New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-02

been carried on ut the meeting OF the onion n'
citation in the Lyceum Hail, as to the ee','Ao"' "
asking Gov. Spepley to order State election io'
tbe nnrnose of reorsauiziug the State Government
and holding convention for tie revision OF the Con-
.,;,n,;o, 80 1870 or ths formation of a new one.
An The leading lawyers Of the city have taken
-. - The debate. which has been attended by
i.ros rumbers. There seems TO be considerable d.
varsity Of opinion on the subject Some are FOR In
mediate action, arguing that they DO not bow take
81. matter into their own hands, by and by
thew will find it difficult to make such changes In
che laws of the State as the new order Of things re-
ouirea Others argue that the Union men are but q
handful, and thar but for Union bayonsts they
would be driven iuto the river, and consequently IL
IL useless to trouble ourselves with State Govern
ment until the Rebellion is dead.
One class desireAO act at once because they con
sider that Slavery is practically dead IN LousSns
and they wish to make such changes IN our law
known IA the Block Code, as will harmonic IL WIN
the altered state of things. Among tins CLASS sls
some Of leading lawyers, and some OF '"s 30. ~.
iuoges, who are almost daily compelled 70 give "
cisioDs that neither equitable nor sa1'iA'0''
because IL is the law Of the State. ~
fThose rho oppose any Immediate estabnshment OF
State Government consist OF TWO cias.es.
are those Union men who are tiuid ana eesy scare
NV Rebel brag, and prefer TO trust 10 hhntAy fuio
mainly because il is the best We nave ever mao mere
THE second are those who have not yet learned ,nas
Tho dss rnction of Slavery the 1nevitaoie resuH OF
this war. notwithstanding the Prociamatons e1-
n,;oos They hope that enough of Slavery may
h. preserved to constitute germ 10 DC developed
be,rafter and hence they unwilling TO take any
stens calculated TO disturb The black CODE Iney
know there will be no going back.
Anv measures calculated 10 Rlve death blow 70
c,1,syv in Louisiana should, and believe will
o., with the hearty support Of the mass OF the
reonIe who are not interested In Slavery. Inc Con-
stuton of 1852 is unh'ted for Us here to-day Many
~ its provisions, preserved, would render our
.ec,i6ces in this war valueess. In lew years
sSser n.ace under MS provisions, the State Govern
,snt wond necessarily fall back into the hands Of
tho Slovs Oiiyarchy and we should soon have Siav-
srv "a strong aud Shareholders as desPotic az ever
frhomas J. Dursnt, the wen-known lawyer, ora
tor, and patriot last week aPps.eu U Sn 'bas
H;s honsehold slaves emancipated. Ills prayer wal
srantad. Under our State law this could not DO,
and would not;be recognized. No man can emanc'pats
b;s slsyes. The State would take them, and OWL
and work them. We have among US many VINO
Ia II forward 70 this re-enslav Dg OF most OF those
,vbo have escaped from their Rebel masters
MANY who were anxious 70 have members In Con-
sress and voted for them, to-day sorry Tor II.
Thew wish there had been no election. Had the
roclsma ion been In full force here a. elsewhere
would have been much better. The amount OF time
Of the officials occupied in attending to matters re-
Lifting To tbs ownership Of slaves Is about as much
"A that REQUIRED for all other matters. Hundreds
eopgrecats around the Chief Of Police's Office
sw.rn in crowds at the Mayor 9 office; scarcely an
ofeia il spy department that is net daily bored fol-
his influence get back slaves procure passes etc
All these people are proiessedly Union uen-hsve
taken the oa.n Of allegiance. But they are foI
Slavery than the Union. Half of them would sell
the Union every day in the week to perpetuate the
"institution." Itwould have been much better tC
have allowed the proclamation to have dealt death
blow TO Slavery here. We should no, now have
Union men DIVIDED, and wasting their time in angry
debates calculated 70 rped into personal hareds anC
snimosites We must now do for ourselves whs
we ought 10 have allowed the President to do OF
the lst of January. Practically, Slavery here i
dead; but we must take care II 10 Legally dead
Then our troubles will be over. We shah have u
more cause OF dlesenelon.
OF the actual etaie Of things above Baton Rogue
do not pretend to speak. You will learn all that
Important from your other correspondent. w
know tina, Fsrragut and his ship Hartford, and th
Albatross are safe Should undertake to give 20
the Rebel stories current, 1t would half I'LL you
paper. l have more than once pointed out the ex
IRENE creduity OF the Rebels. You might nasura
suppose they would get wiser, finding the facts o
repeatedly fall short vi Rebel stories OF victory. Blu
no they are to-day ignorant, and consequently o.
credulous rs ever. Hundreds Of them firmly believ,
thai New Orleans will be captured by the Confeds
They have report in town, that the Union author
ties are % isfed they cannot long hold New Orleans
and 90 they are ordering the shipping below th'
forts that 1t may not fall ioto the hands Of the Rebels
Anent that, let me tell you fact. Scarcely
day passes BY that Behooners and small boats from
the opposite SIDE of Lake Ponchsrtran do not arrive
here having fed from Rebellion for fear Of starving
10 death. Two scbooners Last week brought 2o'
bales Of cotton and number Of passengers. Yes:er
day several arrived with cotton ana passengers
The account the refugees give OF the state of tong
IL dreadful Many OF them are registered enemie
who lett mere few weeks ago OF their own choice
and are now glad to come back 10 seek the shelte
and safety OF the " damned Yankee rag" Food ant
other necebsaries are becoming so scarce that thu
time il not lar distant when tue whole Rebel con
Germ must necessarily collapse. Over 300 Of GU
own troops who We're made prisoners at Viczsbur.
In December last arrived here few days ago, an,
they confirm all that hear OF the scarcity aD(
high prices OF food, and the worthlessness OF Con
{ederate money.
The Board Of Education having charge Of tn
Puohc Schools in the FIRST District Of the city re
Gently issued sn order requiring 1he singing OF tn
national songs. and reading OF patriotic pieces a
part Of the school exercises. When the school
were recognized last Summer under Gen. Butler
this old but wholesome practice was dispensed with
because there was desire to hurt the feelings 0
Seceesionists. In some Of the schools, q few day
after the order went into operation nearly half th
scholars bad left. Many OF the children, urged ~
doubt by their parents, took Confederate flags Il
schooi and waved them in the teachers faces.
The women are al the bottom OF all this How
bitter they are cannot tell you. They are NOR
bitter to-day than year ago. One Of your out ant
out Secesh women few days ago told one OF th
school visitors "rather than her children should 4,
10 their school and sing their damned Yankee songs
abe would cut their threats with Der own hands"
The circulation of your New. York CopperneaC
newspapers through the mails here has bsen for
hidden. That 10 Tie Caucasian, FreemGR's Journal
and the Courier des Etats Uats. In spite of THU
order, however, some Of the dealers manage to ge
bundles of them through the men employed on the
s.eamers and they are privately cold at high figures
The Provost Marshal served notices on the dealers