The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-19
lCOusspondencs Of the Jackson Appesll
Federal RaIe in New Orleans.

cOurse in New Orleans, that few desultVry remarks
and anecdotes from an eye wssessS may prove aeeep
table TO your readers.
Richmond editor says that the departure Of Gen
Butler In safety was disgrace 70 every citizen In
New Orleans. This sanguinary man cannot have re
hected that New Orleans is tile gathering point foI
the runaway negroes from the interior and the gui
coast and that there we're Is 600 Of New England
choicest thieves In and around the city, restrained
only By the relentless severity OF commander VINO
would allow no other hand 70 share the spoil But
e would have been the signal for the
,-endiary and the piager; and 80, 900 Of the lowell
st, truest hearted aud most helpless OF God crea
elon would have been at the mercy oi h0rde more
barbarous and oahsome than the Huns and Goibs ana
yandals Of the lower empire.
Gen. Batlar wore coat OF mail, Whiel was clearly
dseerBabe under his clothes, ard extended IN DIS
eips. In his Office two TeyOlveTs lay continually on
10 desk which be often handled " impTess gr lntlm'
esto. Until afieF the entire population had been ds
9rmsd be never appeared on the streets except m
SarraRe with three orderly segents and surrounded
BY troop OF horsemen, all armed to the teeth As
de lay stretched back on the cushions, hs glanceh
were cruel, restless and suspicious as u er cats
dis behavior was iul, OF Ostentati0n and bravado
dIsma hers sho wed him 20 have been bred In vol
gar station and glitter Of authority could impress
the beholder that he was aughI but parreHHs and
prstender.
A sik banner was presented last November, by the
coloFed people TO q negro regiment stationed on the
GENTLY road In the rear ot the city. Eve'y dray
f1 hture car, wagon and other conveyance was EN-
Dloyed from early morning TO carry down crowds OF
l5iau EthiOpians OF both sexes ~ the camp. Songs
in honor Of John Brown. MassR Butler and Uncle
Abe fnng upon the air from the thrOats OF those VINO
used No melOdiousy TO swell the boatmans chorus
upon the Mississippi steamers. In the evening Gen.
Butler with bis numerous and splendid stsn' Toue
Town to ofciate al the presentation He made long
"a incendary speech, urging the blacks to redeem
emselyes from the taunts OF their masters that they
,ond never stand the smell Of powder and the gieam
bayonets. Col Stafford. commanding the Tegi'
4 - tarn huftb Iv
bhe paId worth mentioning was, that one negro, a.
soldier was any day worth hYe white men: he
doubtless deduced his comparison from himself and
bis fellow soldiers aud was therefore justified in his
assertions
Every fine residence in New Orleans is occupied
| nv Yankees The house OF Mr.. Sergent. on RandOlp
street has been the headquarters OF Brigadier Gen
eral Arnold. who while laboring under snrieit OF
Mr. Surget wines, had the city cars passing In front
10 travel at snaips pace, that all might know that
his hVhness was ailng The paintings and furniture
have all been vent away, and the cellar "mpted. La
cocks hOnse close by, Is the barracks OF the 18th
Maine Mr.. j. 2 HarrsOns s now inhabited by
Banks and his family, and Sheppard Browns oy GOV.
Shepley beautiful house on Prytania street, above
jackson street. was taken by some officers OF the
line who on being called TO the field, left their par
mours In possession, aud the house Is now common
brotbel George Eusts', Judge Rosts, and scores OF
other private dwellings have undergone the same
pollution. Butler seized the house Of DR.. Campbell
ior his family appropriated the sumpiuous furniture
and pate and had lieutenant and two prvates sent
20 Fort Jackson with ball and chain fortwo years for
stealing two Of his silver spoons, marked with DR..
Campbelps initials
moor Irish woman, far advanced In pregnancy.
Wa heard by one OF Buffers innumerabe spies TO say
that the priest had told her under no circumstances
10 take the oath She WAS dragged before the gener'
al who few into one of his paroKisms heaPed npoon
hey the iouest epithets and directed orderly Ia
conhne er In dark room, on bread and water, until
she diyuRed the name OF her reverend adviser. This
she refused 10 do and she was probably released by
Banks
|, The most distinguished and characteristic act oI
the Hyepa's career (more revolving even than his
causing the tomb of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston to
no burst Open and his cOfin searched for gold and
slverO was the affair OF Mrs. Phillips. This lady II
the wiio OF a gentleman In Alabama, who was for
mery NJ. G. fro that state and law'partner OF Tue
!, Hon. Reyerdy johnson. She was standing on her
lbacony adjoining when the funeral Of lieutenant
kjiled whilst marandng near Baton Rouge, pass ed
along the street. Being observed by "a officer to
smlle at some remark she was forthwith reported e
the mauCer.in chief who had her arrested and
Ibrouoht before him on the charge Of indeeenty 70
oicjn0 AZ the Yankees death. He offered her the a
farnatjve OF the oath and public apology, unlim
lied solitary eonGnem mt at Ship island. She refused
the apology and the perjury ana was subsequently
sent down 20 the island.
About the same time man named Keller, who
: keeps an old bookstore labelled the skull OF MeX
. can which had been lett In pawn by a medical stu
dent. wits the word "ChickahOmny." and placed I
in ha show window. For this grave Ofense, he als'
was condemned 10 Ship Island snd the general ofae
nnbshed on the subject stated that he should be vi
Owed no communication verbal OF otherwise, will
anv persn on the island, exce!t With Mrs Phillips.
Keller who IL a man OF tamily, was induced to be
lliev, this was the notorious Matilda Phillips
,, weallhv coul ltesan, as we'll known In New York, Bos
: ION and San Francisco, as In New Orleans, begge'
this part Of the order TO be'rescinded Accordingly
!, another general order was promulgated abrogstnl
20 much Of general order No. - as authorized th
}, aad Keller TO hold Communication with Mrs, Phi
liiDsh such was Gen. Buffers s~bteringo striking
tbe good name Of vlrtuOus wife sud good mOthe
a to relieve himself OF the Odium attached TO his un
manly conduct
Are there no stones in heaven but what serve for th
LI thunder ~
Another general order was published advising th,
neoroqa that whenever slave reported bis or he
i master or mistress for having weapons concealed
. ahont their dwellings, and the weapons were found a
reported the slave should be liberated directly, and
tho owner ncarcerated. The result has been, 10 Ia
4 stances without number that the slaves ssve thrown
old muskets aabres pistols into obscure corners
g with their own hands given the Information. been
freed aud their innocent masters are now suffering on
the drea sands Of Ship Island, with ball and chain
l. had labor and salt horse raOns The testimony OF
=, a slave IA received without comment objection
ghe indignant Temnnstraace Of o confederate Is cut
short with silcnce, sir the oath Of traitor and
a rebel " not worth that OF loyal black"
VIII Confederate ~ diers believe that on the 10th
Of February 1868, che day on which the last cartel
Of exchange lett New Orleans, company Of infantry
was ordered 10 charge with nxed bayOnets, on the
q thousands Of women and children who thronged to
. SEQ uS Ofll Two women were wounded by the gallant
y New Englanders--one OF them seriously; but many
b brave girl seized the bayonet with one feeble arm
and earlesay stood her ground while with the other
% aho waited us her blessings and adieus This com
q mand wae given by ierocious looking Hesslan mai
who spoke broken English and subsequently sent tcf
battery Of light ara lery % complete the WORK q
under the horses h0ofs. That Goth OF February was
v glorious day for secession In New Orleans Gens-
raj Banks must have been amazed and delighted NJ
= the display Of Union sentiment among her czens
10 II showed him that alter sending her thousands and
her tens OF thousands Of brave 10 aght IN our no
y cause her women, undaunted BY the power OF che
nnscrupuous oppresaor and scornlng the luxury and
wealth which needed but the worthless oath" 10 bt