The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-14


The most gratifying feature or the get from
New Orleans the staunch and uniinchng loyalty Of
the poplaco. All the accounts concur III this respect
and tho authorities aud showed, under the
very guns Of the enemy an un altering sacri co and de-
votnn to their flag. They had ALTERNATIVE than 70
submit TO the brutal orce OF the enemy but they did 30
with proud defiance and protest and with tbs declara-
tion that, though crushed the arth, they would
surrender their allegiance the govern
men This noble aud patriotic SPIRIT which seemed to
animate every man, ~ iofcby shown IN the following
language u one Of lie lea iag papers Of New Orleans:
surrender " Yankees-suIrendsr the city! Thee Is
something revolving TO us Ia these words that
str. NIX rom Their utteTance a. mila.iontho lowest,
most terrible depths Vi humiliat involved III tnis
bitter. bitter More CALLING tho spirit than
tho chains 70 the bodys cuts US 70 The very
| soul!
| But 1t s virtually consammatedi Tho federal flag
again city, iormerly Is the sym
boi state rights and civil liberty but The SYMBOL
o. our subectionthe crushing u the earth OF the
| and the utter destruction of the other
IL MAKES sick at heart 10 comment on this event.
The more we reflect upon IT. the more We scrasnzs IT,
from every point Of view, the darker, tie more revolt
| ing, the more hdeoas IL appears.
| Protest OF the French Naval Command
ant.
From the New Orleans Delta. May /.
C0xMASDFR THR UsrED STA. ~ SauADgoA. now THE
PORT or NKw ORlsASs:--
SR-acnt by my government 70 protect the persons
property Of It's citizens here " the number
OF thirty Thousands regret 70 learn ~ tis moment tnt
you have accorded delay o iorty eight hours the
evacuation OF The cliy by the women and children.
TO observe TO yca that this short delay is rilu
-
II 4 il your resolution 10 lombard the city, do H. bal
that you Will Ina, " account for tbs bar
barous the Tower which represent In any event,
demand sixty days for tho evacuation DE- CLUUEr,
C4mmapdant " the steamer Nan, opposite the city or
New orleans.
Jacob Barker ORA the Monetary Crisis in
the Guy.
From tho New Orleans Picayun0, April 49,
Our DOMESTIC CURRENCY The following letter from
the well known flancier and banker, Mr. Jacob Barker,
was elected by addressed 70 Inn by Vi the
hale tlnifN
men cations seem worry well worthy " attention ia
the quarter which ,lsy particularly addrssssd
M" ORLEANS, April 3, 1862
DEAR SIR am in receipt your letter Of the LIST inst
saying that suggestions from me would be attended
hcstated at making lest II should be supposed that
Twas influenced by Interested motives, which assure
you not and will not be ino case. The BUSINESS IN
winch embarked is for the pleasure OF the
1 cupalon and npoyment oil those about with whom
| connected than ior any anticipation Of profit.
10 preserve the value OF tbs Confederate Treasury
absolutely necessary that there should be
place where those o. large denomination can be sxchang
cd good crcuiang VI ssnal. denomination
At present there great difficulty getting good small
notes those Of the denomination u twenty dollars
and upwards. treasury no.es ~ less sehomhalon can
not DO Obtained by the employ OF the
can they 0e obtoined from the bank. change them
daily my COUNTER generally without charge, ~ far
1t % al important that we should have large supply
OF the ies.of HE. In aid Of Tins agents should
have been secretly sent to all parts with gold aud
SILVER purchase at any cost, and when the produce
arrives Il should be sold 10 consumers At moderate
rates, regardless oil the loss. lew hundred thou
dollars sacrificed in this wsy would be well spent
Under such circumstances speculaors could nos soil with
reducing their prices. Oar supplies from
distance where gold and silver or bank notes
inandcd and those who bring supplies al
lowed 70 purchase CON- they viii Lot be Likely To
or semi supplies. Everything Appsrianing " legitimate
commerce should BE- lot Tree AIR, except when
monopoze articles Or first necessity The
public should then take possession Of suchSarcles
supply consumers prices, ndsmnyin tho spccu.
lain fnr "a aClu seep tlex 4
No regulat,on you may adopt avail " the supplies
necessary subsistence not hcre brought
JACOB BARKER.
Union Comma nsler, ~ New Orleans.
From the hicbnJnd Dispatch, May ..
Bombastes Furioso ana hts myrmidons are now In
possession Of New Orleans, and anything could add 10
sympath with the generous and varmh arted peo
pie q that city, 1t Is that such specimen Of Yauk tedon
should be their Military Governor. polished
chivalric population be found this continent
and every instinct II their nature must revolt at the
gross, rsgar tool c Ya'ee yranny who rs ordins
bsina outside The guard Asre IL bad enough thar
they should be gieea choa hoD H. the hands VI
the enemy, that their fort atoms should b. Gdond
and boscn up, their army tsn dgoy and their own pri-
taken with them but that 4. w. Butler should
be put command u the forsaAen city " the last dn
the bitter ctp humiatin aud Name. ~ ali the Yan
kes generals he has the least preeicHs the 7uii<s VI
he solder and the s-ad~mdn vcr,er hunbug, Ia
military point Of view, was ne.er created. The battle
Of Bethe-at which he took good not "a be pre-.
SCENTS the oily hattie with which he had the
mot st connection. lie never so much ~ landcd At
Hattaras till the guns Of the shiping had sencca the
DE OF the Qualifications, and he not hsara of At New
Orleans till the gunbas had achieved their blod ess VIC
tory. 10 Is in his esme, sporting iaure's which
do not hsiong him-sn IN n lion skin. We pre-
dict that General butter Will saye before the weather
becomes excessively warm rs o,assnou so'raoe ain
fever viii before long put end another
t. the dominion of BomDastes. and open batteries
HIS ces generally winch neither he rsslsted by
power paraly2ed BY treason. II McCelans forces
alresdy seriously affected by our comparatively
lubrous swsmps in Virginia, what mus, become or
those who Undertaken TO "hol, occupy and pos
sess" ths death breeding wsiers 81 the Mississippi
/ Affairs the Lower MisslsSippt.
THE CAPPrRs OF BATON ROUGE--GENERAL BUrLBn
OCCUPIES ERw ORIEANs-,sEcEsR CITIZENS ON
THE RrS--ASorHER FogT oN THE MISSISSIPPI
BgLow NATCHEz.
4 CAinu, Way < 1862.
refugee from vicssburs, Mississippi passed .argh
here TO-DAY ~ ,o~s FOR -. ioais. He brings news Of
| phis papers Of that morning pnbiishea aes,ach
bouncing the ccuIstiou Of asn Rou.e by Union orce,
and tho passage up the rive OF Union gunb0sts ihs
largest yes Of the LET, ushiud Now Or
/ leans, which city nearly deserted. Bltlof army
had landed and were occupying tho city. An nIneass
| amount OF cotton IA ehouses disvov srs< and
seized. This mon CITIZENS Ind hold pibo rejoicing
AZ which hundreds crowded together, and indnlgsi
In the most oathusisstic demonstf atoms VI JOY.
In the pasS ige VI te gubDas the river b1t little
sisancs made ~ them, there being rebel troops
the until tDs s@et Baton
Here as my informant sayr Stationed few Dol
troops most OF whom itciy enrolled, aocorn. W
tie prov lsons o. The Conscfpt sct. There however
lied brore the fsst msde IL appearance. The Untad
Staivs arsenal and barracks A. Lis point were covered
and ths Old rag more over Tie government
| property ia Louisiana
The Southern papers worry msgrs Of news respect
ing he passage the suncoat hess the river
ot their articles bs.ls made up of vchse exhOr.asi
addressed 10 tue people dsgend the Mississippi valiey
| from the enony.
olt,sns Of ckssars hatcher and other places along
tho wee ny Ia. p great numbers " Memphis,
| which was " a lever 81 excitc,aent
citizen OF Sa;chsz told my Informant that strong
force ~ Mississippi tr os wss gsris ning Port DAVIS.
winch located kils ellis, nearly tweay Ave fnrs
below Natcnel. Ihee cns form high ridge the rast
bark VI tue Mississippi COMMENCING twrnty miles below
Nacbsz aud extending for several miles aing tbs ryor.
n was t1vght Stem iis that the this
ridge woIld oer sss0as 70 The passage OF
| tho Yankee 3eet.
Great alarm. however. fst, and many were iesv.
inx for the ntei ior.
Win rsggd The prog already made by the fc To-
raj feet, tno ribics un " such had been sorbii