, 1863-01-03
oURWAslIKGTON LETTER,
The niasf~s1ppi River and the State.
: n1eAts Of the Now York Indcpcnd-
e0t-2sanlks, Butler and Seward.
tFrom Our Own Correspondent

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= -.~ tf10m onr Own Correspondent
- THE OPENING or TIE MISSISSIPPI.
= / have read. with eomo conservation thc
.Ee,s- yortr L;5,.,..,,..,n. ..,.1s r..-...t.:.~
80 4'.e1.s''ae7.tSs aluc1e ~ telalion 20
the opening of the Mississippi River and the
alleged obstructions thrown in tho, way of
he +bo ,-;na,rs, ~ Ns,,N. 80 p'1ae
~ p.tustpal nnes ot runway ocl"een the
East and the West. # the Independent las
any evidence tending to establish The trnt}i of
its alIegatfons Il should ,,nb,,s1, ~ ...se
+ ..;.,, ~ a ~ eaouu puonan lug eatne
proper committees Of Congress, SO TINT the
remedies nav be. aon1ted. If IT. Ina m s,,o,,
ev,dencc - + 7,a,,o r. 49, ~ =" eueu
~ 10 i'aoio ~ Lue cna'ee o1 lnnm1ng
Inc west against the East without cause,
and Of bringing eraye imputat1ons upo11 the
Governmenf r;thaat 1al-,.nt 49, @ ~. rch. ~
"a J., - esNe," !" - 4Su.
~ IL sAtu 1ot any eF1aence tnat any SUN MAa-
ences aaVe oeen poten1a1 IL fee'lnhg tne
movements OF den- o.ante alHy: zen tar-
+ It's army, or. Admiral: forter's fofllla. Nor
have found any single man, from West or
East. who does notar5ent1v dee,ra t1,;o rao,a.
1, ,no ~ ~ t1a 1F,ss,.s;aa, ' A. usans aefeopen-
tr s ~ eae -1l0e'osippi, ana pro1ounaiy regret
Inc circumstances which seem to have thrown
new obstacles in the way Of the undert,t;no
Il l,v M z,,o.1,. esns "a' ~ 'ne Undertaking.
hogss ~ ~ tts hea! io1oHs lnat ench Influences
mt ey;s+ Ent 9i"' +9;a1- - tuat suea knaEes 40
ground f. aa aniaA TX mere 1s su1fletent
Seud1nt To- to wsrront v4o1 .9e s.oly OF t1e 1nas-
f1n nnod~c+;on mntaTt nf as Eeaaets ~ calling for
te4TanS Tha {,u9h - torthy d tis statements.
<rh;nf, hsra n,sr,s;3 wu3 = .naI I1e estng causes
disaster e'se~hapra br ~ RJn4 RsuaaSe aeMy and
them fhere Tha ar~ ea1es 'sa troa aoau ~ pfqouce
farth sWeaf tr,its 10 s11e snd ;tte cannot of1ns
With has hacr aatinn aIt ~. baa btG ne - army
Vcnshrg i Nv was ! strong enough to have taken
Van Dorn IN ~ ~, ~ Rnsie Zee anu
Whv have 4heu 1af 3nnn a9 9osloa ~ M94h1a9:
ran fe11! TE.+ 10 .oF!s-eS uen; 1aAeSh IN
rennfsito 1,arm;st;on uG e4Gsep T. uen" carts ne
interesting 1etter nf Mr r Wnni,o,1aa Ana tae
editor Of fhe Virss1mrr W5;o e nnna,,d: tate
as to The nont tt ta cfv coa + So9e hns
eosv toleu H. oiand ma tarss eo.u onarat;n ee eeen
bchind hath 1ur;n- fhe homb"rdnaS+ ~ n nna
for a Inns ti1nc 4bar6af,or r o0n4DaAo.aet'I ano
s - -. s--S4 '
"Es' 6Ashs AT Ne" ORLEANS.
The arrival Of Gen. Banks expedition ut
s NeW orleans, and the .superscdure of Butler,
letter. The tone Of Gen. Banks' proclama-
ton, which reads like q page taken at random
out OF Mr.. Stewards dispatches, confirms In
some degree another statement, namely, that
ne expedition was IN reality set on foot by
Inc secretary Of state
1cn. Banks did, in the first Instance, pre-
@ KIT o3s distant expedition, out it was not to
1n NeW orleans; Mr.. Seward turned him
Setnrv e Var o ~ cemaSai T. " S;a a9uet, or oec
ed Banks away from bis original ENTERPRISE
and fixed his heart on New 0rleans- Hence
it Is not difficult to see how those, who onIy
looked at the outside ofa1airs, we're led to BE-