, 1863-08-22

Thc Present Aspect of 4Hafrs-NTatters
In Gen. Banks, Department.

Correspondents of the New York Times1
NKw oALEASe, Wednesday, Aug. Il. IsG3-
The wand OF some enchauter Wayed ovcr
New Orleans conld not have produced q
greater change In the city. than has taken
place w1thin the last two Or three weeks.
! do not mean by that that commerce has
resumed Its old sEay-!hat tie 1eyeo and
thorougblz,es exhibit the swaTming bus.ling
crowds that gave the Cresert City the appear
ance Of beehive In the good old days. Far
from it. No sensible masl rejects tiat unt!l
this war is entirely over-aye, not till long
after that-for We must expect the sea to be
ngitated long after being swept over by 80
terrific storm. What I do mean to say Is,
that in comparing the rcgiving, hopeful, rea-
toaiEg, light hearted New Orleans Of to day,
desponding New ofleans Of Only three weeks
ago, the ch2nge appears almost miraculous
was on the levee On Monday evening last,
and Was really delighted by the scene present
ed. Great heavy bales and barrels Of freight
were being rolled and tunbled about in real
old fashioned style, and everything around
wore the aspect Of reviyipE busineas-and
consequently, reviyfng hearts aud LOYALTY.
Three very tine boats-the Tccumseh. Ar1go,
and Hanibai-1lad Just arrived, deeply laden
ing. The Venus had also Just come down
from st. Louis, with 500 barrels Of flour,
making most extraordinary fill In the price
Of the ~ staff Of lne, !" to the joy Of suffering
thousands, but the horror of greedy speculat.
ors in human misery.
Some Of the vast changes already 50 rapidly
wrought in favor Of the poor people here, eau
be Cleaned from the facts that donr, which,
three weeks ago, could not be bought Tor less
Than S13 or $I4 q barrel, can now be had for
$50; that potatoes hare from $11 to S. per
barrel: and that beef, which, SO late1y as that,
cost 1,ona 50 to GO cents per pound, is noT
purchased for II cents.
This Is but the beginning Of results TINT are
going to stream upon us from the fall Of
Ticksburg and Port Hudsou-those tsiflinE
little incidents which Mr. Toots, Of the Rich-
mond Enquirer, would tell Ms are Of no con-
sequence whateyer." No consequence, eh?
I tell JEFF Davis g. Co. that every quartern
Loaf which commerce llng6 among people
who arc starving through their Internal con-
Epfracy, docs more for The Union cause than
t1n cannon balls hurled among their deluded
1cgIons.
said this Is but the beg inning. Even as !
write, large feet Of trdnsports, laden with
produce, is expected down from St. Louis
and other intermediate points, under naval
eecort, and may haye Eladdened tho e5cs Of
the people Of New ORLEANS even before this
letter gets into the hands Of the Parser Of the
Columbia, to sail tomorrow morning,
Mhlo re are exu1ting oyer our cntire pos
reason Of the Mississippi Riscr, our tenure
Of the AatouEche and ndjoiping distdcts-so
1eeentiy oEerrnn by the rebels, In our tempo:
rary absecce--ds no Ices secure. I cannot
giIe you better proof cf this than by send.
Ing The advertisement Of the Railway So per.
intcndent and Assistant Quartermaster, Cant.
E. L. Morse, which appeared In the Era Of
this morning. THIS ought to show the North
ern people how much she rebels havc to do
with this part Of tho country.