New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-21
PROCLAMATION BY GENERAL BANKS
CAPTURE OF JACKSONVILLE, LA
ghe wew State Government Soon
to be Organized.
m0CgApE RUNNERS 1T HAVANA

Tho steamship Morning Star, Capt ). NJ
Courtney ron Orleans 10Th inst. via Havana lol
inst. arrived at this port Tuesday evening she
Ess experienced very heavy weather on the passage
The Morniug Star wns detained at NewOileans three
Ssys by order of MaiorGen. Banks in order mat ne
p.,yht transmit important dispatches 10 Washington
ehe was also detained at The mouth OF the MISSISSIPPI
Give sixteen hours in consequence % dense ios'
T.. rho souih West Pass ri O'Clock oil the morning OF
<ee nth Ct ard arrived al Havana on the l"'h ana
M, the Same day for New.York. Len az hsvena 'ne
,.omshps Eagle and Corsica, for NeE-lork the next
dsy
The blockade runner Isabel arrived AT Havana on the
lsth inst She ran The blockade st Mobile, aud had
cargo Of $50 bales cotton ond threw overheard lf bales
off Togtugas in 6 gale Of wind. The bloeksde.rannei
schooner Dnor with cargo OF cotton from tie coas'
al Florida also arrived at havana the l4th inst She
xss chased by The u s eUnboa. De Soto The latter
sl was az Havana hen the Morning Star left Several
bsoes EIDE fanuers were fitting ont ct Hsynno.
The Morning star passed in the Mississippi River
bound up the big fanny Foukes at South West Pass
sfirs Annapolis and {. G. Duncan; oatside Tie bar l..
r. s.am-ifgate Colorado. at a4'chor also. TIE barb
warren Hallett from Boston; and the brig falstns,
nom Philadelphia
TIE weather in New Orleans for several days prior 10
file departure Of the Morning Star had been exceeding
~ ccld and wet the trees in the city were chlysaized
VII ice For nearly week heavy fsosts ere reported
In tie vicinity Of the city aud the coast, and ii is
thought the orange trees and rstoon had suffered
severely II they are not entirely destroyed. The
xeaiher has been colder il Louisiana during he last
month than has been known FOR many years previous.
II il believed az Havana that the steamship Harriet
Lane, formerly United States gun.boat Of that name
had been fitted up at Galveston Texas, for block AIDE
srnring purposes, and she expected at Havana
shortly with full cargo Of cotton.
Jfe steampropellor Boston, captured by the Rebels
redoF jim Duke 1T Plot Town, point on the Aisss-
sppi River sin OF eight months ago and taken 20 No
Bile, has been made into gunboat by adding Fifty feet
70 her length AID Otherwise improved. The Rebel
agents OF Havana were indisoreet enough 10 admit that
ale vculd be ready 10 the blockade aud make
attempt to capture some OF the New-0lleans mai
steamships.
Tie town Of Madisouyine Ia, the other side .;
Lake PoptcbarTin. has been captured without rcsis.
and is Dow ,.err5oned by forces. The e1pe.
oiion consisted OF portion vi the j2h Maine, The oh
Connection two bat. alons from The conyalescent
,snp OF the 18Th Corps the Mssachusett 18th Battery
battery oftbe U. s Artillery, and company Of The
louisiana 2d Cavalry, the shole under command Col
Kimhell Of Inc 18th Maine.
Tie favorable nevs BY the Creole which arrived from
Sew-lork To-Day has stimulated tie cotton mayEst
isH q cent better on bright and snowy lots,
There has been advance Of cent par pound on
segsrs Of all grades and cent per gallon On mime and
th.e molssses rhe lower grades remaiy No unchanged