New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-19
THE GULF DEPARTMENT.
I.nrer Erori -New-Oriesae Qua 7s"'"'
No Tnpsztnnt Movement F"iIe'o VI
Crops-Gen. Candy wo"""e" H'ee'
IN 4Hyup.

IN Camp.
Ffozr Our peciI Corrospondsnt' . ,s..
Nt~ .OBiiANss NOV u, ieo'
,,h.-a-. "a ,banres or movements among
tue trocps Of the Gulf department. OF when ,e Puuio
ta,u,,ton and the enemy inicstng this part Of
the world has apparently become oqu'iS yer! fu'e'
io,. arc SO disposed AZ hold securely about
onshird Of the territory Of Iou%iana. his tlifd oil
,,., of the State however embraces tUo-thirds Of
.s yonuation Oar troops have generally iiNcd them
~ ,n1elv 10 pafs tbe Winter. How long this state
NJ tbings viii la. ore can tell. Gen CHIby ls h!s
ioRn couusoikeepef
1 ~hc expectations Of vigorous attack upon Mobile
nj IN curly day after the reduction 81 the Forts az The
entrance It's LGlb0r have proved uniouhded IL docs
nj eeem 40 sii the purposes strategy Of the General
commanding 20 take that city just yet That can be
done Whenever il Is attempted, Do ono doubts Mean
while the Molans are in glorious state OF suspense
and alarm Their great Interest IN the blOcEadeIun
ming business being ruined entirely they have lc else
do but drill ume and swear about the coming OF the
Yankees
The matter which most Interests The people ~ this
section now j. the general and aimo. total ialnre OF
the cotton ana sugar crOle. have seen no tlI OF l
statement OF this matter in any Northern Journal Tue
sugar CROP - ialure because laft ni"T was avery
hard one aud the Spring found the planters destitute OF
seed and ratoons enough for haa crop In ADDITION TO
this drawback. great efforts made 10 raise large
crop ~ cotton. and ;he cane was neglected. Inc most
sanguine do not estimate the number Of hogsh' ads Oh
sugar which " IA come from the plantations To New
Orleans % l2OtOnOt enough to supply TINS cry
alone and seed win be scarce next season. The failure
Of tie CROP however is the great disaster II is
accounted for readily. The year lrO3 was very favor
able one fol the growth of cotton On tie low hnds 81
Louisiana Those planters 10 were fortunate enough
10 nv II realized immense profits bale and hnf 7"
the acre was extraordinary yield In he Spring
II I- ever body in 5 Whole country had tho cotton
fever and a who could possibly 10 40 engaged either
personally or 10y proxy IN the culture OF the Rf'a'
staple. ma .,
oetol.s were fiat would have dry ycar-Iust wlet
was wrntedand there not one planter ont 81 forty
" 20 did hot ovcrorop himsclihat Is. plant m0re land
Ian be able o properly cultivate. About the mrs.
of JunefNc or sA weeks earlier than L-galtlc Iainy
season So in il raired nearly every day from that
time until the last Of September, ond during al TINS
tine the crop could Only BE- worked with hoes IN the
slort Intervals between s9osers IbeFe NeIc scai,,r
ten DAYS in three months during which " was possible
To pillow. Notwithstanding this, oueihd or oneiorith
OF q good cIcp would have beer made on the lana
planted had II been for the appearance OF the de-
strnciive insect know the cotton or cotton
caterpil az Tie rsvnges OF this destructive. insect
gradually extended over all the Mississippi cotton region
both SIDE and outside Of the Iuon Dc-, and the poor
planter were bcrefl Of their last hope.
Let cite instance. One day, about The lst OF
August rode over i've hundred acres Of what Is here
thought 10 he bigh land which had been pshied hnd
worked with unusually good The plants looked
th-iv ana fairly promised bale 10 the acre rspi
which wOnld have made the planter a very nch men.
returned fJar DAYS aitervari. and II FIRE lad swept
over The whole face OF the plantation The destruction
Witnessed could not haze been more comp,cic. These
FIVE hundred acres produced bnt cight small phI' hbu
thcy DID better than any other cotton lands III The neigh
/ borhood. i know another instance where parties
planted and cultivated two thousand acres. and
gathered from their immense heds biuc ese than sA
hundred loundsi TIE expenditures Of these parties
foot M 70 so O00 and their ossrts including mules
agricultural &C. vail not reduce She os' u
/ les than 5000.
BusiNEss OF sEw-oaLrASs
This almost total failure Of the crops viii be severe
ct IN every ALLEGATION Of the business II the cu ..
New Orleans. MANI, Of the most eDteTpusing Incr.
clients who advanced largely toward the making oi the
crops ruined. Others are 80 crippled IN resources
that they VII not be able 10 prosecute thc ware.
stficed trade hich il still open 10 them with gnr ana
success And by The way 4 heavy bow has recently
been aimed a, sli business ~ tins city. Mr.. Mecn h,
General Agent Of the Treasury Department appointed
under the rules and regulations concerning comnee al
intercuurse insurrec;onary district adopted Juy
81 leG4 has officially decided that hevOrenns l. al
onarY port 10 such pO.t that the products
II localities here restricted trade IL permitted can
not be transported hitler for sale. This decision took
the form Of letter addressed 10 MI Cacot agent
Of the Treasury Department al Nietsburgh- IL has
been acted on ~ legal and binding at that point aud
others along he riyer up 20 within Few days, and
many large lots d produce which would IN the natural
course Of things have been cOIsiRn"d 10 New ocnns
have been sent Cincinnati see by notice In me
Ts, O,,an. Tine, Of yesterday morning that the Soc.
rotary OF the Treasury has oNeIrnled this UNJUST 1nd
absurd action III Mr.. Nellen bnt tLo MISCHIEF - a.
ready accomplished.
! Cotton buyers and producers in this war wrecked
eoun! operate on large margins and they are there
fore great oono,nistS They could not afford ~ wait
for justice II being generally asceTaici among them
that certain commission house IN tineinnau was
amazingly successful the delicate and intricate bus
ness technically called clearing cotton, they forth
with shipped Ia thai house and their old business friends
and helpers elsewhere sufferers in common with
them
GIN. CASBy WOUNDED.
The Major General commanding the Military Divh
ion Of the Mississippi now conhncd 20 his room
and suffering rom wound received on board steam
or on Whife River, recently The wound Is not ser
ons one. 1t inflicted by shot from guerrilla,
bal. passed through the feshy part Of bis thigh IL Is
not 70 be supposed the General possessed any
feeling Of sones toward those 81 our enc mics to whom
the word guerrilla properly APPLIES and the dhstardiy
act which he dyidualy suffers iof certainly VIII
not mitigate their cese In bis eyes.
sOLDIEks VOTING.
The following Is The way Of the sodies voted on
the Presidential candidates.
Battery A, (Missouri,-Lincoln,6 3 Mcclellan, none.
battery r. Missourip-LincOn. 67i Mcclellan, none.
Detachment 9th Missouri Cavary-Lncoin' 10; Nc
Clelan rome. -, 49,,
second Maine Cavalry cat Barsncas)-Lincoln' %1;
Mcclellan, 3. -. ,uu
Iowa soldiers In ho.paIan nd on detached service 10
New Orleans-Lincoln, %; Mcclellan. none
Maine soldiers Oh detached service IN New'OfDahe-
Lincoln 5Oi Mcclellan, ]. 49, ,,c,,
Eleyentb ViscoE sin Iniantry--Lincon, 3l7 MeClel-
Ian 81. IN ,,,,u ,
Company A. I'd TeIss-Lincoln, 50; Mcclellan l.
Two refused 70 vote
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT DISASTER.
We received psws from down the RIVER yesterday vi
the loss Of another fine steamer AID OF NJ least
The lanes White route from CARO- 10 New.OIIsans
struck an obstructOD Ia the river near Island 40 y"
ard sunk instantly in deep wafer She was hea'hy
freghted ioT th!s cny. Boat and cargo VIII prove
total loss "'
ny way Of Cairo.
81 LOUIS, Thursday. Nov. IL. lttf