New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-14
vaOM NRw.ORLRANs.
Oujet In che Ciiy--sccosh Women Jubilan'-
Gen. Bnmiss's Adninisfration-AR Rail-
road Company E0rCcd 70 FOrcg0 sWind-
pinp--A Regiment Sent TO lsnIvesfon.

From Oar Special Correspondent .
ST CuanLEs HorAI, Nsw ORLEANS, Dec ~ iSof'
There 10 nothing transpiring here OF impor'ahce'
sill the departure of q nail steamer for the North
sluos, every day justfes my dovo'iug halt al hour
or 40 to the i:emizrg Of minor matters WDlcn' IL
An. sbsenoe Of more engrossng topics Of public in
forest, may find O place III Tux TRIBUNE just now
think New. Orleans looks with more expectancy TO
New.York than vice versa, for the curiosity of the
Latter city relative to Gen. Bankss Expedition must
BY this lime have quite subsided. Apropos OF news,
tho Nation brought us papers up 10 the Goth yessr-
DAY morning. On my way to breakfast / encoun-
tered two lady bonrders vt this hoel in high state
Of exutation, in consequence Of the capture Of the
Ariel OF Cuba by the privateer Alabama. If she
70 i'd only catch the .. II. Spaulding now" they
title ed, "with Butler on board!' How the
Woaaakind Of bis city do love the General TO be
surei SJine Of them have celebrated his departure
BIZ the reproduction OF Secesh b0nnois' sald srti.
cles being trimmed with red and white ribbOns snd
del reseed Ill tue center, in contradstincl0n ~ the
towering pokee' decorating the fair faces or lem.
icine loyalty Think vi the Intensity OF feeling that
must exist when II induces woman to wear an I'M
fashionable bonnet! l know uothing more suggest
I've affecting.
Notwithstanding THE. Gen. Bankss administration
progreeees easily, except i'll respect TO the inevitable
labor encountered by him aud bis Off iers. Always
u
now bis hands FULL thiuk the applications to him
on ell sorts of questions light exh ust The patience
fan official JOB Happily, he possesses the faculty OF
"msking baete slowly. and Is AS thorough III hlS
dongs aud decisions ne Oliver Cromwell, to whom
ono involuntaily lkers him. There Is 40 good per
trait published OF Gen. Bauk~ his physiognomy rs
essentially Puritan. Looking al him, nave Iouno
myself speeula inc how be would appear IN u pun
coat and breast Flate-the high-cro~oed regulation
hat DO wears being sufficiently near the houndnead
L. s.lrf
cedeats IN re the cleaning out" Of Rebel Leesia
ture and saving that State, showed ihat ne eau act
lust as promptly aud as snmmaris as ~ he his' Oh
men" in the great English Revolution.
have in a previous letter, stated my opinion
that there will be need OF this quality. Ih' Sc
Southern people, with their Orootal civilization,
and institutions, che ish something Of the Eastern
impression that kindness, Cancellation, impnes
weGkness originating in u fear OF inhiCing puhibh-
ment They hated Butler and feared HUI; now the
more foolish sort bope for certain amount 0i imlu
nifty to the treason yet latent among them. one
hears Secesh talk IN tue bar.rooms ana public
places and boys saucily sing stIzas OF tie Bonny
Blue Flag" in defiance OF the very civil lIlsh OF
French policemen. Tie women look sehanee al
Uncle Sans bue-coa's and occasionally mutler the
word Yankee" though have not heard OF the
projection OF any feminine saliva in the direction OF
uniforms or wearers. Aud, lastly, thu eXiorionste
shopkeepers exhibit tendency to omit What gr1dg'
ing c,viIi,y they were obliged TO manifest to thor
Northern customers. That all this will correct IT.
sslf, or he corrected in due time. make no ques-
ton.
Among other devices for the fsclitation Of COM
merce il ia under consideration whether TO reopen
trade with the W, stern bank OF the Mississippi. The
people there are mostly disoyaliSts; still the advo-
Gates OF the proposition aege that 1t could be elect
cd without rick of aifordbg assistance TO treason.
Due guarantees would be required by the Govern
ment authorities, cotton crops being held as securi.
ties, and necesssries supplied only in the moot
moderate quantities.
From up the river we have 10 news; everything
remaining quie-ceut Baton Rouge. In all proba..
bity shall not have TO itera'e tbiS sentence beyond
the linlts OF the present. year.
One regiment has been sent to Galveston, Texas.
Major Burt OF Gen. llamiltons staff leaves Tor thai
destination to-day. The General aud the rest oil MI
staff are lodged In the exresldeuce Of Rebel cOone
on St. Charles street, at about twenty minutes wall
from, this hotel. T. d. e.
December 80, ls62.-News has just arrived Of til
total destruction OF the Baton Rouge State House by
fre on the afternoon Of SUNDAY, the 18th. The con
hagration s supposed 20 have arisen from detective
fue. IL lasted throughout the evening and burn
far into the night, nolug but the walls Of the onc'
magnificent building rem .io,Dg to mark the Ate OF
the following morribg. Efforts were made to save
it BY the soldiers under command OF Gen. Grover
They proved unayaliing ]. b. g.
Hecesh Bold Over the fredericksburg Affair
They Take Advantage of Gen. fsanlss'.
brought up with n Honnd TUrn-At
tempted swind,e by "a City RniIroat
Company-JeG Dnviss Speech at 5ack
son, Miss.
From Oar Special Correspondent
kEw ORLEANS, Jan. 81 IN.
The Marion, which sailed yesterday for New
York, left at too shor notice to write to YOU 50
write per Creole, which sails at o'clock.
The United States steam transport Mississippi
arrived here yesterday with New.York dates 10 th'
2od ult.
Gen. Bauks lad scarcely landed here before we
had Rebel reports of the fight at Fredericksburg
the most ridiculous exageeiatons imaginable-an(
SeceOh became bold aud iusolent talking defantly
20 Union men in Que breath, and in the next com
miscrating them for their DISASTROUS defeat. Yor
could scarcely turn without encountering knots o
Rebels openly and loudly talking up the Abe
cause in something after tins style: well, CUES
it's all mp with the Yankees now.' When they
try 20 open the river. they I'll get another whipping
and that will about eDd l."
The Creole brought lis New.York papers of TN
18th uit., which gave ue details Of The fredersks
burg fight, proving It DISASTROUS indeed, but 10
nearly az bad had represented. Its eiiec
upon Union men YVES much more depressing thai
you can well Imagine.
Gen. Banks, ia his proclamation, had said he wa
going to "plaee restriction upon individual free
dom aud privileges which wss not imperatiyely de
msnded by public safety This the Rebels inter
preied literally, and a consequences became bOlder
and talked Secesb openly on the street corners
Witlja the last week we have had at least dozer
street fights growing out of their insolent tone
Only two days ago, TWO men, one Of them Pre-
tended neutral, aud formerly member Of The Brisi
Guard, were taken up ana fined for exhibiting an OF
paiating OF Sionewall JaCkson, and Il 10. OF photo
graphs Oh Confederate leaders. This they pretended
they had Eght 10 do but they never dared try il