The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-01
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not forthcoming DO hear q any being tho
way, although thcre has been time enough With
weeks 20 spare, 20 have forwarded here hfty
thousand men n they could have been had.
The importance of opening tho hssssippl river
and thus dividing tho socaed oonfodsracy. hAs become
old story. IL should and could have been ions had
Tho government given the proper Altenion but
Hooker and tho Army q the Potomac tho hrsi
sdsraiion all other departments being ef % take care
o. Themselves Ten thousand addtlona troops q tho
right kind here weeks alo, would ere ths have
given tho Mississippi river 10 yessbargi hat they
have not arrived fault % General Banks - Nlofi
Hudson fails 10 into possesson ei the people of
The North place tha blame whore properly bciong, and
not upon the shoulders q tho commanding general = this
department The Northern people must NOT suppose thai
the Corps dAiriquo of Brgader General UIlmAnn nng
up fast that viii supply tho place q whito trools n
Ills department Tho experience of tho negroes Al Fort
Hudson has Of character induce enstmen,s
tho contrary, they know well an tho whites nov,
wsnt h, and they Will not bc over anaouh y plaso
themselves IN position ~ roudes their prcnsul Idle ne
uncertain. very much doubt tho recruiting u negroes
hereafter will bc anything ike a. brisk a.
has boon heretofore, and tho probabilities are
that oonseriptIon viii have 70 be resoried q. IN
order 10 enable General uimann TO tAko tho field
Your correspondent has endsavored 20 see before the
HnAID's readers correct statement Of Affairs a this
department Not desiring 10 bestow pralse where uone
u due he may censnrcd by some; bat this he cares
nothing lie hns had hesitation IN telling the raih,
which many here has been exceedingly unpalatate,
they proorrng that their shortcomings should remain
unknown tho world. Tho active and brilliant cam
pagn of General Banks In Western Louisiana has been
fully and accurately forth In tho columns o the
HERALD, and all tho credit given 10 tho oncers and
ot the army they deserved Tho Importance q or
has boon id before the and Tho
people, and tho government has not ~ 70 take ad
vantage Of tho Information In alone 10 blame That
have not obtained much a. should, after Occupying
rich aco1nry h only for the of not having
the 10 do II transportation could have been
had thousands of bales N cotton and hogsheads ~
since destroyed would have reached New oresns hui
ws compelled 70 leave them behind, not having
boats enough 10 transport troops and their sabstenee
II has always struck mo being very strange int
General Banks should have rcfsed permission for
chants 70 visit tho Atasapas country for tho porpoe q
buying cotton and sugar knowing he must have done
how mposs bic fr the army 70 bring away all that
had been found. There many capitalists here walt
Ing tho opportunity foisw the army but do not hrar
Of permit having been grained 70 do 80. " npsrms
had given these persons would have bought tho pro
dace and furn shed tho transportation tbemssvsr and
tho consequence would bcou that The cotton snos
consumed would have reached Northern mills ard
the government would have been bensn,,ci by ss iaz
whereas now no benefit whatever has been derived
from tho plan adopted of allowing nAis with
tina, country. . rod tape arrangameot, 90
. " dog In . mangsr" determination, for u SAID
plainly, I" II cannot, you snail not" Hossver u 10
now and fault pc0s by past rpersnce
and country Ia again opsned by the advance ~
army, 10, there be restriction, whatever spon
trade Tor 80 win bo tho sufferers " there are General
Banks hid had tho 10 uanspof, all tho sugar And
found Western Louisiana 10 this place, aud bad
anuhs a
Uncle satin, tho expenses u the campaign would have
been fully paid besides bcnortlns la otLer vAys IL
succeed occupying the whole, part of hsss
sppi lot the produou q tha, rich cotton country be d.
poaca q IN manner 10 bepsni all the yeope web A.
the governmsnt.
| hin,ed Ia my Last regarding discoveries made n
swndng 40 tLc Custom House since ihsn nave beard
some o. tho particulars bot not quite ready "a men
uon name. The affair = undersoing investigator end
rerort has been ssnt 70 Washington. sh,ch viii no
\ doubt be mad. public IN lnto while. vsrs sNi.
dent that rncle ha. saae ei considerable
iaat ~ tbs department q customs, ani has been
swadicd and hurnbaggsd BY men ~ho have heretofore
b3enc the hghc, reputation oos gentleman hAs bc>o
handod hs ssaklng uslst within the As fec days and
the probabilities that others Will 50 shortly. Th~
cylaosce ~ the volannoua and ~ ehasae.
tsf ~ mai. charges against ess pcfagnf appear
they shoad-fgy suhstsntatcd. u singular that as
hoocAty appear - relgn supreme here no-. Can b.
p,sslbs thal the glmas makes Northern forget
hn early cdacat0u i u oniy ds'crmns,tsn
h. While tho sinner, and ~ rosslbio y aceuma
\ | y fortune bcforc no WA sniqds OR army ~
oNesbolding latro0 n this eay~thsy no attend unno
meetings snf srhiba greet fonduss- for sAato--sr.
RAPIDLY making ~ rhemssise. tnosi assr,lAbis
! feputatans, ~ hoy af l8assd afgu s~1w 10
sasyisons manucf oymmtt~s n infetgaslon
ssoad be 10 sss.n hsre o9asiAnuy, ~ ~ raff ~W
frr ENfu Z w.4A ~.