, 1863-02-13

New C7cans lei cltnc Tic conquest of Louis
lara, Mississippi and hlabaula, unl the organ
zatio,, If tlc grnud Af;ica,, army Of tic Mis-
s;ssippl-whieh the President has so long seen
J In ! !js3SnS: knt + Banks must 70 away, cannot you
reinforce mt with fresh troops:" asks But
aHow ?" responds the President. III can
not give commanders now In thu firldas 1nunT
men MS they want"
"Then get more"
"How can I! Everybody tells Hc that
cannot gctany noro yol'1ntccFs.'
t'Then draft
:. But there'll be resistance; Seymour won't
enforce draft"
s'Thcn DRIFT Seymour
This fragment Of conversation. which IS
true in substance, II not to tho letter, is in-
structiyc, ns showing how Butler would con.
lnct himself In couinund Of the Department
Of New York, or al tho head Of the War De-
,,artmcnt. Mr.. Liucoln's remarks were. Of
course, made 60 shaped as to draw him out.
BUTLER yg. BANKS.
Of the importance Of tho command tender.
cd by the President relatively to TINT desired
by Gen. Butler, do not pretend to be ablc to
of reinforcing the New Orleans army; bnt
unless the testimony. uniform SO far Us is
known llcrc, of officers and civilians recently
frem the Crescent City, be false, It Is certain
that tho presence of Gen. Butler is.grcatly
needed there. Teo Union 1netl are becoming
dlsrfritcd, and tho rebels are pluckIng :ll11,
hrart, under THO mild srwardisnl # ticn.
Eanks. The iron hand Of thu "Bcast Butler"
is lie one thing that can strengthen thu caugc
OF tic Union and preserve order In New Or
leans. Nor, according tn thrso witnesses, f.
Gen. Banks making amends for the defects of
lis ciyiladInfnistration by tho excellence ofis
military operations. Nc has nut yet even bri-
Eaded the t1oors whom hc brought with
lin; hc has made no movement toward
Port 11l,dson or TeSnB; but llas lain Idle for
thirsy.tyc dnys In tic town which he handles
with Eloycs. II, word, to Use The phrasc Of
onc nfthc most distinguished OF tho Texan
exilcs, who IL now In tllis city: "Bunks IL q
failure" Thu worst nnticlpatlous Of those
who deprecated tile clango nro more than
tcnllzed: And now The Admlnfstrn rn.ion bcgs
Bnilcr to rctur1, to the command, Of which
nnlustly, md for reasons which they arc
nelmtncd to give to the ,nan who Of MI men
has n right tn know, he was deprived. Having
satisfied France by Ills removal, It fs now pro.
posu! to satisfy tho country by l,in rcsto.
rutlon
HITLER W. JEFF. DAVIS.
4AJnn1os Of Butler. IIe las told friends here
tic rotirso which he should have pursued with
nEnlnst lin, lad It reached New Orleans
wlilc l,e WIS still III command. lie should
have cent rebel General anil several other
officers then In his hands under strict guard to
Ship Island, with orders that upon the receipt
ofEuthcntIc Intelligence By the officer In com.
maud there, that Il hair Of Buffers head, or Of
that Of any Of his officers had been touched
these rebel prisoners ehuuld all be hung at
once. Sand" adds Butler, "Jctf Davis
knows INC well enough to believe TINT what l
promised shon.l perform. He knows that
. Massachusetts, man who dared to vote sixty.
fur times for him at the Charleston ConYen
tic Il, would dare any thing"
MCCLELLAN IN BOSTON.
Those who sec In the Mcclellan dcmonstra
tious at Boston, Salem and other towns in the
vicinage, a 1t conservative reaction are rdicu
lousy mistaken. A close examination Of the
names Of those who have subscribed to swords
for Little Mac, or lE,yc burned incense to him
at their houses, will show large prcpondcr
ance Of the old Boston Courier party. A few
recruits there are, doubtless, for somc Yam
KEGS are fond Of n hero, and when they find o,
think they lave found one, it is difficult tc
discnc1lant them. But tue conservatism
Of massachusetts WAS tested last fall; the on
position ran Young Napoleon against Andrew
J. Sumner. The issue was fiirly and fully
made up, and Boston vowed the defeat Of boil
Governor md Senator. Yet both were triunl
| rllantly elected,