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Cir Gtihutte.
sATURDA95; MAY 81; 1854 !
CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS,
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Views Of the English i and French
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Views Of the English i and French
H.. Pfess.-':
From the London TlmeB, May 1871
New 01leana is in the hands Of the .Feder- |
aiists. The telegEama leave ho doubt that the
sH{ea NJ 4h at at least gre as
It Is scarcely worth while to speculate how
SO very pfobahlea circumstance has happened. |
The last accounts ne bad from the Confeder-
ates at New Orleans, told US that the cannon
Of the forts and the impediments placed in the |
river we're sufficient to prevent the approach |
ofany deet.np to the city, and that the fortif-
cations on the narrow passages between the |
lakes were strong enough to prevent the trsn-
| Upon the efficiency OF these works the deien-
sibility Of New Orleans depended. It would |
Seem that, like almost all other defensive |
wo1ke,. these proved unavailing. The forts /
| upon the river could not prevent the passage
| of;the gunboats, and the forts which guarded
the passes from lake to lake we're, we are told,
| destroyed OF abandoned, SO that Gen. Grant
| and his land forces. we're able to push up in
this be 60, there was feet of gunboats in the
middle OF New Orleans ready to shell the
| place, aud q land force on the shore, FIVE miles
of, ready to advance and take it
| Ihls Is anofher 1afd blo" 10 Lne Con-
federates. It Is another triumph to the Fed
erals. It Is another proof that the Federals
can do more harm to the Confederates than
I the Copfederates can do the Federa1s. It is 3
proof that in the contest now going on as to
| which shall have the largest share in the de-
nursed to nation, the NortheEnsH will bear
| away the palm. The strongest can always do
t-nlost- damage. : f man and his vito illus
tfate domestic quarrel By the Destruction of
| frf oFt TIA hr1
| husband can always do more damage than the
most hysteric and destructiyely disposed wife
After the mirrors and the ornaments are gone,
it requires the thews and sinews Of the irate
dislocate the tables. The strong North can
do more in this way than the frantic, febrile
South ever can effect.
Tie capture Of New Orleans Is to the Con
5sdt rates graf damage, I. no doubt doubt. Il We
proof OF submission, we might think it WAS
something more than q damage. But-agaiu
protesting against any too serious reliance
upon A1neiean news-1t would appear that
, the Southern heart is By no means softened
which the Northern fleets convoy capacious
I bulls was not brought down to the coast OF
: shipped in the river. ssAn the cotton and
steamboats,, except such as were necessary to
, transport coin and ammunition, were destroyed.
Eighteen millions Of dollars in specie we're
g.. carried off as the invader appeared, and this
was prize which Mr. Stanton must eager
. | ~ have logged for. The Federls in get
session Of city which in time Of peace il the
most valuable city, perhaps, on the whole
continents, for 1t is the: natural port oi
the most fertile valleys which are permeated
by the internal waters Of the American cont
= nent. But it is now many months since thif
city has been as worthless to the world das any
= village on the shore OF Lake Superior. ItE
value was not for itself, for It is an unhealthy
and even deadly swamp. lis value was an
outlet. That it has long ceased to be. It was
i. blockaded, and now It is garris0ned. This il
s the only difference its capture makes to tht
city itself. Undoubtedly it increases the Fed
eral' power Of doing harm From New Or
leans obstructive inroads can be made with
s. facility, and fire and sword carried to ever.
part Of the neishborhood where ships cal
float. But the grip OF secession Is not les
|, fast than before. You may cash the body, ami
= even cut of the legs Of this bulldog secession
lg and he may be bleeding to death, but you d.
not seem to be loosing bis hold.
- How will this new exploit affect us: Th
American Ministers at London and Paris are
= we are told, to assure the cabinets of st
James and the Tuileries that plans are nos
being matured for the mitigation Of the block
ade and for facilitating the transmission Of Let
ters. This promise has been made from tim
q 2. to time at Paris, for some weeks past, and, a
"a We can well understand, with the most sin
eere desire On the part qf the ;Feders
L
4, are in possession Of New Orleans, there is, {
- =. courae, an end to the; blockade Of that city
r r All the world can go In and go out, and, pay
ing the appointed duties, import and e4pol
=. q, shereyer they can find buyers and seller
IL There ID only one thing now wanting, and tbs
= is, that the cotton should come down to th
I. New Orleans market. If the Southern plan
- ers ehbuld resolve to trust their cotton to th
guardianship Of Gen.! Buffers volunteers {
x. Of Commodore Foote'S gunboats, we SHALL \
30rTttf rrdf HSnnt$ h-FrTuA Lar
nd cashlre manufacturers. But If these obstf,
N: ate planters remove or destroy their stocks,
eh even If. they refuse to bring them. to marke
ar: it is hard to say what any one has 'gained t
u this city is creditable Co the skill with whie
- the Northerners use their naval supremacy
N It is aleo<af item IN the great revenge Of tt
Federal people but il New Orleans is to
st. ates as it was before on, the seaside by Il
Federals, and if cotton is not to reach US, =
,en fear We sha]l not gain much BY this long
d. ised - mitigation Of the hlookade.
FL TIE TuusDERER n1sGus7ED WITH REpl
on BLUsrER AND B4CK DOWN.
nd [From the London Times, May 14l
The spirit in which the fall Of New Orlea
has been met By the Southern press is one
fierce defiance. But the simple truth Is tt
Rm. New Orleans has allowed itself to be plac
at the mercy Of The Federal fleet. It has
: ways been city Of IL rowdits,' and with su
salorous deeds. It is now in tile position
Es waiting for the arrival ot: hostile garrison,
order thatit may surrender.
II words in America always represent
, facts, the fall Of this city would be Of no n1t
,nx Importance than the fall Of any common Fl
upon the coast. The Southern press is co
pletely OF this opinion. It most clearly P
NJ, ceives how the fact is capable Of being ma
-1-' an advantage rather than blow to the Sou
e; e eln eanss L. they say. grsst Gontsdsr M g
= fensib1e position; it is = Federal army 81
up in prison, where it must melt AZ
lGR, from yellow fever; it is o city, usel
because blockaded, removed from the 6
1oEuc Of Confederate embarrassments. II
shs might Judge from the slackness with VII
IL the city has been defended, We might 6
N some crcdcnce to the affected cemplace1
~ with which they contemplate iss 1C
}. commercial capital OF the South, and still l
10 lose it in this inglorious manner. It ia Y
to deny that the possession Of New Orlean
st, | such loss to the South that, if the city co
.na be maintained by the Federal power for an
ana definite time, the South itself, great as il
must pine and dwindlc, and go back to its !
b. u1al state of forest and swamp: 1T is vai1
hsz' say that force holding that city, and supre
HheTev er a boat can swim, cannot spread
yastation far abroad, and ruin all the clas
,1s qsH z which depend upon profits derived from
mG out. To do the Southeners justice, they
ut. pear inclined, at least tacitly, to admit 4
= part Of this. But they say they accept
.rn sacrifice for the moment, and deny the Fed
-" power to continue the pressure beyond a t
SaR space: They say that successive garriaons
&o3' occupy the city, and Uncertain successio,
deposited in its cemetries, and that reinfo
m ments Of sailors will come only to follow
blio tie aseissippi s r ii Thev saT AZ that, ID IT, penet
culat where they nav, the invaders will be reg1
: as buccaneers and brigands, who may kill
plunder where they 60, but behind who
6,9 hostile population will always close up sh
2udis ;irg down their sraEglers,' hatrassing
In the communications. cutting their tclegr0pn II
d4ta | opd u-atchinp ecarv nnnnrtnri}v fnr +hpi
ao1 d ts4;a an .' ~ ~ ~
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ICE 6avs. !hea. q eea1se, S. tssy aSsvsr can b
L: taiked so loudly and acted SO feeh1y-a
:, = :: this case OF New Orleans-that WE are