, 1866-01-09
FROM MOBILE.

aEos hI, FtfT respectfully your obtdteot
servant, ANpRRW JAGKsoN.h
FR0H HOBILE.
Aspects OF Lffe-Tho 1Iarbor-shipping
The Cotton Trade-Stock on Hand
-HtFeet8-The Custom House Loyalty
Of the Feople-Yankoc Doodle Kissed
Traces of tho War-The Great Ex-
pIoafon-son1o Revelations Of Loss OF
L4e-ml11taFy Cotton Operat1oas.
(Couespouderca Of tha Chicago Tribunal
NOZZLE. ALI, Dec 81, 1865,
nusMEss ASPECTS,
Northerners who visit Mobile for the afst
Lime are 6omewhat disappointed in the ap~
p+arance Of the city, as we'll is its business
There Is little Of tho hustle and
hurry incident to maritime sltles Of the
Atlantic; but business liz conducted with
deltberatiou aud coolness quite, reteahlng in
hot weather. The, city Is sitnated near the
bay at tha mouth Of Mobile river, y dark,
sluggish stream, narigable few hundred
miles for boats Of light draft. Two other
rivera enter the bay uear this polnt, and
Mobile, thus being the natural centre for
trade Of large aud wealthy tenitoty, will
bo forced to become great commercial city,
In spite Of its slow-going population. The
shipping at the Wharves Is limited to small
river craft, few sea-going stesmers, lighters,
schooners, and three OF four briga and
batques. Tho larger vessels lie several mtlea
below, in tho bay, being unable to come up
to the city On account OF bars and low water.
They discharge and receive their cargoea al
their anchorage By means Of lighters, which
convey the goods to and from the city and
ships.
COTTON TRApE.
Cotton, cotton, yarns, heavy cotton fabrics
and oysters compose almost the sole export Of
Mobile, and talking "staplcn and consuming
bivnlyes divides the attention Of, tbs people.
Nowhere can he found oysters In greater
protusion, nor docs even Chesapeake Bay pro-
duca finer favored or larger ones. They not
only form large portion Of the food Of the In
habitants hut sse s1 important article Of COM
tnegce, lmmense quantities being shipped by
every steamer and rail train that leaves the
city. They are put up In every way known to
the trade, and thousands " IN the she1I'' nro
daily sent North during the cold weather.
The business gives employment to many hun
drcds.
THE COTTON PRESSES.
Before befnR placed on shipboard, oil cotton
Is compressed, by powerful machinery, into
one half the bulk Of an ordinary bale. Many
Of these presses wese destroyed By tho dis
astrous explosion in May last. Moat OF the
cotton is brought to this city by steamboats,,
hut immense quantities come in bJ the Mobile
ranks among the first In the world, ~ the en-
ucxel table will show.
Bales.
Stock On band Sent. l, ,19fS....,.....,,.,, A2QQ
Received during weak ending Doc
nss:i1sd 9sls ,s
sam.
Exported week ena.nr Dec =, 'es... sass
Exported since Sept 1.......... -..1sz,4N ...-..
Burnt and loss.-......- A4s7-157,1ss
on hand and On shtpboard moi cleared Dec.
-...-+...s.s--.- .-..-..-................ 81, ,Si1
OF course immense capital Ia involved in
these operations. but Imagine that compar.
atire]y little Of this capital Is controlled here
In the hotela, on the streets, whurres, count
Ing rooms, eScryWhere, meet men from ey.
cry State In the Union, all buying, selling,
shipping or specializing In cotton, and tlaifY
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars chauEa
hands In these transactions. Mobile is plant
cd at the nntu1a1 outlets Of the greatest cot
ton-Erowfng country In the world, There Is
nothing left for her but to become q great
commercial city She cannot help It, II she
would; patpre and circumstances will force
her to It. The appearance OF the place, how
ever, does not indicate anY remarkable degree
Of enterprise, taste Or energy among the IN
habitauts. With mnny and Important adran>
tagcs over Memphis, she has permitted that
city to pass her 10 the career of greatness, and
unless Mobile bestiss herself she viii find
up In her OWL nelghborhood.
APPEARANCE or TIE c1Tf.
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ton Or town, and viii We With the finest
snsSss a,,t1G,, ~ III Wv t ~ rasJas ~ IVY nsst y
nanJ eeaa.nH4 pi pa,sEse fes.aensss, ss :noss o.
LnsM " ases eh;ta.,,s. nna s'ne I;1 ~. Gt
+n, uan.e T. atnnhstin.u1 aoa s1 ~
sttne,a, . = !. thl h"st an3 +ost
IL na ~ .nx hn31t,nr nj i, ~ s;tx X
is ba|t q Quincy g5snite, aaa i i completed;
''do"n East' III all i|s oe9ans'
Ho1aLs'
Mobile 1s specially wanting In aceomnods.
tions for the travelling public, The brstt1e
House-tts. only hotel Of any pretenaion.--is
always Overlooking, and Nnrst-c'an*' ~ Goth
Ing shye pricee. Its table Is bountifnlly sup.
pnGn nn' ~ ofs dteioar ahu soes ats r. .nS
a1a ~ 1; :3;;s:; ..-d - -
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t. LIZ rese ~ tts ~ ne ite4ueotH eHueo
s.3 stte1eNn " ~ 1ssesely lol Suon5 tAfge
I ,notei, ann J.. ~ peen pfoPosea 10 oulla one'
Dy 9ont, 9a,s stoek s,e eompanyJ sneh g mstitq-
Ipn W.. "Vpau yt pay spiSuutuiJ. ato aoo ma1erl-
allS 70 Inc ptosEef1'y o. me c'15'
MOBILE IN TUE WAR
This WAS one OF The Inst Of The Southern
cities to Weld to the ay1u}eS OF the Union. and
among the old stsidebts Union sentiments 81
no means predouinate. On Wednesday hight
last The orchestra At tho theatrs Introduced
This tune gare oaense 10 many present, who
received it With htsscs. The tune was piayad
again on Thursday, and Of course hissed but
tic larger part OF the audience applaudcd.
and fairly drove ths epfteful creatures ifrou
the house. On Friday night there was no
kissing, but " Yankee pQodle,r "The Star
spangied Banner" and oihet national airs
*ere rapturously applauded. This little
e''.t.tte shova he feelings Of many Of the
NlSocIacy, esPecaai!y tae lades, "no we're
tae aacn* .na. . /,
- 1nn REnht n1r.acEs'
The preparations 1or the defence Of tho city
showed how much importance had been at
tachcd to It; and had onr army assaulted It,
1t could have been carried only af1er fierce
~ well ~ North, fought With valor aud dea-
peration. The defences Of the harbor: for
months and even years kept our navy At bay
While the land side Was protected BY nne Of
Qualifications, few hundred yards distant
trora each other, and connected By ditch aud
bank. These works were over nine miles
long Northwasd, the city Nas further de
Tended By swamp, through which courses
two or three deep streams and bhyous, fen-
desing spproach from that quarter both ditn-
cult and dangerous. At frzt, An outer line OF
works had been erected, about two miles from
the city bnt finding thst 1t required many
thousand men additional TO Man It, this line
was abandoned. had tic Federal forces, land
md naval. carried the city BY assault, tie
rebs. would have been caught In q trap Of their
own construction, the swamp north Of the
town would have cut of their retreat
to the inte1ior. We have good cause for
thankiulness that. the enemy abandoned
The city and gave 1t us at 90 cheap rate.
THE GREAT ExPLosIoS-
Although Mobile suffered comparatiyel7
nothInc during The war. sti1 ahc hears tha
marks Of The iate conflict, and 10 reality paid
fuIl penalty for the part she took in Ana rtleI-
lion. The cxplosiot Of the maraziue In Nav
last was tcrrib.n Ia It's etfects. and The vb6ie
[acts Of that dreulful atfair have neycr vel beeu
made puhIir. What rcason mI!ifnrY 1ncn can
have for hiding thc truth Of such matters, aud
r.nr,1f+.,,- 1he ,,,b1tn.t3o, ear ~. nI.aa,,..-