Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-10-07
Mississippi Observation-Disclosures.

MISSISSIPPI hlVer.-Dlsappo1nt
Late Nsw Orleans papers, announce
with grand flourish the arrival of a
steamer, loaded with provisions, from St.
Louis. Their commercial columns contain
the. significant fact that hisarrival had put
down the price of -four and pork twenty
five per cent on previous very low rates.
Their rates were already below the rates in
the Northern cities. The Mobile Tribune
says: go '..
Hereis practical. ILLUSTRATION of the fol-
ly and infatuation of those who imagined
that the victories at Vioksburg and Port
Hudson had opened the navigation and
liberated the trade Of the Mississippi, or
that any physical force can, without the
consent of the Southernpeople, efsct those
great objects which, more than any other,
have stimulatedthe Western people to such
great exertions and sacrifices in this war
The New Orleans True Delta, Yankee
sheet, thus holds forth on the subject:
Our Western friends share the oyerwhel.
ming distress which oppresses US when the
return of their boats, empty and void, tells
them Of the sad ruin which has been
wrought among their former most reliable,
welcome and afluent customers. She was
committed to civil war; con.ending armies
have desolaied her fairest features and fac.
tion, made drunk by its unwonted success, is
engaged iu trying the experiment how it is
possible, in the shortest time, to make the
greatest havoc of the Republic peace meal.
AS Louisiana is to day, Massachusetts, will
ere long be; there is nothing new under
the sun. @
= Some six or eight weeks ago, ere yet
Vicksburg Or Port Hudson had fallen, we
warned our Western brethren of the danger
of believing the re.opening of the Missis.
sippi would lead to the revival of the old,
reciprocally advantageous trade with this
lower cou ntry. No idea could be more fal-
lacious. The Confederate edicts to burn
and destroy are no more destructive to com.
merce than the acts of the Federal Congress,
and the incomprehensible regulations (?) of
the Treasury Department, with its swarm
of electioueering spies and agents. No man
in Louisiana can be said, literally and tru-
", to be master Of any description of prop
erty. If man buys shirt for himself, or
a cotton gown for his wife, to go out Of, the
city, he must first 60 to the permit agent
and wait his convenience to receive from
him FIVE per cent tax on its cost, and then
go to Provost Marshal and wait six, eight,
ten hours, or perhaps day, to have his
permission to take it home. liza planter
buys barrel of St. Louis -four, pork, lard
or beef, he has to go through the same pro-;
cess, and this whether or not be belongs TO-
what heis in official jargon designated loyal
to Louisiana. In like manner, if a man
wishes to bring sugar Or molasses to the city,
he must pay five per cent. on its assumed
value for the privilege, and then on arrival
two cents per pound additional internal re-
venue tax, to say nothing Of the five dollars
hospitalafee and the fabulous freight char.
ges. If permit to bring cotton to the city
is required, the applicant must first deposit
twenty dollars per bale as the tax at random
levied on it, and should he return without
his cotton for want of transportation, or 9th
er reason, he must wait leisurely for the
return of his deposits. If, however, he sue
ceeds in getting his cotton here, then the
treasurer will seize it and hold it for proof
satisfactory to him of loyal ownership, and
that, as such, its ownerhas never given aid
or comfort voluntarily to the Confederacy.
Our Western friends will see the utter
hopelessness of expecting any trade worthy
of the name being done here, even if there
were products in the hands of our planters
to dispose of. The growing crop is scarce
ly worth consideration, either of cotton or
sugar consequently there can be no trade
with people having nothing to give in re-
turn for the necessarics they require
Slavery is practically abolished by the Gov
esnment; the country is cleaned out, the
future is before us, and the ,gold:laying
goose is dead. We deplore the catastrophe,
and we rejoice that our conscience acquits
US of completely in it. The day Of mourn
ing for New England and the West is not
yet, but soon will be. Let US wait and see.
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CAPT. Travis GUN-Tbroueh the DO.