, 1864-02-20
Ql)lfago Grtbnne.
LIFE OF GEN. BUTLER.
a Most Interesting aud Readable
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| 'oA"t"es ~. ns ~
| Anew more. as eboE1rS the condition OF NeF
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the Federal ar1ns, and the progress OF eyenn
| since Tint Deriof1 New Orlcaus, a9 Mr., Par
ton says, did not rush headlonsy into seces
| sim nfter fhc mnnner of Charleston. butw;ts,
,11.,,+. - s1awer growtt The dnctr;nc tb,+ !
Mr. Lincoln was elected President, the na
tfon rnust be broken m. was not no1n1,
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trarr # os sconted hv ~, n, @ oh1est - sue
pese, "aa 1Ae Mo8t annaenuai men. In 163o
on 'ne rresaaennat aa lss1e the vote stood, Bel
. ooo n'ss,% 49, "aa ..e souueol -,
E,Hb; breckenridge and Lane 2,64G- Tht
great sugar interest, tho Creole sugar planters
stood by the Union, until compelled to yiclt
ohedienca tn tho f!onfa1a,,,o or ~ h-,ta -.
Thoras nn-ont ~; 49, ,o.,.1,,s..e"rM: ~ ,!ee
Orleans, one Of the half dozen eminent me,
WIN ne1cr dpsertc3 The cauae of hat -, :,
try, snys, In a letter to Gen. Butler;
stThe probation and f,ror uhech 1vera .o,ova;
By theee mgr under the GoTern1nent al the fYn{tei
sistes. and the benefit they. derived ffom thai
DQEERFS16n rrA4
10 the ntter' err1nsonH of III 1870, tHaSs1
comnett3n1 was thornnrhiv unerstnca h. shaS,
:. They never c5ncsrned themsej2res IL sat,% tot
eagerly In narfv cnnfc.fs s1d m eonsI bod ~.
men ~ the San1h 1nnEo5' ,,o. .eai ea1a. ugu
much reluctance, or were so unwilling to be drag
eeo INTO II, as the sEgar planters e. - q Logstana
b.a cona f917, H. ,p u. lne
ers 1f Ionisana at Frnch csr-nt ~ ~ indaa
only one from The sugar plnnters at au1Sencra
Dick Taylor. son Of the late President Of the
onaed states' 's
The frat aun f,ed r., n .znr c.,r~1oa rro-.,,t,,,,
In Srxernu m;rde = ms ~. 'ies T., bnSlctl91 H.
nstbrr Is ss,essionsst oe XII ~ ~ aao "o,ia
holds eIaycs, or who could hold slaves With an
eaey conscicnce. II TT11s nnrxr sa casrnn, Hu
rEas1, THE UKrr1D STATES Has ROT o..E HrAnrY
AND FERTIrr1Y YEusTVdKTuY ApnER RETr an
EARTH Eno Il NOT ROW An AnoI1TIoT1sr. il
90 n9
Coppcrhcods. or Encltshmcn.
So the .tmorai epidemic" spread In New Or:
mn i'1
it wns sufficient to make eccesgiotl mss,er T1nian
men were bnniabed fy law. Union scnt,men,s
were suppressed by 1e'enee. -. Neither
nan nG5 of fGRe fh nn afE sybe for The
Even The fo1elgh coasuSg were dsyoted seeea-
Hcchara he cnnsni II Pn,sss rased h,tta1},t
In ihe city. and III Il In V1rninin svho-e 10 ha1
camc Brigadier General, ltar,rs. iett Ia NcW o..
ha lsbs wss h
War. u1E$eA - 'Ao t'Do' o1e1e'atS u
rr1onr ,,1r y, ,ocr.nr
The dogb!e hlockadsma6oye 10 r. snd bsiop tie city
LSnms9 dSatn 70 tae commerce Of New Orleans,
fy eea1en hho S9 6y so@mefTS e. alone
@ 5gad ns o. nc fen npon MniGh ING ely staa
d,Sn1sz M as fs ion N S1tnas NEG 20
etrpnye & aa,.ofat1a afnn a,s 81 iahtp ~ p,ace ~ %
aeep; ;' io.est t Of mastss aensef R than any but
g' 1o 1o,et: ~ ,et. 1teDUaas sa II os"nastlne nan
ant es o. ss pnan ana hsslm VIII
Cotton 1sIes ped hieh along t5e io7y Ia . r.
q sS fnsq oss 81
pss q tSs Wiz asfsei ieaa
chorus % and outcEs; and = constant crowd Of
clefks. mcfcn3nts sa,lo!s. e. II WAS spectacle
Of The citys indus Vas preseated Cd u. one
view.
: AfTEB THE BLOCKADE. :.
.nnannca1nent ~ 4na hoc11s y! m ,ae aqa mere
ss;n, sf.su.sas ~ ~ uos.aus' l1e eonon
~ ne mese r. laa M away
return no more: The cotton mountains vanished ):
Ine euEar octee Hefe cleared the cheerful song or
the negsoe1 Mas seI9om aeafas ana grass grew On
ceca ana me lotcea hithetfo expended IN peaee-
M ano victorious inuustEy were wholly girea to
waElns Naf upon me power which had called
invader protected and nonrished It for sixty years
Eniss.css o. wrong: Ihc young men enlisted III the
army me aafnorsaee competing The reluctant
din born 'A "' 'A >''S 49,
TIE FEDERAL Fl F1sT A ApTnpA I'll .Sr.yr nr,1 EArs
IN tbc o.+h If ~, 1cso sf,ox .,,o ~
markable conflict, our 1leet, under the COM
mand Of Admiral Fa1rnsut, nm by the forts.
our readers. Mr. Parton says ~ "
offe chnraea a5 hrh y e hsd h1. nc PET one
a, e1 s. ths Ie eea1 s1aa 40 see
1a1.. st..,fa t tf.na y. ala1-
Wild rush to The bulletin boards: ~,.
1s N1foR1Kp THAT THO of THE ENE1x's GUN
hoA1s HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PASSING TIE foHTs"
THIS was all that came over the wires before Ad-
mtral FafzaGut cat them; but 1t was enough 70
glve New Orleans q dleml premonition OF the
coming catastrophe The troops fcM to their re-
specuEs rendezvous. The city vas nlled with ru~
hnllet,n boards were Eesieced. tc1t uoihiur mnre
could be extracted nom them. There were, but
twenty-ciGnt hundred Confederate troops In The
down 70 tho forts the day before, and was now al.
loping back along the 1eyee like man Riding q
steeple chase. This newspapers Of
Il s' e Ssa ba hapss to r. 1e e
Gen. Lowell arrived. bringing news fhst ths Union
fleet had passed the forts, destroyed tho Couled-
e esaIe eanooats, ana Eaa approaching the city.
aaeu .ns Eaosc SCI N. stqses Ne1s a1stny Gioscd.
@ he koaecs Il e. oos
nhs.r1 Tha NV NV, rsani aoJ apaasa-
IN rnnsI tsstsr W. oY soiateEs o.
seen honnet}ess 1rif, u n,stoi N hsnd rr.fnae T
.Tnrn tba FIT x"rar ,1pina ~ R"m ,he it,s,;;
d1gea.s nv III TeEe1 minG nsa noan ,ae GIL
T." ntta, ~ anu o1s5s 10
is+ae e. TX hreei., 1 - LIZ .,,;,,snus ~ @ 70 W
e4isd @ e1 s banks to h ths kassa ssssions
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