Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-03
NEW ORLEANS INrELLSGENCE.

NEW ORLEANS HSEEEERGEECE.
We are indebted to an attentive friend for
copies of the New Orleans Picaypne and Delta,
of the 28th ult., which is several days later.
The Picayune has sadly deprecated as anews-
paper. We have scanned its columns closely,
and find them filed with advertisements, old in
telligence, and a few local items of 10 interest,
and a lengthy leader on " Belgium" Alas, poor
pie"
The Delta processes the utmost confidence in
the ability Of its Federal masters to hold the city,
snd admits all the Federal forces possible have
been concentrated for that purpose, and says;
COME ON MAcDUFT This is the greeting
which we send Van Dorm and. Breckenridge, IN
behalf of General Phelps. Colonel and Acting
Brigadier- General Dudley holds the right Of the
defsnses before New Orleans. He has made all
arrangements to receive the enemy, whether he
attack in front or try the dubious experiment OF
wading through the swamp. Colonel and Act
ing Brigadier-Genera Cahill holds the lett; and
he, too, is prepared to receive the rams IN the
river and the rebels on land. Both these fine
officers were in the fight at Baton Rouge and
after the fsll Of the gallant Williams, the duties
of the day fell chiefly upon them. The post OF
bonor-the reserves assigned to Colonel and
acting Brigadier- General Payne. He Is sup
ported by q gallant brigade of H0Csiers, Badgers
and Pine Tree boys, who are anxious 70 repeat the
Red Stick practice at any point the enemy may
choose to attack. Now, let Earl Van Dorm and
! John G. Breckenridge try another cavalry dash.
Just oncsl And JEFF. Thompson, too, Will con-
slider himself invited to the feast. Taking OF
Thompson reminds us-Jeff., how do you ike
the looks of Fort Pike He! checkmated
In the provost court q Mr.. McMann was
charged with being ia the habit Of carrying COR
traband letters through the Federal lines. The
accused was sometime ago engineer on board a
Confederate gunboat and had been paroled. He
was committed, as q matter Of course, and cent
to Fort jackson for six months.
The photographic stone on which was printed
the ordinance of secession Of the Slate has been
found and appropriated.
The local columns Of the Deta contain nothing
else worthy Ct note, beyond a notice Of the or
ganizatiou of the LIST regiment of Louisina vol
u lteers for the Federal army. A complete r%osteris
given. Richard L. Holcomb is colonel, Henry
H. Elliott. Heutenant-colonel, and William o..
Fisher, msjOr.
The process of disarming the Inhabitants IS
still going on. By a notice, we ses that tho fol-
lowing rewards have been paid inGormers since
the 18th ultimo q
Ordered, that after Tuesday, 10Th instant,
there-be PAID for information, leading to the dis
covery of weapons not held under a written per
init. from the United States authollues, but
retained and concealed by the keepers thereof,
the sums following: For each serviceable gum
--t-A II ia E.J0 for porh Vnv0IVpr- ~
each sabre or officers sword, So each pistol, 80;
each dagger, bowie knife, sword cane, 50. said
arms to be confscated, and the keeper so COZ
eealing them to be punished by imprisonment.
The sums named have induced the needy sol
diers to great vigilance, and numbers Of parties
have been arrested for not voluntarily delivering
up their weapons.
Another order of Buffers undertakes to con-
troll the monetsry institutions Of the city. We
append it:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, August 80 l7o2. )
General Order No. 294.
The Merchants Bank and Crescent Cit Bank
having. by their own showing, not such cash
assets as under the laws of Louisiana would en-
title them to continue to be banks Of issue and
deposit, are hereby ordered to go into hquIda-
tion and To suspend all business save the col
lectine of their own assets. The several boards
Of directors are respectively made a board OF
trustees to wind up the affairs of the bank
They will issue no bills, pay no deposits CON
tract no new obligations, nor cancel any obLga-
ton without q full equivalent in behalf Of the
bank, and pay no debts without further orders
They will respectively make report under
oath Of a msiority of the board weekly OF the
exact condition Of the bank and the changes
from each report.
The directors viii send to these headquarters
a written acceptance of the trust.
In order that the public may be assured IN
| their confidence in the final redemption Of the
| liabilities of the bank, it is further ordered that
the slightest breach of good faith in the officers
Of the bank, or in winding up the affairs OF the
hank, will be summarily and exemplarily pun
isbed.
The United States and all bill holders will be
preferred creditors, entitled to be first paid from
the assets.
The bills of the Merchant and Crescent City
Banks are no longer to be regarded as currency.
By order of MAJ zen. BUTLER
r. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. AG