, 1863-08-22

ltron Onr Special Correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, La, August 10, .ssa
Tonight Tie FIRST United States mail, fo1
twenty, eight months, goes up the river. For
over 5eas there Waa no way to communicate
With our sister cities On the grand old river
above Mason md D1on's line-than, for
nore than another year ZIG had to barrow the
Atlantic Occa. and the Ne@ York Central
Railroad But now, utter so long silence,
and then, &c round about way, NC come di.
1ectly to our dear friends in our natural way.
The Mississippi RiVer belongs now, from Lake
1tasea to the Southern gull, exclusively to on.
oWa Goye1nmeat, and We of tho Crescent
City pledge our Eacred honor that It shall
nerc7 again be held by IN inlmical naion,
iactien or Zoe. For two long, dreadful years
We lave suffered al the miseries Of 3 prison
house. No commerce, no communication, no
market. 0urmiles Of ltVee have been DESC
Late, our store houses empty, our steamboats,
rotung, up some miserable bayou Want,
misery aEd famine stalked through our silent
streets, while var, dcEolation and death in~
Invaded our once happy, fertile country.
Last Saturday the Albert Pearco arrived
direct from st. Louis, fretghted to the waters
edge with The products Of the Western oral.
sies. Our famine prices tottercd and fell, not
that one boat load could very materially effect
this, but knowledge that tho river Is open.
tha: trade il to be protected, and that Ia two
or three days large fleet will arrive, bringing
,ca1ket supply aud Western prices. Every.
thing Ia naifitairr is remarkably quiet here.
Gen. Ransom, With lis three Illinois 7egi-
ments. and two Wisconsin, holds Easchez
WAS bitter secession town, and When visit
Cd 1t the other day, Tas surprised TO ind
tEe CITIZENS and our army Oh ycrr friendly
ard intimate tc1ms-q1lte different from the
reception OF our army by tho citfzaos of Loui-
star towns end Plantations.
At Fort Hnusoc, Brig. Gen Andrews, from
Gen Patne's old brigade, except tho 18th Wis.
co1sin, Capt. Holcolnb's : I'd Vermont battery,
tEo companies Of cavalry, and four regiments
OF the corps d'AJSi2ue: Six days ago three
companies from ono Of these regiments, ac-
compapied ty some cavalry and one section
made forging expedition to Jackson, L..
ThtT reached the place without seeing arY
enemy, filled their Wsgon5, collected lot Of
EegToes 1or recruits, aud then bi7ouackcd for
the Light. They had scarcely done so, Eaen
Ter wire su1dtnly and fasiouEly attacked on
d,efs and 1eciuits rrn, the cavalry was net
mounted, Lteut. Dyer with his squad could
DO nethinsg, fer the enemy WAS risht on him,
All EGO lost, rave those who g0S axay by
p1ecipitoos flight The enemy captured ths
two 1iled SaW5ers That lad dono them 90
much harn at Port Hudson, the train. 1hc
armt-t7eEythi1g bnt the few who succeeded
In flight don't know as any blame can ho
atacned to the negroes, for they have seen but
little service and we're fairly surrounded be-
fore they knew 1t.
The fact is, generally speaking, they are
Iocriy oGi::-:o, when it should be lust Tie
Ieve1Ec- W1en tho organizing OF :hem was
1rst Undert4ke1, good others would not
take command, aud poor were therefore &C.
ce2ttd; but moro latter!y the faucled stigma
rs WON OIL, andto bare g3od eonalaud OF
twelve regiments cf them row In tho Depart
Mcrt of the Gulf
Two miles below Port Hudson Is Mai, Gen,
Heron, with his division Of the Army Of tue
frontier, compo:e3 exclusively Of Western
Banks to2ss;st linn in his Lefourche campaign,
lus lie rebels kindly run before he made
Junction Hith Banks army, go be quietly laid
up where he now is, and where he FvIli 1,rob.
ably remain till tie hot summer months are
At Baton Rouge Mai. Gen. franklin haz
command, with few hrigades, who, but q
short time ago, had command Of the left
wing cf tie magnificent army Of tho Poto-
m:c. Such are tbs mutations var .uakes.
This Is the state Of man, to-day he puts
forth the teEter leaves Of hope, TO morrow
cemes his bsushftg honors thick upon him.
The third day comes 8 frost, killing frost.'
However, Gen Frank1iu Is now considered by
eone as among the first military geniuses Of
tie army.
Gen Emery still Is IN command Of the De.
fences Of New Orleans, and the reminder of
Zen. Banks army is located, both in regard
70 the heath Of the troops aud the defence Of
the river eld Sta+e,
Commodore Bell is in command of Aau,lr.1
Farragus's feet, he having gote North for the |
summer.
Last 1Teck Cen Barks isEusd an orie:to |
!he 1,S0o pstscicrs captured at Dea=hear City,
June 23d, by Nagrudcr, and by him paro1cd, |
to return to their commacds-their paroles |
bling Illegal / am urablc to aseerfain Oh |
what ground Gen. Banks bases his opinion Of |
their ::lcgga!itX. Since their capture they hare
been en- Slip Islam, rs drcary and as desolats |
a place as toud bank In mid-oceau eau be. |
We have rain every day, tempering the air, |
c.esning fle street, and bringing health to the
city. No yellow fever Jet, ard if or quar1n-
ftce is IS strictly Kept up es It has been for
tFo Eon@ts, we sha,l have Zone The weekly
no1tca1y report makes our city as healthy
rs airy Of the same sizo in tho g U=ited S.ate5.
al concur that it vas neve- before kept so
&c "a and 60 well goTercad In su 1espect5.
Nearly au Gtn. Banks nine. .rlonlhs rcci.
Ilents have gone home. Aaoy went up the
rtytr to Cairo, and will for tho frat tiac have
N opportunity Of comparing our broad, even
prsl:ies aid magnificent fields to the rough,
rocky ridges # tLcir New England l1oiI1e, I
Stfl3, "tLcTc is 20 SPOT like home n--aepc- |