The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-17
Later from New Orleans,

New Orleans papers OF tie 27th are received
Gold was quoted at 2dj, and cotton brought -
per pound. General Dana had issued al orIeI pro
llibitng specializing, snd Ordering iii merchants to
sel out their stoc. IN trade ut the cali IF the people
Those caught "holdtRg 1or ii lise " were to be lned
one hundred dollars and iDlgIiaOaad and upon per
ssting Ill the oilIce. their stock ta BE- cOui4ca
ted. The boats coming down the Mississippi were
getting the usual satutts VI shell aud Miuie balls
from the " "gutnill4s" the banks OF the river
EIe Confederate General PohgnAe was. crossing his
command 10 the east side Of the river OH the 22d
near Na:cAez. 4 gunboat had been sent to stop
him The papers contain the following ilteu.-
gence:
An association is being formed III this city for the
purchase of estates that will be sold under the d
rect tax law. Ii is calculated that about o- fourth
OF the estates iii louisiana sold under Tie direct
tax law Will never be redeemed.
OF the whole amount Of direct taxes assessed au
property i'll louisiana, at least one-haf Of it Will be
collected by the authority of the commission
ierrcd to, half OF the State III the valuation
der the direct tax law is within the Union lines.
Another seizure ot contrabana goods made Oh
Sunday, consisting Of about twelve thousand dol
lars worth Of medicines, &c, Intended to De sent
up the Mississippi, and thence smuggled through
the lines.
Alarge committee has been appointed to make
arrangements for the reception Ui Governor Iuhl
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make the reception speech. The entire special
mittee will escort the Governor from the levee to
the City Hall.
The refugees Ill New Orleans from the Parish of
st. Mary's have nominated Thomas NJ. Wells tor
Congress, to represent the Third District.
The political meetings held III this city every
evening draw very good audiences, aud the speak
erS manage to rouse themselves to high state of
enthusiasm, which circulatcs Ill limited quantities
among their hearers. The election for representa-
tives in Congress and a Stale Legislature will be
held on the 9Th Of September.
The New Orleans banks having claimed that their
superloT tQ the United States Treasury
notes, and declined u take TIE latter at par have
been brought to Terms, grlet, III the follow
order:
HEADau ARTERs Der 4RTMElsT or THE GltF,
New ORLEANS, August y, 1861,
General orders, No. ll2
The banks of the State 0! Louisiana having 80
far failed comply with important provisions the
laws of the State to justify the forfeiture VI elr
charters, hereby required a condition Of the
further transaction OF the business III banking, to
receive the treasury notes OF the United States Ill
exchange at par for their issues respectfully
Amy Institution aggeve1 by this order may demand
investigation of its affairs and show that Its credit
is superior to that If the United States.
BY command ei Maior-Generti Banks.
GEORGE B. DRAKE
Assistant Adj juttnt- -ucner;.l
Misses Shulsg and Maggie Oliver, and Mrs. n. j.
Reynold, from New Orleans, We're arrested at
Nttchez, Mississippi, for having false bottoms to
their trunks filled with nledicuc to be run into the
Confederate lines.