New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-22

lsi Of Jannary have brought large auditlohs 10 the
thyung of money seeking gentlemen who ere ready TO
stop into the hesa OF such resident Planters as have GOT
scared and abandoned their estates OF have become
discouraged, and wish 10 leave them The supply OF
within our lines "a not equal "a the DC
msnd and sny applicants about to come iCr-
ward warn them that they will be disappointed IN
III first place il lie now too late 10 DO much win sugar
plantation This year. The work Oh sugar crops com
nenced Il month ago. Then again the stubbe Wa
aleetly injured by the severe cod weather. ana seq
vene scarce, and not 10 be procured Making sugar
WILTON. coed riubhic ard seed cane IS wcrse tiah max
ing bricSs wi;hcu; strawit is iTIosshie cotton WA
be PLANTED on considerable portion Of The lands iof-
meIy devoted exclusively 10 sugar hut iHat IL as ye
experimental work. And as above remarked INC sup
ply OF lands is not equal 10 Tie demand.
Tho office Of Capt Coszoass Superintendent OF Aean'
doncd Plantations, has been ronSed early ah9 iale,
fer month or more with applicants FOR leases. nave
informed myself rs we'll possible concerning the mar
la which this business Is Transacted, and nave
failed to any Objectionable isaiure III wcuid pc
better. perhaps II The lands could be let out IA smaller
lots so ~ 10 give men al small capital chance nc
them Fut at present, this is clearly imprac'ichIc,
without separating The faples n al me freedmen; ana
making many women and ohpdron heuseless ~ ID
tioue 10 BE- adu.y n tlc Government to provide ~
Wen possible for these penr aud II oannct tic better
done an By keeping them Gt tGar homes The nriuugc
uops for securing them faiT wages kind reu,mcnt,
healthy and abundant food medical attendance, ana tho
advantages II schools, are apparently n that couG h'
dosfsod None but thoroughly responsible p~Ihes aye
allowed ~ take the plantations, ana The Interests OF the
Grveruin and laborers thoroughly secured by
liens the crops by bones for the ahoi peIiornsnce
Whole business.
The canvass for Siitc officers IN progress here
continucs 90 increase in eryor and interest There are
now three tickets in the Eeid hr EOseius hcadlng the
one supported Ivy the Conservatives TIE quarrel and
srl: In the Free State party has thus ,a proved rree
o3cable have heretofore stated that could find no
other for the unhappy d.ssensons exiins tnan
that Of gonisc personal preferences W ME nov"
ever. effort seems 10 be making between tho two
wings Of the party 10 get up an issue Oh some matter o.
principle The Era Paper advocating tho election OF
Nj Hahn, came out yesterday morning with strong
doube-leaded leader. accusing Mir Flanders and ING"
j. Dnrant OF being fanatics and basing the accusation
on the ffct that both Of these gentlemen advocated
tho admission Of delegation Of oolored men in con
yention held IN Lyceum Hall on TIE 18th Of December
last The article also charged that Mr. Flanders was
in favor ~ bestowing the right Of suffrage on ne oe'
born coored Of Louisiana and stated that me vote
east for him al the coming election would represent the
strength Of the party inclined 10 that measure ON
| rot certain however, that Mr. Hahn woad be
willing to join issue with his opponent on
any such grounds. Many of lis warmcst
and active friends advocates OF the policy OF
giving to these people political rights and II IS shrewd
suspected that Gen. Banks himself Is waiting for IN
sruoiioas from Washington 10 declare that they VIII nc
permitted 70 vote in the coming election for delegate
TO Constitutional Convention II not in the election nI
Governor. They have always been loyal They fought
for The Government IN the last with Great Britain
During the present war they have freely poured out
blood and in the defense Of the Unon large
majority of them nearly white that they have no
difficulty In mingling freely with white people. They
nay nj least one.thrd Of the taxes collected in the city
of New. Orleans They are educated and intelligent
Why then shoud they not voter An objection 10 The
proposition viii be started in the North before is here
and will have more weight there. Mr.. Hahn will not
think raise dissenting voice and hence there can be
no controversy between hin and MI Flanders nfegard
20 this matter
Another effort has been made 10 widen and deepen
the breach made In The party by connecting the two
wings with different Presidential candidates. IL has
aiied, however. Representations sent North. TO the
eject that the friends Of Mr. Flinders are the peculiar
and ogv friends of Mr. Chnse while the friends Of Mr.
4 Hal urnIul the claims OF President Lincoln Tor
reEoetiOn, have substantial foundation Mr. fian-
de,s n l. true las held office under Mr. ChAse -.s
position OF Special gent Of the Treasury Department
land Mr. Hahn's newspaper has advocated the claims
Of tho President for another term OF obce But III
Louisano there can be little connection between the
questions Who shah be Cos ernor sud who hl he fresi
dent In The little discussion Of Presidential candidates
which have heard since l have been IN tAis city,
could hnTdly discover that there any very decdod
preferences among Union men, their attention beng
more directly enlisted In their OWE mineuih'eiy I'M
portdrt affairs Some. however anu especlaDy GENIE
irput lGyng positions In the Custoin- house, nave eA
pressed desire to have Mr.. Chase nominated By the
Republican party. find upon going over The names
OF ;hCse that each Oac OF them an active fTieid
If Hahn / cOnclpde therefore, that the free state
nar-y Of Louisiana has divided Oft oh the Froe-Siao
candidates irrespective Of The preferences Of those can
ddatss in regard to tho approaching national election
| Tie Hahn men had large meeting in Lafayette
square On the evening Of TIE 10Th inst ~, FRA called
1t the grJndest gathering OF the Ieoc that has been
witnessed IN Ne~Drleans since The days oil me mt'
Presidential canvass" The Times says " considerable
aaaiance collected together by the excellent music
Of the superior military band attached to the headquar
tors OF the Department" and further II hints that
this audience composed almost entirely Of soldiers
who had little interest IN anything but the music
Last nj GIT the Flanders party had their mass meeting
y, too VAS large affair; but the two newspaper no
teos of it are reversed The Tiss describing il some
! thing overwhelming. while Tie Ira speaks OF II az
! mail and mean in proportion. Meetings held in
GeTent parts of tie city almost every night and there
is sn abundance II speecifying and torchburning IN
.e interest oi both parties. The Conservatives have
net yet made any formidable public demonstrations.
They active however and may yet teach their di-
y!ded opponents Lesson the necessity for more hzr
nny less devotion 10 the Interests Of particular ia
,o.ites. 'CcAHVf