New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-24

construction Gen. Banks md his
Rcd River Expedition - Project for
Forming a New state-stiii Ano'her
Question - Sanitary Affairs - Chances
for Northern Enterprise and Cap'ai-
Saw Mills Wsn.ed-COfton - A'FO!
Smith and bis Trans.uississippt Con-
feSrracv md it's Proposed Alliances
Military Matters.
from Our Special Correspondent
suppvrpoRT Cadlo Parish, La, July II, leC5.
The occupation by the Union troops OF Mar
aha which just the Texas line and the terminus
n the railroad running west from this place has had
The .ptcipsted effect Of checkmating The guerrilas
Their depredatons are diminished in extent and de-
ridedv decreased in audacity. But west and south oil
Marshall and north Of this place, they are if poss BILE
getting worse Nothing but system Of yielant pa
trolling and judicous hanging will rid the country o.
these pesterous rascals. AS many Of them were men
nj some standing before the war; IL Will not be unnter'
estiug ESPECIALLY TO the readers Of THE TRIBUNE III the
South. West) 10 mention some of them by name. One
nj the most notorious is named Brandon. &c for
snerly man of great wealth. owning large plantation
and two hundred slaves in the most productive part oil
Abe Red River country. Another who was caught ana
hanged week ago, was named johnson, ana before
She war was member Of one OF the weathiest commls
sion firms in New.OEleans. Still another is named
Brashaer. He is a rascaly young scion Of the well
known Louisiana family Of that name.
MANY others oil Of the irepressble genius, nightbe
named who have adopted course Of indiscr.minaie
robbery, and sometimes murder 10 retrieve the wealth
which they sacrificed in the Confederate cause Raised
In auence and luxury, without the least conception OF
how they could be useful to themselves any one else
except to tie productions Of other meus LABOR
they are no able TO make living except by steal
ing than many blind puppies Hence. we ind these
representatives Of past social status reduced to the
extremity Of achieving their three meals day by pfer
Ing from their former neghboT and conreTes in rebel
hon
But must qualify. Tie impression must not be
taken from what has been said that the people OF Louis
sana and Texas as q community that many OF them
ms class either participate sanction or coDnIve at he
6oings Of these fellows. On the contrary The landed
men of this section cooperate with energy TO drive
them of There are many sound headed men, of long
standing and acquired wealth here whose good sense
has taught them notwithstanding their superior ante
eedents yield TO manifest destiny and fall in with the
irresistible current OF events These men, aside from
the single thing mentioned, have always been good
citizens They viii be good citizens fGturein truth
such and such only, will and can take the trS step
toward developing the resources of this section w
The first great question and at the present time the
least Understood is among the citizens, how TO get
something TO eat. The country furnishes o little, but
that little il literally So that ]; is but noety OF
what the hungry denizens crave The vcinage OF
1alfstarved Rebel army has long since reduced the
weahiest state Of alimentary distress. Our com
issariat has in part relieved this, but existing orders
permit only prescribed quantity to each applicant
and, as consequence the exercise OF travelling back
and forth TO procure the supplies for their daily neeessi
aes would only calculated TO increase the resident
communitys appetite. The epidemic tendency 10 alb
Gomina collapse is therefore but slightly diminished
But there is another subject of greater moment than
fhs although quite so persistent in asserting itself
That is DEMONSTRATION" use that term because i
Is the one in popular use here. and without all
tdering its applicability to the political diagnosis Ex
eelt in this immediate vicinity the people OF West
Louisiana have not been disturbed any great extent
by the war. Gen Bankss Red River expedition first
brought their doors tie reality OF what as general
thing they read but little Of and cared less abont They
had plenty Of everything except in the district
ty Kirby Smiths army. and regarded lstlessy the
change that the war threatened to bring abont
Itnay surprise many OF your Northern readers 10
know that there is any considerable community Of such
people in this State bat is and the exceptions
are so rare as 10 be distinguished The older families
are all descended from the early French and Spanish
teters and TO their hereditary careless disposition has
been added the influence Ofluxuriant living IN warm
climate. Your questions are frequently answered by
the ndescrbabe shrug Of the shoulders peculiar to the
french, and which says enphatcaly 1t nothing
70 me- and do not care TO bother about H." The loss
Of their slave property however, together with the
force Of other circumstances renders their action the
premises Immediately necessary They must come for
ward and do something toward fixing status before
they can settle down in their nests again.
project much talked o. but not as yet publicly
ooted is the formation of another State out Of West
louisiana taking the Mississippi for boundary far
nown the Psquemipcs, thence following the Atcha-
falsya TO the Gulf / have seen O communication on
the subject which viii be published, in which
Of the principal arguments in favor Of the plan
are that the Mississippi is natural boundary between
The two sections that the people the west side OF
Che river always loyal and that their interests
may be forwarded by separating from East Louisiana
where generated the secession element Of the State
The most important consideration Of the subject s,
however in the light that the question Of
fon will be entirely settled upon the application Of
East and West Louisiana for admission into the Union
as two new States People are extremely anxious for
Information to the plan Of reconstruction adopted IN
the more easterly States
What TO do with tie negroes is another question tina.
remains tantaIixngly unsettled They are more ignor.
ant and less disposed 10 help themselves here than any
have yet seen in the South. Notwithstanding the re-
Yeaed orders Of Gen. Heron and the fact that hund
reds have been necessarily back into tine country
they still continue to in in large Numbers and
throw themselves upon the charity Of the Union auhori
Ties Agents and Oyerseers ara husv selee4ino and