The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-06
scenes at New Orleans.

From the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, 9th.
We learn from an eye witness resident at
New Orleans some particulars connected
with the recent change of authorities in
that city, which will not be uninterestiDg to
our readers:
When the feet had passed the forts, and
it was certain that they were ascending the
river, the troops evacuated with the excep-
ton of one regiment, who threw down their
arms and would not leave. The mob took
the place of the city troops, and commenced
10 burn all the cotton they could find, from
10000 to $1,000 bales,) rolling the sugars
into the river, knocking in the heads of mo-
lasses casks, and doing whatever damage
they could. Commencing in the upper part
of the city, they took to boats with lighted
torches, and fired nearly everything afloat,
ships, steamers, steamboats, and other craft,
with the exception of one ship, belonging
to gentleman whose partner (being we'll
known and influential man with them),
saved it by, declaring it their property !;
three or four vessels escaped. Dupasseur
had ship loaded with cotton, and also an
English house, name unknown, which shar-
ed the fate of others, and the powerful ram
yet on the stocks was blown up and destroy
ed, and the powder appropriated to the
guns on the levee was thrown into the river.
The next morning after the ships arrived, an
immense crowd assembled on the levee, Of
both sexes and allages; murmur OF applause
in the crowd drew the attention of the
worst of these people, who fired their pis.
tolls, killing upwards of seventy FIVE and
wounding others. This is referred to by
Commodore Farragut in his dispatch to the
Mayor. One of the parties killed was an
Englishman of the name of Moody, whose
body was awfully cut and shot and was
hanged to telegraph pole in front of bis
door, upon which hung his sign, {" Get
your shirts at MoOdy's." This man had
lived fourteen years in New Orleans, had
acquired q handsome property and was
ships, fearing other outrages; and the
parties who directed Captain Bailey to the
City Hall, were chased to the Levee,
where they escaped to the boats of the
United States feet. Thirty men attempted
to board one OF the United States vessels
seven were killed by fire arms, and others
drowned in the attempt of this desperate
act. Houses were set On fire, and the mar
rator says it was the most awful night be
ever passed, and the next morning he took
his family to Mobile from their house in
New Orleans, for safety. On the LIST May
there was not soul in the streets; the
stores, hotels, and every place OF business
was closed, and the city appeared dismal.
The troops on their way up burned al!
the cotton they found, and for 100 miles up
the coast all that was at the landing shared
the same destruction.
The banks paid off their depositors in
gold or Confederate money, whichever they
were entitled to, and sent their specie,
books, &c with their respective clerks, to
Columbus, Mississippi, at the head waters
of the Tombigbee river. The currency now
in New Orleans is solely Confederate notes;
those having specie are holding on to it; no
no doubt it will by and by fed it's way
North for sterling, as some of the foreign
houses hold heavy balances. At the high
rates that the banks asked for their London
exchange, they would not purchase.