, 1863-09-12
system Of labor which Is yet to be 'fnangura-
ted in place Of the old one now virtually

system Of labor which Is yet to be 'fnaagura-
ted in place Of the old one now virtually
oyertlroWD.
In point Of news, this place. is dull. Tho
only movement Of troops that We know Of
Is that Of Gen. Steelc's expedition into Ar
konsae, and even from that ne nave nearu
Io,hipg for several days.
There was tragic affair In TINS nonse tine
Gnyoso) evening before Last, 70 W1ica L1eut.
| officers in the 9th Illinois cavalry. Theycame
III from Coriath together In the cars, eat sup
| rer together and five moments before the
| thooting eeemtd rs good friends IS men could
be. They got into dispute ABOUT some M
important mxtter, 81 "estbrook' csAed hsly
4 very insulting name AID drew his revolver
st the same fime-seelug which Kelly drew
bis pistol and fired before Westbrook had
CHARGE to use hia weapon, Ke]ly's ball took
effect i'll Westbsook's Lett breast a few
i5clee variation would have sent it thronga
his heart. As it is, the wound is not consid-
cred mortal
Several per:cns who have come up lately
fiom New Orleans give US some account Of
The condition Of things in that city. There is
almost no business except that connected
with the army; half the dwellings and more
than half the stores are empty. Around the
whole s'crescent," where there used to: Ao
hardly a hundred vessels Of all elaases. Ihe5e
are all emplaye ed, to some extent, IN the mill
tary seryice. Tbs charters Of some Of these
thips arc curfosit1es, md indicate into whose
pockets 70 the 1nany millions OF money ex.
travagani1y expended in the prosecution OF
Most of the vessels lying at Nex Orleans
y were under charter to the Government, but
orly mention two of the most noteworthy:
One vessel carrs]pg three thousand Backs OF
corn from New York WAS under charter ut =
hundred and twenty-five dollars per day, and
i. 4 " $uc E1va
making the cost Of freight alone about fifteen
thousand dollars, or about two dollars and
fifty cents per bushe1. Another vessel, that
had probably taken Kanscatka in her route
from Ncr York to New Orleansr ha1 been
ont % long ard ct 80 extravagant charter
- he corn she brought stood the Govern.
<ut in nearly tlye DOLLARS per bushel when
l.need at New Orleans. Il these are not sui
mcnt Of The cuff" fiom ihe Northwest, and
by means of the Mississippi River, it must be
confessed that army contracts are let for tho
bereflt Of individuals alone, and ignore the
benefit Of tue army entirely.
Every one who comes up says New Orleans
is healthy. There is no yellow fever, US has
been reported, and In proportion to the pop-
uIatiou, there has been 1esB sickness from
other 1ieea. es than thcte has been at many
other points along tho 1iTer, Helcnn, for In
STANCE.
One Of the old landmarks Of New Orleans,
d relic Of the olden t1mc, "The Haunted
House, the old "Livandata mansion. 1s
being torn down, and ne pYos goosts taa1 ta
ants, viii have to seek other lodgings. "rhe
Hunted House" was one of the lions Of
New Orleans, and almost every stranger who
has visited the city, for f1fty years past, has
seen it. 1t stood IN the suburb OF Lafayette,
surrounded on nll side. BY . colona,le of brick
pillows, coated with cement. Ths writer first
faw It one evening many years ago, when he
was going cityw1Id, through the s4ouzb. l.
rot.ipg wosden fence, green with strange
fungus things, and slippery to the hands, en-,
huge black spiders; Ia the midst was the
laanted house. That part Of the roof
w' ich had rsstcd on the, columns:
had fallen away, go that they stoed
around the house entirely disconnect-
ed with It,. The dampness Of the climate
and 1ll.det1ned in the uncertain twilight, th:y
might easily have been mistaken for the
ghUsts 7le1neelves ont On prolnenads. Thero
was, indeed, gloom ab out II toat would
hare delighted The horror-mongers, ttA a.
lence snd a fear, that said as rluin as whisper
In q practical matter-of.Ect city like CHI
cago the ghosts would not have been per-
mirsed to occupy the house 60 long without
paying rent; there would have been ''notifl-
ca:ions to 1tave," writs Of ejectment," and
don't know what ether 1cgaI forms, with be-
wildering names. HALF dozen policemen
wonld have been sent to arrest the aforesaid
ghosts; bring them before The Recorder.
Ioey would have been sent to tie @BrideHtll.n
The bouse would hare been swept and gar
nithed, and some enterptising fellow would
have been selling somebody's "premtum ale''
under the sign Of the "Ghosts' Saloon" III
would tare tAe un}ucky ghost that should
take up his residence In Chicago.
". L. F.