty,
It is supposed Gen. Butler is on board
Whenever he lands let our people bear
themselves with the high spirit thew have
hitherto Inhibited
Any uhebsive demonstration without
the power 70 follow il up with physical
force il puefile. Let there be no gather.
ing to witness the landing, and let per
feet SILENCE attest our respect for our
cause and for ourselves.
Asimportant facts in the history Of fl,a
events Of the last FIVE or six days. we
would Stale that the occupation of this
city. nov momentarily expected by the
United states forces, secures to them the
control OF the lives and properly of one
hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants
nearly all Of them non.combattants
The property in the city is altogether of
the description known all over the world
as private property. OF other property.
which has been recognized in all other
countries, and in all other wars but this.
as private, and not subject to seizure in
war--that which forms the commerce Of
our people, and which has contributed
mainly!to the vast trade of our CITY,
there Is little or none left in our port
The cotton, which the United States au-
thorities have in other places seized and
appropriated, without authorities of any
f,f N Ill.
eomuunities was consumed the moment
ths announcement was made. that the
FetesSJists bad passed the Forts.
This was done by the order of the Gov
ernor Of Louisiana and the military COM
mander'of the Confederate States. Fif-
teen thousand bales were consumed, the
value of which would have been about
million and half of dollars. The tobac-
GO now stored here, being all held by for
eign residents on foreign accounts, was
not destroyed. The specie of the banks,
to the amount of twelve or fifteen mil
lions, was removed from the city and
placed in secure place; SO of nearly all
the stores and other property of the Con-
sederate States. The records of the
Court and of all the Offices of the Confed.
crate States were in like manner dispos-
SO Ots AnCI6 Icu6lA tU0 DuUlC
ings, the Customhouse, the Postofiice and
the Mint. Of provisions of every kind,
there'is scant supply. sufficient for the
wants of the people. Of ships ard steam
ers, which ordinary at this period Of the
year crowd our wharves, as far as the eye
can reach, there is not single one left.
The only ships in our port are the armed
ships Of the United States. They lie at
the head of our principal streets. COM
handing them with their powerful bat
teries.
The prospects of any arrival of cotton
are poor. By order of the Governor, the
conton on the banks Of all the streams
has been everywhere set ON fire. Not
bale could be picked up by the most dill
gent and enterprising search. The whole
valley Of the Mississippi is now being il
Illuminated by the conAagration of the
most valuable articles of commerce. The
execution of this order of the Govern
ment, though not prompted by any mo-
tive of the sort. will send grief and MISE
ry to the great manufacturing commune.
ties OF the world. The Confederate Gov
eminent and the people aver that they
have been forced to this great sacrifice
by the enemy's threat and the perform
anee OF it. on small scale, TO confscate
this valuable pro 1uct to their own USE
1T Is heavy loss to our own people, but
they claim no conmiseration or sympa.
thy ioriour sacrifice. They can live with
out the proceeds of their cotton, and for
the present the Southern people are, and
will be, content with bare subsistence.
They have planted large crops of cereals.
and will soon be quite independent of all
other communities for the means of COM
Portable subsistence.
Such is historically our situation, and
in the presence of hostile military force,
virtually occupying the city, our func-
TORS as public journalists become those
OF the chronicler of acts, the mere South
western Valley of the Mississippi.
Some OF our citizens have been unjust
ly charged with inflelity to the Govern
inent, and, on mere rumors, or utterly
insufficient grounds. subjected to mort-
hcation and insult. We have heard of
several instances of such conduct on the
part of the reckless and thoughtless that
are shameful and outrageous. There seems
to be a proneness on the part of certain
violent, excitable and needless people to
create and foster the very suspicion which
all good citizaps should desire to see dis
countenanced, that there exist traitors
and bad citizens in our midst. Nothing
is more necessary for our safety, our peace
and our future, than that our people
should present themselves as a unit in
tho present condition of our affairs.