New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-30
AFFAIRS AT NEw-ORLEANS.

Il I.
We select the following paragraphs from the Ship
Island correspondence Of Tie Boston Journal
MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN NEw-ORLEANS-
INEFFICIENCy OF TIE BLOCKADE.
The blockade Of the cotton ports has paralyzed the
energies of the Planters WHO, with bursting store
boufes, and idle slaves eating ont their substance
are making desperate efforts to get their crops L
market through New-0rleans According to tho
confession of Mr. Madison McAfee a gentleman who
declined to be candidate for Governor # isssipp
st the late election, the people almost des'
titute of money; the absolute neceasaic Of life
ct an exorbant pnce, and there is no sale for cot
ton, from which our people derive their income.
The taxes to be provided for by the people OF slsis-
sippi during the year wall amount 10 50 tUOOOU
Unless the blockade is raised, and we can seil cot
ton, the taxes will produce an amour, Of suffering
and sacrifice OF property never before witnessed III
this State" The planters seem 70 indorse the doc
trines Of Mr.. McAfee, aud rather than " lie supineiy
on their back, huggug tie delusiye phantom OF
hope" that England and France viii raise the
blockade, while they are stTanged by the tighten
ing folds Of tie Union Gordon on one hand, and the
Confederate embargo on the other, they appear de-
termined 10 break through the one, and ceiy the
other in order 10 relieve their desperate necessities
La this extremity the Confederate Government,
despairing Of relief through foreign Intervention,
have either Withdrawn the restrictions which, during
the summer months, were imposed upon the trans
portalion and shipment OF cotton or tamely submit
to that necessity which knows no law Five months
ago, in the interior Of Mississippi, distressed
BY the rebellion and the prohibition OF the sale of cot
ton ventured 10 send 10 Orleans eleven bales Of
the staple, which was not allowed to DO landed on
the levee, and was sent back 10 The owner But Il
change has taken place, ard now, as / am informed
by prisoner quite recently from New-Orleans, cot
ton is arriving there in large quantities. The success
attending late shipments Of cotton from that port has
gwen an impetus 70 operations III this commodity
and inspired the rebels with degree OF contempt for
the blockade and confidence in their ability TO eude
the vigilance Of the United States -ofwar which
should arouse the officers OF the blocksdng squadron
TO the utmost watcbfulness IN order TO prevent the
escape OF vessels from the cotton ports.
There is no doubt of the fact that the side-wheel
steamer C. Vanderbilt" which formerly
Long Island Sound in connection with one Of the
lines between "oston and New-York, recently ran
the blockade be Mississippi and arrived i'll safety
NJ Havana, vi Il cargo Of SUO bales OF cotton,
which was sold at great profit. She was loaded
and ready to sail from New-Orleans on the 9th Of
November Of which fact come of the officers of the
oIoekading squadron bad timely warning, and should
nave taken measures TO prevent her escape. The
steamer LAS recently received boilers and is
uarkabiy last. Other vessels are loaded with cot
ION III New-Orieans and among them the ship
- webb, which is now awaiting favorable
opportunity to run the blockade.
WINE large ships run the isk Of slipping ont from
the passes eehooners and vessels of light draft sue
coed IN making their escape from the ,na bays and
rivers along tue coast, where, owing 10 the shallow
Dess Of the water the vessels stationed are upoble
20 MAINTAIN an effective blockade. have recently
ascertained the whereabouts Of one of heae ra, hole
where trap should at the earliest moment be act
catch the verInn that run out and in. The point 10
which i alnde is near Atchafalaya Bay, abont
one hundred and twenty miles west of the Sou,h
West Pass Of the Mississippi
The hopp-ot war PrebIe bar recently been stationed