The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1862, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1862.-TRIPLE SHEET. — few, not excceding fifteen, w. ated; no formal announ if the arms was ever exhibited, t the armory whom the measure orizt- tof the proposal to dis- Some of the mem, Y Such proposition, ubVersation ’ Tt was the resvlu- das others, it was mad tion of the moment, hardly to be charactor: & deliberate and the impulse which prompted at, it seems to me, can be reas mabiy to ieclngs which ‘would actuate friends and former companions were with which the arms asserted to have boo: umber you have given (sixty) iu tho armory. ‘these facts are veritied by all who ¢: ak from personal participation in the whele or paris of them, The British Guard comprises geutiewen wh» have large responsibili- ties entrusted to their charge, aud whose ab- sence from the city would result in irreparable injury to the interests contiaed to their care; aud whose word may be received with every conti &3 vouchers for the verity of the above statement. ‘The injustice of an order which includes those parties to the Act, and those who were not, requires no explauation on ty part. [have before observed that it is not my wish ‘Or intention to justify the act; my object is to explain its real import, and to diminish the importance which, un- explained, it bears upon its face, by stripping it of fea- tures which do not properly belong to it. With refereuce that part of your coumunication which has relation to myself, | would merely add that I furnish, in proof of my ovicial capacity, letters addressed to me, and signed Dy Earl Russeil and Lord Lyons, which, as part of ny o register, ] must request may be returned to me; ®\ hat lam not aware taat my accountability for the zeeaner in which I may have fultilled my duties extends beyond the source from which that authority emanated, and to which your letter will of course be forwarded in all its crudity. In conclusion, I would say that Mr. Bur- rows, to whom I had exhibited my last communication Defore sending it, now says that he did tell you that the arms wero intended for General Beauregard, but that he ould not from his own knowledge state whether they ‘were actually forwarded. Referring to my iast commu- wication, | have the houor to be, sir, your most obedient Servant. ‘GEORGE COPPELL, Her Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul. Several important scizures of rebel property have been made within the last threo days. On Monday a ware- house opposite the depot of the Pontchartrain Railroad ‘was discovered to be filled with pikes, gun carriages and ‘an immense amount of ordnance stores and ammunition. A strong guard was placed over it from the Twelfth Maino regiment. On the some day the Twelfth Maine regiment found a large amount of gold and silver filings at the mint. Yeaterday morning the guard at the Jackson Railroad depot, under Lieutenant Whittier, of the Thirtieth Mas- sachusetts regiment, found about tweaty thousand dol- Jars’ worth of turpentine marked C.S. A., and seizod it, At the Provost Court, Major J. M. Bell, Judge, has been engaged in trying soldiers for drunkenness and a few Citizens for minor offences. Yesterday he fined soveral merchants one hundred dollars each for disobedience of General Butler's proclamation, in that they have not Opened their stores. The General is determined that the stores shall no longer remam closed, as the moral effect 48 decidedly prejudicial to the cause of law and order. Four hundred bales of cotton have arrived here from 8 point about twelve miles up the river. It is the pro- Perty of a British subject, who prefers getting the money for it trom UncleSam rather than see it consigned to the flames. It will be sent North by one of our trans” Ports, possibly the Matanzas. General Butler issued an order yesterday suppressing the Crescent newspaper, because its principal proprietor is now in the rebel army. He also issued an order pro- hiditing the public observance of next Friday as a day of fasting and prayer, as ordered by Jeff. Davis. These orders give great encouragement to the Union men of the city. The clergymen will find the General after them with a sharp stick shortly, Last Sunday Rev. Mr. Lea- cock, rector of Christ church, read Jeff. Davis’ proclama- tion of fast. A recruiting office has beer opened on St. Charles street, and has already been quite successful. Sevoral hun- dred men have enlisted in the service of the Union army. General Butler is going to establish a Union newspaper fm this city. Itsmame will probably be Tae Cnion— “it must and shall be preserved.” It will be conducted by several gentlemen connected with General Butler's staff. It was suggested that the Picayune be taken and edited by Union men, and the name be changed to the “York Shilling,” but the General thought “fourpence ha’penny’’ would be more appropriate to the charactor of the expedition. Mr. Asa S. Biake, of the Adams Express Company, has removed the agency from Ship Island to the Custom House in this city. A branch of the Express Company will be maintained at Ship Island, under the charge of Mr. H. W. Bates, The newspapers here are trying to make capital out of the arrival of the French frigate Catinet, from New York via Havana. They try to throw out the impression that she is but the pioneer of a French fleet ordered bere by the Consul, in consequenos of General Butler’s recent action towards the foreign Consuls. The idea is absurd, and the motive of the press is only too apparent. At the session of the Military Commission to-day a man named George Posey was convicted of an attack on a Union soldier, and sentenced to twenty-one years’ hard ybor at Fort Jackson, with a ball and chain attached to Bis ancle. From Lake Pontchartrain to-day, ! learn of a couple ef little adventures of our gunboat Calhoun and some officers of the New London, which resulted in the seizure of the Febel armed yacht Coryphus, and the discovery of the fate of several of the gunboats that for months past have been cruising about the Lakes and Mississippi Sound, al- ways keeping at a safe distance from the New London ‘and Calhoun. Yesterday the Calhoun, Captain J. E. De Haven, ran up into Bayou Lacomb, aad found the yacht Coryphus secreted in a bend, and hidden from sight by Dushes and foliage. There was but one man on her, and but one gun, asix-pounder. of course there was no re. sistance, and she was quietly taken possession of by the Calhoun. The Coryphus isa fine scheoner,and will be very serviceable to our forces on the lakes. The day before Lieutenant Buchanan, Acting Master Wiggin and Midshipman Day, all of the New London, took the prize steamer Creole and run up the Covington river on a reconnoissance. Near Covington they discov- ered the burnt remains of the Oregon, Carondelet and Bienville, throe of the best gunboats in the rebel ser- ‘vice. Tho guns had been removed from all but the Ca- rondeiet. On her there are two heavy forty-two pounders left, one of them slightty broken. The engines and machinery of all the gunboats were found in good order, though partly submerged. Proper efforts for their removal wil? probably be made. No trace of the rebel gunboat Pamlico could be found, and it is quite probable that she has escaped to Mobile. From Ship Island I learn that Captain Porter, with his mortar fiset, had Deon on a reconnoissance to Mobile Bay, and had returned to Ship Island to await orders from Commodore Farragut. Fort Gaines and the rebel batteries at Grant's Pass haye been abandoned, and the guns and garrisons trans- forred to Fort Morgan. The rebels boast of having some guns at Fort Morgan of the longost range, and flatter themselves that they can prevent the mortar boats from operating. We have learned to put very little trust in ‘the game of brag which the enemy has been continually playing in this neighborhood, and I do not think this Dombast will frighten any of our officers. Indeed, we heard to-day that Mobile had surrendered ; but the stery, although very creditable to the common sense of the Mobilians, ‘s no: believed here. Gen. Butler and the Provost Marshal are constantly in receipt ef intelligence from the battle fields nortn of us, through deserters from the rebel army. Of course « good doal of the intelligence fs reosived with doubts of its authenticity, Te-day we hear that Norfolk has beon captured and the Merrimac burned, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Union army; that Richmond is occupied by Union soldiers, and that on last Friday Gen. Pope was driven back from a point four miles in advance of our force near Corinth. There is tho most intense anxiety hero in regard te the Imponding battle at Corinth, as oar information leads us to expect that it will be the greatest engagement that the world has ever seen, and will virtually end the war if sucosss attends our arms, Lieutenant Sala, of the Fourth Massachusetts battery, obtained information to-day of the existence of earth- works, mounting valuable guna, on the Gentilly road, near Lake Pontchartrain. Captain Keity, of the Thir- tioth Massachusetts regiment, was sent, with sixty men, to search for the artillery and if possible bring it to the city, About five miles out on the Pontchartrain Rajl- road, Captain Kelty discovered two redoubte mounting four guns, and two mies and a half further ap on the Gentilly road he found four redoubte mounting nine guns. All the guns were heavy thirty-two pounders, fend oot one of them spiked, but all were loaded. Cap- tain Kelty sketched » plan of the situation and em- bodied it in his repert to headquarters. A sufficient force will be sent to remove the guns or garrison the works. ‘This evening the first instalment of troops from Ship Jeiand . via Takes Borgne and Pontchartrain, arrived, and $a the afternoon we were still further reinforced by the arriva! of troops, artillery and horses by way of the Minsiasippi river. Gulone! McMillan, of the Twenty -drat Indiana regiment, now stationed at Algiers, made a reconnoissance into the Attakapas country, which resulted in the capture of a fine steamer, with a very yaluabie cargo. Taking eighty men he went out on tho Opelousas Rail- roxd to its terminus. Learning there that a rebel steamer had just run tho blockade at the Grand Bayou Cuillon, he immediately started off and made aforce’ mareh of thirty miles that wight. Arriving at the Bayou in the morning, he found the steamer quietly anchored, uasaspicious of impending danger. Ho took possession without meeting any resistance, and sot the crew at work for the United £ tos government, The prize is a very richone. Tho vessel is a superior New York built, low pressure boat, and was formerly named the A, J, Whitmore, she is now known as the Fox. She is almost the counter- part of the Harriet Lane. Her cargo consisted of fifteen tons of powder, a large amount of arms and an assortment of desirable merchandise, and is valued at a hundred thousand dollars. She had come from Havana, and had two bags of mail for persons in the South, Oa Sonday night Colone! McMillan sent Sergeant Frake and three men back to New Orleans, with despatches to General Butler, As they were proceeding along the road they were fired upon by some cowardly foe, con- cealed from view, and Sergeant Frake and one of his men were killed; the other two escaped. The bodies of the murdered men wore afterwards found buried, with nothing about thom but their blankets, the miserable guerilla assassins having stripped and robbed them of their clothes. At the session of the Military Commission to-day George Read was examined on a charge of murdering a Unien man at a gaming table, and of extorting money from loyal citizens. He was sent to Fort Jackson to await trial. At @ meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen yesterday, a resolution was adopted touching the free- dom and hospitalities of the city to the officers of the French frigate Catinet, which arrived here the day be- fore. The action of the Board elicited the following letter from the General Commanding:— HeapquaRters DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Naw ORueANS, May 16, 1862. ‘To THE MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN OF THE Ciry COUNCIL OF ORLEANS :— In the report of your official action, published in tho Bee of the 16th inst., I find the following extracted reso- jutions, with the action of partof your body thereon, vizz— The following preamble and resolution, offered by Mr. h, were read twice and adopted. The ruies being sus- motion, sent to the Assistant Board. Messrs, De Lavarre, Forestal!, Huckins, Rodin and as, ithas come to the knowledge of this Council for’ the first tine in the history of this a large fleet of the navy of Franco ty to visit New Osleans—of "which fleet the our port, is the ploneer—this Council, ful remembrance the many ties of amity o4 feeling which unite the people of this city with those of France, to whose pateenal protection New Orleans ves its foundation and early prosperity, and to whom it is cially grateful for the jealousy with’ which, in the ces- of the State, it guaranteed all the rights of property, us freedom of its eitizens— ‘That the freedom and_hospitalities of the city of New Orleans be tendered throngh the Commander of the Catinet to the French naval fleet during tts sojourn in our port; and that a committee of five of this Council be ap- pointed, with the Mayor, tomake suck tender and such other ements as may be necessary to give eff'rct to the same. Stith and Forestall were appointed on the commit- tee mentioned in the foregoing resolution. This action is an insult, as well to the United States, as to the friendly and powerful nation towards whose officers it is directed. The offer of the freedom of a cap- tured city by the captives would merit letters patent for its novelty, were there not doubts of its usefulness asan invention, The tender of its hospitalities by a government to which police duties and sanitary regula- tions only are entrusted, is simply an invitation to the caluboose or the hospital. The United States authori- ties sro the only ones here capable of dealing with amicable or unamicable nations, and will seo to it that such acts of courtesy or assistance are extended to any armed vessel of the Emperor of Franca’ as shall testify the vational, traditional an d hereditary feelings of grate- ful remembrance with which the United States govern- ment and people appreciate the early aid of France, and her many acts of friendly regard, shown upon so many national and fitting occasions. ‘The action of the City Council in this behalf must be Tevised. Respectfully, B.F. BUTLER, Major General Commanding. New Onteays, May 16, 1962. Publication of @ Leter Captured from a Spy—Contents of the Letter—Interesting Correspondence with the Mayor of New Orleans and the Commanding General—Prompt and Decisive Action of General Butler—The Mayor Brought to Suddenty—Suppression of the Bee Newspaper- Attempt of Released Prisoners to Raigegroops forthe Rebela—First Ride of General But- ler and His Staff Through the City—Quiet Demeanor of the People, dc., de., de. Yesterday General Butier caused the following letter and General Order No. 28 to be published in the daily papers;— The Delta will ofa spy—H.H. NOTICE. ublish this letter, taken from the body ‘ie. B. F. BUTLER, Major General Commanding. Naw Orteans, May 8, 1862. Dear Exxen—Knowing you would be anxious to hear as to my whereabouts, and how I was coming on, I have determined to write this, and trust to the kindness of Giffen Smedes as to its reaching you. I called upon them te-day, and I was told, if they could, they would send it the firstopportunity. The day after I reached the city T called cn Mrs. Gracey, and learned from her the trouble at I was glad to hear you Itrost you got bh your journey without difficulty. How aiid what shall I say as to the events that have happened since I saw you last ¥ You wore here during the most momentous time—that is when thecity wasth:' sod with bombardment—and of course need no news f1. .. me on that point; but I can tell you, thanks to the talents of P. , we have been granted more privileges than we expected. The Mayor is allowed to carry on the city affairs as usual, and the Yankees are to bo kept outside of the city limits; though, to tell the truth, I believe they will be more rejoiced than ourselves when they leave, as they must ha learned by this time that they are really in an enemy’ country, as they have been made to feel it in every way. The way they aro snubbed on every side isawful. Let me give an instance: Last Sunday two efficers marched into Dr. Palmer’s church, and seated themselves in a pew where a lady was sitting; but as soon as they had seated themselyes, she stood up, and, drawing her dress close to her, she left the pew to themselves and their reflections. Well done, was it not? I have been sore days in the city, the regiment having been dis- banded at Camp Moore @ week after we left the city, by order of General Lovell, he giving us back to State ser- vico. The city is fall of rumors of all kinds, deniod to- day and coniirmed to-morrow, so that it is impossible to credit anything. We are told the Confederate flag foats over the Capitol at Washington and that Beauregard bas whipped Buell at Monterey. And so we go. 1 forgot to mention that Gracey had not t back; but as the boats can come tothe city,1 look for him daily. How ia Ned coming on’ I suppose ho enjoys himself with the boys. Tell himI hope he wili do everything as you tell him, as that is the way be can please me most. Give my regards to Joe. Teli her! send this to her care, and do not forget me to Mrs Cade and your pupils. I shall not write again till I hear from you, as it is impossible in these exciting times to caleu- late from one day to another; but believe me, I shall avail myself of the first chance of doing so. Till then, believe me always, BRO. JOHN. P. §.—I have written this in the library, for the privi- lege of which Iam indebted to the gentlemanly libra. rian, Mr. Kerr, who begs to be remembered to you and Joe, BRO. JOHN. ‘The order gives great satisfaction to the command, to whom the conduct of the disloyal ladies of the city bas become absolutely intolerable. [This order has already eon published in the Heraty.) The Mayor and the violent secessionists received it in high dudgeon, and the Mayor addressed the following letter on the subject to General Butler. The letter prefacing order No. 28 is merely given as substantiating evidence of the insulting conduct of the ladies. The order contains no reflections whatever on the virtue of New Orleans ladies, but leaves their future reputation to their bebavior after the date of the order. A more effectual method of abating such an evil could not be devised, and I believe it will be eatirely successful. But here is the Mayor's letter:— Suars os Loctaana, MayoraLty oF ayia} ted May 16, 1962. Majer General Baxsauiy F. Borie, Commanding Un} States forces: Sin—Your general order, No. 28, of date 15th imat., which reads as follow—(here follows order 28, respec- ting ladies) 1# of @ character so extraordinary and as- tonishing that I cannot, holding the office of chief magis- trate ot i Oy eaieeied ia with its peace saffer it to be promul our presence without pro- ‘the threat it contains, which has already passions of our ie, and must exasperate ern to a degree i eontrol. Your officers and sol- ers are permitted, by the terms ef this order, to place any construction they please apon the conduct of our wives and ters, upon such constraction, to offer them atrocious in- sults, The peace of the cityand the safety of your officers and soldiers from harm or insult have, | affirm, deen successfully secured to an extent enabling them to move through our streets almost unnoticed , according to the understanding and ment entered into between yourself and the city authorities, I did not, however, anticipate a war upon women and children, who, so far as Tam aware, have only manifested their displeasure ‘at the occupation of their city by those whom be- lieve to be their enemies, and I wi! never undertake to be responsible for the peace of New Orleans while such an edict, which infariates our citizens, remaine im force, To give m tigense to the officers and sotdiers of your command to commit outragos such as are indicated in your order upon defenoeless women is, in my judgment, & reproach to the civilization, not to say to Wechristian: ity, of the age, in whose name! make this protest. I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOMN T. MONROE, Mayor. To this disrespectful letter General Butler vouchsafed the following unequivocal answer: — Heanquantens, DeraRtTMeN? OF THE Gore, New Ontmans, May 16, 1562. John T. Monroe, Inte Mayor of the city of Now Jeans, is relieved from all responsibility for the pencs the city, and is suspended from the exercise of any ofl cial functions, and committea to Fort Jackson until further or B F. BUTLER, Major General Commanding. This order brought the Mayor up to headquarters inahurcy. General Butler talked tohim very freely, aud lectured him severely for placing such an offmsive construction on Order No, 23, and called his attention to its lang 1age, which expressly declares that ‘bereafter” women insulting our oflicers and men ‘shall be re. garded and beid liable to be treated as women of the town.” The General then told him that he must apolo- gize for and withdraw this letter or suffer ihe punish- ment for his offence indicated above The Mayor didn’t like ‘the tooks of things,”’ and made the anvexed apology and retraction, whereapon the General allowed him to resume the functions of his orfice:— Gen, Burizr—This communication, having besn sent under @ mistake of fact, and being improper tm language, I desire to apologize for the ¢:me, and to withdraw it. May 16, 1862. JOHN T. MONROE, Mayor. NOTICE. GENERAL ORDERS—#0. 29. Haapquarrens, Derartwxnr oy Tas Griz, New On.eans, May 16, 1862. I, It is hereby ordered that neither the city of New Orleaus nor the banks thereof exchange their notes, bills or obligations for Confederate notes, bills or bonds, nor issue any bill, note or obligation payable in Confederate notes. I. On the 27th day of May instant all circulation of or trade in Confederate notes and bills wili cease within this department, and all salos or trausfers of property made on or after that day, in consideration of such notes or bids, directly or indirectly, witl be void and the pro- perty confiscated to the United States—one-fourth there- of to go to the informer. By command of Major General BUTLER. Gro. C. Strona, A. A. G., Chief of Staff, The above General Order, No. 20, will be hailed with great satisfaction by the larger part of the community. The shinplaster currency and the Confederate funds are considered as worthless, and public confidence in them is almost entirely destroyed. The people will be glad of any action that rids the market of the trash. NOTICE. SPECIAL ORDERS—NO. 39. ‘Heapquanrers, DeraRtaenr oF Tam GUL, i New Orizans, May 16, 1562. I. The New Orleans Bee, newspaper, having published an elaborate, though covert, argument in favor of the cotton burning mob, is hereby suppressed. No publica- tion of any description will issue from that office until further orders. II. The New Orleans Delta,!newspaper, having, in an article of today’s issue, discussed the cotton question in @ manner which violates the terms of the proclamation of Ist May instant from those neadquarters, the office of that paper will be takon possession of, and its business conducted under direction of the United States authori- ties. By command of Major General BUTLER. Gro. C. Strone, Acting Adjutant General. Special order 39, suppressing the Bes and Delta news- Papers, was issued to-day, The Delta will probably be transformed into the proposed Union paper, of which I have spoken in my letter. In the Court of Military Commission to-day, A. B. Ba- con, proprietor of the Algerine Newsboy,’ paper publishod in Algiers, was convicted of libelling the United States government and its forces. The paper wae ordered to be suppressed and confiscated to the United States government, and Mc. Bacon was ordered to give five thousand dollars bonds to keep the peace for ono year; and if tbe order is not complied with in five days, the Prisoner to be confined in Fort Jackson one year. From information obtained by Capt. S. Tyler Read, of the Massachusetts cavairy, a treasonable organization has been discovered and broken up, and a number of the members arrested. A number of non-commissioned officers who were taken prisoners at Fort Jackson, and afterwards released n parole, commenced last week recruiting a company of soldiers to'join Beauregard at Corinth. If they could Rot get passports to leave tho city they proposed shoot- ing our pickets and then rushing past our lines. Some fifteen or seventoen of these men met at Carroll- ton last Saturday and elected officers. One Ben. Smith, the ringleader, and formerly a sergeant at Fort Jackson, was chosen captain, and other non-com- missioned officers at the fort, were elected to the subordinate offices. The name adopted for tho organization was the Monroe Guards, in compliment tothe Mayor of this city. The meeting was then ad- journed to yesterday evening, at alow groggery, in the city proper. Capt. Read was promptly on hand, and, after satisfying himself in regard to the men, notified the Provost Marshal. The Deputy Provost Marshal, Capt. Stafford, succeeded in arresting six of the men; but tho ringleader, Ben. Smith, has thus far eluded pursuit. ‘The prisoners were examined this morning by the Gene- ral, and were then committed to prison to await trial by the Military Commission. Capt. Stafford is after Bon. Smith with a sharp stick,and if he gets him there will be a chance for our carpenters to try their hands at building a scaffold and gallows. The prize steamer Fox, captured by Col. McMillan, ar- rived here to-day. Another prize alsoarrived. It isariver steamer, named the Governor Moulton. It was captureg while trying torun the blockade at Berwick’s Bay by the gunbeat Hatteras. There was nothing in her buy some thirty boxes of tobacco and a small quantity of bacon. Weare in receipt of considerable news to-day from various sections. From up the river we learn that Gen. Williams is in oecupation of Natchez. He experienced no opposition in landing, and there wasa very strong Union demonstration. The flagship Hartford ts aground about fifty milee above Baton Rouge. Several vessels have been sent up ‘to get her off. From Corinth we learn that Beauregard’s army is suffering for want of provisions for the menand forage for the horses, We hear, from a source that is @redited, that a mob at Jackson, Mississippi, have hung Genera] Lovell and tarred and feathered FE. Warron Mojese. Gov. Morris, late confidential adviser of Gene- rals Price and Van Dorn, is at Corinth. and the federal General Curtis ts said to be in occupation of Little Roek, Arkansas. Captain John Clark, Chief Commissary, made an ex- change to-day, which was a pretty good joke on seces! A planter wished to give a quantity of sugar fora quantity, relatively valuable, of beef, to enable him to feed his negroes. The exchange was effected, the beef Ddeing that taken from that seized by Captain Clark, and formerly belonging to the Confederate army. General Butler, attended by his staff, rode on horse- ‘back through the city this afternoon for the first time, their horses haying just arrived. No insult or molesta- tion was offered them, though a large crowd was at- tracted by the brilliant cavaicade, 8.F. Glenn, Esq., of Washington city, is acting as clerk of the Provost Court, and has also established bim- self in the practice of law in this city. He is highly re- commended by Generals Dix and Shields, and being a momber of the bar of this State, and having been formerly a resident here for ten years, he is well qualified to practice in the Louisiana courts. Merehants in Northera cities would do well to send their claims to bim for collection New Orumans, May 17, 1862. Preparations of the Matanzas for Saiting—Bearer of De- spatches for the Government dec., dc., dtc. The United States steam transport Matanzas salle posi. tively to-day. She is crowded with cabin and steerage passengers who are anxious to get North. Among the passengers are Hon. John E. Bouligny, Mr. Shaw, Military Secretary to Major Strong, Chief of Gene- ral Butler's Staff, and Mr. E. Kimball, of the United ‘States Quartermaster’s Department. Mr. Bouligny goes to Washington as bearer of de. spatches for General Butler. After remaining there a short time to transact private business he will return to this city. Captain W. W. Harral, Acting Post Quartermaster, seived this morning five thousand barrels of flour be- Jonging to the Confederate army. In my next I intend describing the general hospital here, which, under the direction of Dr. R. K. Smith, Acting Post Surgeon, is @ perfect model in every respect required for euch an institation, ‘The followmg general orders and notics have been is- sued from headquarters since my last letter:— POST OFFICER ARRANGEMENTS, Naw Onieaye, May 10, 1862. bave Genera! B. F. Butler to the by me in this Post office on ters wore, many To accommodate the cHizens of New Orleans, I obtained the consent of delivery of all letters taking possession of the same. These lett of them much defaced, some u rpose of issuing tor will be reecived and d@ivered in compliance with the laws of the United States. Remittances of cash or valuable securities must be reported and registersd, to insure transmission. JOHN M. G. PARKER Postmaster at Ship Island, Mississippi, iransferred here. maits. ‘The mails close for New York, Bostan, and all cities and towns in loyal States,at three o'clock P. M. daily, ‘Tho foreign mails go via New York. Mails for the above piaces leave by the earliest possible conveyance, JOHN M. G. PARKER, Postmaster. New Oniays, May 10, 1862. GENERM, ORDERS—NO, 24. Hranquarrers, DerartMent ov tire Gear, New 01 Acting Brigadier Generat Georg Ma 862, F, Shepley, Colonel Twelfth regiment Maine Volunteers, is hereby appointed My'itiry Commandant of New Orleans. Alt officers on duty i this city or in Algiers, except olllcers of the di- vision staif, will report to bi comurand © eer 4 vor General BUTLER, Gro, ©. Srrowa, Assistant Ad ulant General, [Tho general order providing for feeding the poor of New Orleans was published in (he Hakaup yesterday.) New Onusaxs, La., May 20, 1962. Accident to the Matanzas—She Collides with the Sloop-of+ War Pensacola—Arrest of Prominent Citizens and Their Imprisoument in Fort Jackson—Strange and Insane Action of the Mayor—Geneval Butler the Right Man in the Rignt Placo—His Courage and De!ermination to Suppress Rebeition—The New Union Paper, dec., &¢. Owing to an accident the Matanzas was prevonted from loaving port last Saturday, and her departure do- layed until to-day, She had cast off from the levee and attempted to swing around without steaming up river. ‘The current was too strong for her to do this, and just as she had got hor broadside opposed to the current she waa carried directly across the bows of the sloop-of-war Pen sacola, which lay just astern of the berth of the Matun- zas. Tho Pensacola immediately dropped down the iver stern foremost, with the Matanzas locked amid- Ships to her bow. In this condition tho two vessels went down the river nearly a quarter of a mile, whon tho Matanzas managed to get clear of the Pensacola and cast her anchor. In passing the frigate Mississippi the Matan- zas rubbed the whole length. The damage to the Pensa- cola was very trivial,only slightly injuring her catwater; but the Matanzas had a considerable hole knocked in her port quarter, within two feet of the water line, Repairs have been made, and she will leave at noon to-day for Now York. Since my last letter a number of prominent citizens have been arrested and sent to Fort Jackson. ‘Tho most notabie are John T, Monroe, Mayor of New Or- Jeans; D. G. Duncan, tho Mayor’s private scoretary; John McClellan, Chief of Police; Judge Kennedy, Lucien Adams, Recorder in the Fourth District, and Benj. S. Harrison, formerly a member of the City Council. Mr. Mazarat, Lieutenant of Police, was ordered under arrest, but the order was afterwards rescinded. ‘These arrests are peculiarly grateful to the respectable portion of this community, as all of them but Judge Kennedy have long been in notoriously bad odor. Tho Mayor and his clique have been doing their utmost by covert measures to harass and impede General Butler in Promoting a friendly feeling towards the United States government, and they have placed an injurious construc- tion on almost every step that the Genoral has taken. Last Saturday morning, after tho Mayor had the day previous apologized for his insolent, insulting lettor to General Butlor relative to General Order, No. 28, regard- ing tho conduct of the women, he again callea at head- quarters for the purpose of withdrawing his apology or obtaining a modification of the order. Goneral Butler tola him unequivocally that hz had nothing lo modify; that he was not sorry for what he had written; that he would not withdraw it if he could, and could not if he would; but, atthe request of the Mayor, the General gave him permission to publish the offensive leer and the apology, and to add that the order applied onuy to those women who had insulted by word, look or gesture the officers or soldiers of the United ‘States Army. He also tolt-bim that he could append to the correspondence the startling fact that ‘‘water is wet” and ‘blackbirds are black’’—a delicate piece of satire that I fear was entirely lost upon the obtuse intelligence of the magistrate. After an explanation from the General that would have been thoroughly clear to the comprehension of a child, the Mayor left, apparently satisfied; but Saturday might he again sent the Genoral a letter, the counterpart of the first. Yesterday morning he was again at headquarters, with several of his friends, in- cluding Judge Kennedy, John McClellan, Chief of Police, and D.@. Duncan. The Mayor demanded the right to withdraw his apology, and General Butler granted it; bit informed Mr. Mayor that he had played with the United Stales authority long enough.and now he had got to go to Fort Jackson. The other parties named above, admitting their approval of the Mayor's conduct, were also sent to Fort Jackson. In addition to the Mayor’s conduct in regard to Order No. 28 he has been guilty, in conjunction with the othor members of the city government, of giving material aid and comfort to the enemy since our occupation, and the Monroe Giard—of which I gave an account in my letter of the 16th—expected (and probably with reason) that he would pay handsomely for the “ honor” paid him in selecting his name for the corps. The General an- nounced to the above gentlemen that he should hold tiem ‘as hostages for the good behavior of the city. Ben. Harrison and Lucien Adams are ehiefs of the “Thugs,” and have been the most relentless persecutors of Union men. Their arrest will enable decent people to sleep more securely at night. The six men belouging to the Monroe Guard, whose arrest I described in a recent letter, were tried on Satur- day by the Military Commission and sentenced ‘‘to be ‘shot to death” at such time as the General commanding may appoint, and the sentance has been approved by General Butler. The names of the unhappy men are Edward C. Smith, Abraham MeLcan, Patrick Kane, Daniel Doyle, Wm. Stanley and Goorge I. Williams. The honest citizens of New Orleans will discover ero jong that they have aGeneral in command who 1s as fearless to defend them from enemies in their midst as ever Jackson was to repel a foreign foe, and his course is eminently calculated to inspire confidence in his perso- nal courage. He rides about among the people as freely as. if he was their peculiar favorite. On Sunday afternoon he started with his staff, after five o'clock, and rode to Carrollton, a distance of eight miles. They did not leave there to return until after seven o'clock» arriving at the St. Charles alittle before nine, A large part of the road is through a piece of woods,whore a ekulking foe might have fired upon the party from am- bush. The General says, in reference to the possibility of assassination, with which he is constantly threatened through anonymous letters, “If they do it it will only place General Phelps in command, and if they are satis- fied with that arrangemont I have nothing to say.” Among the more recent seizares are the State Arsonal, filled with ordnance stores and ammunition, and the residence of Jolin Shdell. At the latter place Mrs. Reau- regard and her mother were found in occupation, and Iam informed that ‘‘that follow’ Slidell presented the place to Mrs. Beauregard on his departure for England. Gen, Butler speaks in terms of warm praise of the dignified manner in which the wife of the brave but misguided commander of the rebel army treated the officer (Mr. Kinsman, of the General's staff) and soldiers who took possecsion of the house. As soon as the General learned that Mre. Beauregard was living in the house he withdrew the giard, and wo be to the man—whether rebel or Union— who dares to offer her the slightest ineult or moletation, ‘Tho first number of our new Union paper will be issued to-morrow from the Delia office. The General has con- cluded to retain the name of the Delta, with the motto under it of “The Union—it must and shall be preserved.”” It will be conducted by Capt. John Clark, Chief Commis. sary of Subsistence; Major Jos. M. Bell, Provost Judgo, and other gentlemen of the staff. Capt. Clark has been for eleven years editor and preprietor of the Boston Courier, and ts peculiarly fitted for the new position, and Judge Bell is well known in New England as an able con. tributor to the editorial columns of the principal Boston papers. ‘The following orders relative to the department have alectbeen issued — REMOVAL OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL’S OFFICE, Naw Onieans, La., May 10, 1862. ‘The office of the Provost Marshal has been removed from the United States Custom : House to No. 88 Canal ores. JONAS H. FRENCH, Provost Marsha! and Aid-de-Camp, MEALTH REGULATIONS OF THR CITY, Heapqvarrens, DaraRTMEnt oF Tae Gui, New Orixays, May 8, 1862. In order to allay the hopes of ‘the bad and the fears of , the ding General gives notice that the strictest health regulations have been estab- lished, since the ire of the forts, at the Quarantine Grounds, Against the importation of all epidemics. By command Major Genera! BUTLER. | Gronas C. Stroxo, A, A. General, JEFF. DAVIS’ FAST DAY FORBIDDEN, GENERAL ORDRRS—NO. 27, Heanquartens, Darantuewt or tae Gtr, New Ominans, May 13, 1862. It having come to the knowledge of the Comm: General that Friday next is proposed to be observed as a day of fasting and prayer, in obedience te some supposed proclamatien of one Jefferson Davis in the several churches of thia city, it is ordered that no such obsorv- ance be uirches k times of protocnd ito religions opt open, aa in times ind peace, but no rel exercizen are to be had upon the suppesed authorit; hove mentioned. By command of vi MAJOR GENERAL RUTLER. Gro. €. Strona, A. A. General. SUPPRASSION OF THE CRESCENT. SPRCLAT ONNERS—NO. 27. Hrapquartens, Darantuant oF tar Goi, New Oninans, May 13, 1862. It appearing that the New Or! ‘reacent, & news. paper published in this olty, is owned and edited by J. O. Nixon, a rebel, now in arms against the government of the United States, the Commanding General of this department orders that the publication of that news. paper be suppressed; and that no publication, by yy phlet, handbill or otherwise, in any form whatever, shall be made from said office after the promulgation of this order. By command of Major General BUTLENL Guo. G, Srrone, A, A. G., Chief of Stat, a m NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Commercial Affairs, THE LATEST COMMERCIAL REPORT. {From the New Orivans Bulletin, May 20.) ‘TunspaY MoRyinc, May 20, 1862. We have no change to noie in the market since our last rep Everything is uns: diticuites and the depreciation of Confederate notes There were some small trausactions ia sugar, both at euction and at private sae, at extreme rats. holders, who had becn previously oifering their 8c. for fair to fully fair, withdrew them (rom the market; but in tha later part of tho day there were symptoms of an increased esi-e on the part of sellers to avail them- solves of the panic and work off their supplies at high prices which had been ri ‘the r eciyts embrace 191 hhds. 120 bbis. ram. Our circulation is sill composed of city, State und Confederate Treasury notes, and such private pies As CORE the contldeuce of the Committee of ety. THE FIRST RECEIPT OF COTTON. (From the New Orieans Delta, May 16.] Relative to a statement which appeared afew days ago in regard to four hundred bales of cotton brought tv the city since it was occupied by the United states troops, by Mr. Lanfear, we are requested by that gentleman to say that this cotton was purchased with Kuglish divi- dends on English account, and is to be sent to the knglish owners, and that Mr. Lanfear asked Genoral Butler vo protect it, as threats had been made to burn it. TRADING WITH UNION TROOPS. (From the New Orleans Bulletin of May 7.) If wo sell our merchandize to the federais and receive payment in specie, or approved currency, whatever ad- ‘vantage they derive from the trade, we receive a corres- ponding cne in return. If we docline to deal with them, they seize our goods and yy the whole benefit without any equivalent tous. In one case it ig not only no injury, but a substantial benefit to us, and Dat little ad- Vantage to them. In the other they enjoy the whole bene- fit and we suffer a totul loss. Whatever may bo our re- pugnance to any intercourse or dealings with them, we do not see that it is either judicious or expedicnt thus to rejact their money in payment of goods, which we pre- BI they will seize and take off without compensation, refuse to receive it. The State of Finances in New Orleans. LATEST MONETARY REVORT. Orvice Naw ORLEANS TRUE Datta, Naw ORieans, May 17, 1862. The past week has been marked vy increasing activity in the stuck market, aud by the promulgation of an im- portant order by the Commanding General of the fedoral forces for this military department, touching the cur- rency of the city. Sales of bank and miscellaneous stocks tranepired dajiy at fabulous figures, and opera- tions in this class of Securities were restricted only by tho limited character of the supply; but particulars of most private negotiations were, as heretuiore, scrupu- lously suppressed for the time, though transactions at public auction were on a satficiently extensive scale to indicate the ruling prices of the market. ‘There was nothing done in bonds from the opening to the close of the week, aud there were no offerings of any class upon the market, go far as we have thus far boon abie to ascertain. General Butler’s order on the currency ques- tion prohibits the city of New Orleans and the banks thereof from exchanging their notes, bills or obligations for Contederate notes, bills or bonds, and from issuing any bills, notes or obligations payable in Confederate notos, And it further ordains that on the 27th inst. all circulation of or trade in Confederate notes and bills will cease within this military department, and all sales or transfers of property made on or after that date, in con- sideration of such notes or bills, will be void, and the property confiscated to the United States. The order of which the above is the substance was first published this morning, and ¢ has already caused almost a panic among the holders of Confederate securities. Treasury notes have deen sold to-day at a heavy sacrifice, and those possessed of no other currency will doubtless be compelled to accept for them just whatever speculators may wish to offer. At the same time it is wholly unknown what currency Gen. Butler designs substituting for them, though it is freely vonjectured that it will be United states Treasury notes. Should this opinion prove correct. much suffering must arise from the absence of small change, as the numerous shinplasters which for several mouths’ past have been freely used to meet all the requiremenis of trade for fractional parts of a dollar axd sums under five dollars, have been almost .exclusively based upon Confederate currency, and the suppression of the latter must neces- sarily rendor the former valu and thorefore useless to th We presume it is only necessary to re- spectfully invite General Butler’s attention to the ca- Jamities likely to arise from the transition in the curren- cy, and tyat he will be able to devise some pian to shield the thousands of deserving poor in our city from the inevitable losses which would arise from a suspension of the small note circulation till a substitute be in readiness to meet the demands for provisions and other indispen- sable necessaries. Operations of every kind have continned ata stand in the outside money market since the date of our inst weekly review, and the bank movement has been re- stricted, as heretofore, to the payment of depositors’ checks and the liquidation or renewal of maturing obli- gations. Transactions in specie progressed as for some weeks past, but ratesfor it in exchange fer Coysede- rate notes and for bank and city bills have st&dily advanced. Offerings of excharge have been Simited to a smail amount of sterling bills, but no sales have beeu Teported up to the close of the week. Receipts of uncur- rent bank notes have been, if anything, still lighter than heretofore, and negotiatious were of too restricted a cha- racter throughout to establish reliable quotations. [From the True Delta of May 19.} THE CURRENCY PROCLAMATION. ‘We have not had the requisite leisure to reflect fully over the proclamation of Major Geveral Butler in rela- tion to the currency, but sofaras the bauks are con- cerned we can porceive no objection to their substitution of their own paper in payment of deposites in every case, up to the present time. The presidentsand direci- ors of those institutions are too honorable and patriotic to dishonor the currency they were so anxious to intro- duce to the public, and we are sure they will cheerfully aid in facilitating a change of currency which cavnot be otherwise than distressing to many members of the community. Weare not among those who doubt the Patriotism or disinterestedness of banking institutions, HE ‘SOLID’? MEN OF THE CRESCENT CITY PROVID- ING A CURRENCY. (From the New Orleans Bulletin, May 20.) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, The undersigned parties having complied witn the re- solution of tne Common Council, 6,027, and placed their securities in tho Lands of the Treasurer, the public are hereby informed that the issue of small notes of said parties will bo redeemed at the City Treasurer’s office, commencing on Wednesday, 2ist inst. The Treasurer would i omypond request parties having cousiderable sums of these small notes, and the means of holding them for a few days, to do so; under the assurance that they will be redeemed as carly as possible, and by this means give a chance to the poor people who have them in smal! amounts, and require it for thoir daily sustenance, to be relieved first. He also assures morchants and others that they may take them for their merchandise in safety, as the parties have lodgdd abund- ant security for their redemption, and bound themselves to make no further issue:—Thos. C. Payan & Co., D. H. Holmes, Joseph Santini, B. Miller & Co., William Wil- liams, Dan, Kdwards & Son, Adam Wagner, G, H. W. Tahde, Beals & Miller, Holtzel & Zoelly, Cresap & MeMil- lon, J.& J.C. Davidson, C. W. Cammack, Metz & F. Hacker, Haggerty Brothers, James Cosgrove, H. E. Law- rence on P. Cazenave, Henderson & Gaines, Geo. W. Gre- gor & Co. ADAM GIFFEN, City Treasurer, THE EFFECT OF GENERAL BUTLER’S ORDER NO. 29 ON THE CITY TREASURY AND THE BANKING INSTI TUTIONS. [From the New Orleans Butletin of May 20.} NOTICR. TreascRen's Dersntwent, New Onimans, May 19,1862 To al! collecting agents for the city, such es the City Attorney, Assistant City Attorney, Reoorders, Pound Keepers,’ Jail, Prison, Workhouse, insaue Asylum and Houses of Refuge Keepers, you are hereby notified to settle up your accounts with the city by Monday, the 26th, as after that time no confederate money cun be received from them. ADAM GRIFFEN, City Treasurer. Baxkine Hover oF Jvpsox & Co., Naw Ontrans, Mry 19, 1862, All parties Raving deposits of Confederate notes with us are hereby notified to withdraw thei prior to the 27th inst. Such balances as may not be withdrawn will be considered at tho risk of the owners, and held subject to their order. SUDSON & 00., Corner of Camp and Canal streets, Bayaixa Hovse or Saw’t Sante & a} his New Onsans, May 19, 1862. All persens having deposited Confoderate notes in banking house are notified to withdraw them before the 27th inst. Such balances as may not then be withdrawn will be considered at the risk of the owners. SAM’L SMITH & CO. New Ontaaxs Cana, axp Baxxina Company, Naw Origans, May 20, 1862. Parties having d its of Confederate notes in this bank are hereby notii to withdraw the same ‘ous prev’ to the 27th inst. Al! balances resulting from such de- Posits as sha!l not then have been withdrawn will bens ‘the risk of said parties. By order of the Board. A. H. KERNION, Cashier, Bayx ov Amen New Omaans, He 19, 1802, } All persons having deposits of Confederate notes Pon er to eae them by the 26th ins: a8 may not be t withd: ‘be con- sidered at the risk of the owners. ny C. CAVAROC, Cashier pro tem. Lovisiana State at New Onvnans, May 17, 1862, Parties having deposited Confederate notes with this bank are requested to withdraw the same before the 27th inst. , as all dealing in them thereafter is prohibited. Ail balances of said deposits not withdrawn will be at the risk of the depositors, By order. L. BERNARD, Cashior. Mercusts’ Barn, New Ontgays, May 19, 1862. } This bank is prepared to pay balanocs in Confederate ‘Hotes, which must be drawn flefore the 27th inst, WM. 8. MOUNT, Cashier. Uston Bask ov Lovmsiasa, som exon tice tnia U fot ‘onto. jeposits nfederate Notes ¥ en ngs aro noilted to Mipepbd then five to the inet, Such balance as may not be withdra’ will be coneldefed as at the rish of ths owners, es GO. A. FRERET, Cashier. Bark or Lovurstana, New Onumaxs, May 17, 1862 } Alt porsens having daposite of Conroderate Notes in this Bank are notified to withirew them by the 26th inatant. Such balances as may not be then withdrawn will be considered as at the risk of the owners, AUG, MONTREUIL, Cashier. Bravon Lovisvana State Maxx, 2p my, Naw 01 RANG, May 17, 1952, } Parties having deposited © orate no ow with this ‘daok are requested to withitravw the same before the @7th inst.,as all dealings in them thereafter is prohibited. All ba'ances of the said deposits not withdrawn will be at the risk of the depositors. By order, R. J. PALFREY, Cashier. SMALL NOTE EXcITEMENT. tho New Orleans True Delta, May 17.) The stnall note excitement sii!! prevails, but not to sos great an extent as heretofore, Still we noticed quite » crowd in and around the City Hail, all auxious to gain admission to the treasurer's ollice, where the mach tod small notes are supposed to exist in great nndance. A great many ace turned away with, ome too late, They've stopped giving out So far as men are concerned, we do nut com- .ain of this disappointment, but it certainly is hard on jadiés who haye no one to send daily to watch jor ap ‘opportunity to get small notes. Provisioning the City. A SUPPLY OF BEEF SECURED. (From the New Orleans Bulletin of May a Woe are gratified to learn that the agent of the Commit- tee of Subsistence has suceeded im inducing the drovers and cattle dealors at New Iberiato transmit their live stock to this city, if no unforeseen impediment should be presented. Up to last Monday, seven hundred head had been sent forward, and it was then expectrd that two hundred would come on daily. When some arrangoments. are completed, which are now pending, this amount will be doubled, In fact, it is anticipated that our market will be fully stocked, and rul mencement of the past cattle were at New Iboria, awaiting shipment. ments are also pending for an ample supply of eggs. PROVISIONS’ ARRIVING—THB RIVERS PALLING. the New Orieans Picayune, May 17. We learn from a gentleman of this city, who arrived here yosterday from the West, with provisions, (hogs from Arkansas, and beoves from Texas), and who hap lately traversed a large portion of Arkansas, Texas and the Western part of thisState, that tho rivers west of the Mississippi, had fallen ten teot, and were stil! falling: ‘The Mississippi he represents as boing at about a si ‘From the New Orleans Delta, May 16.) Another steamboat arrived at our wharf yesterday, bringing a large amount of provisions—flour, corn, live cattle and salt meats, There are other boats expected, and the prospects of a geod supply of provisions are quite encouraging. The markets bogin already to exhibit quite an improvement upon their bare, destitute aspect for some days past. jupply of fish, especially, is on- couraging. If our people would determine to imitate the conduct of the most prudent and judicious of our old rest- denis, and confine themselves chiefly to fish diet, they would not only have better health, but woutd soon re- duce the prices of meats to more reasonable rates. FEEDING THE POOR, [From the N. 0. Picayune, May 17.) One thousand seven hundred and twenty-vight fami- lies were supplied at the Free Market yesterday with the following provisious:— Ten builocks, 238 bushels corn m 13 bbls. rice, 2,200 loaves of bread, 18 bbis, molasses, 2 bbls. mackerel, 1 box codfish, 800 cabbages, 900 bunches leeks, 1 bbl. panel 3 sacks salt, 1 bbl. vinegar and 1,100 bunches onions, NUMAN BLOCKADE. (From the New Orleans ‘True Delta, May 18.] New Levee street was completely blockaded yesterday in front of Mr. Bozant’s inspection store, with men, wo- men and children. though the females were largely im the majority. They were a!l anxious to get _a portion of the coufoderate beef seized and distributed by federal authority. First we hada bread excitement, then one about meat, both of which will now subside fora time, and that in reference to the currency will soon be played out. What new excitement will next be got up is the question, for excitement we must have. [From the New Orleans Picayune, May 14) NOTIOB. ‘The Committee on Subsistence, appointed by the Com» mon Council, have the pleasure of announcing to the good poople of New Orleans that a boat load of 1,850 barrela of flour has been received from Mobile (part of 9,500 barrels purchased in Virginia and AjJabama), which wil be furnished to bakers, to be exclusively used in m: bread, for sale at the essize rates fixed vee the mayor, ‘That a contract for 15,000 head of cattle was made om the 2d of April last, deliverable here between the lst of May and ist of January noxt. ‘hat steamboat loads of bacon, corn, flour, wheat, &., are hourly expected from Red river. These several supplies of wholesome quality and com- paratively cheap will bo stored at convenient points im the city, and will bo gold at cost price for Confederate, State, city and corporation notes, They will be sold in small quantities at a time te butchers, bakers and family grocers, who, in retailing the samo, will be required to accept payment in the same currency accepted of them by the Subsistence Commit- tee. Further notice will bo sub gee early day, of the time and places when and where the supplies can be ob- tained. WM. FRERET, Coairman. The Burning of Cotton. LETTER FROM JACOB BARKER—HE EXPOSES THE TREA- SON OF THE SHCESSION MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS oF 1860. [From' the New Orleans Truo Delta, May 18.) ‘To Tag Evrrors or Tae New Oxinane Dairy Tros Deuras— At th ‘ticular request of sevoral of my fellow citi- zens who are interested in the question of cotton, I have to request that zn publish the article, ‘Don’t give up the Ship,” which appeared in the ne of the 234 December, 1860, together with my opinion on the question of destroying the cotton, Thad supposed that King Cotton had been dethroned of its vaunted influence with foreign nations, on the blocke ade question—it having, nccording to the report of the Hon, Mr. Yancey on his return from Europe, proved value less. It therefore becomes a question of property. A great objection to presenting the cott-n question im an imposing light is the motive it induces for extraordi- nary exertions to procure the article from other quar- oes thus permanently injuring those who cultivate ore. It is believed that the soil and climate of Australia are favorable to its culture, so important to Great Britain. that she went to war with China to populate Australia with millions of her people, to cultivate cotton; and after expending countless millions, and sacrificing lives with- out number, terminated a veryexpensive war withouta ped word beiug said in the treaty of peace favorable to her interest, except that the emigration of the coolies should not be restricted. Those who advocate the destruction of cotton say— ‘Better destroy it. than allow the enemy to have it? However true this might be if they intended to confiscace tt— which is not the case—the aseus cannot be sustained, inasmuch as they, from the first, respected all they found om land; and Major Genoral But'er_ assured the bank presi- dents, with wh-m he had @ meting last Monday, that coticm had nat been taken at any place without payment therefor, and that he shovid not hyd respect cot.on and sugar in the hands of the planter and.his factor, but, whenever required, would send a quard to protect it against the mob. Cotton is not, like corn, an article of necessity to Eng- land or to any other Power: Wool, flax. hemp and furs, although far more expensive, aro all-sufficient for every other purpose than employment of millions of their subjects; and to hem ged them in digging canals and then filling them up, would not cost half as much money as @ ‘war with the United States. Another important consideration may be found in the fact, that if cotton should be admitted by crewned heads to be an omnipotent power, it might on another occasion be effectually arrayed against crowned heads, all of whom seem Sooer hap es Sovune ai aioe anal that the grow- wg poor om $0 dreaded may be broken to pieces, Gras much exhausted as tbe harms, : burning If the cotton question could influence them. the last crop and refusing to raise another would be con- sidered a hostile act loveled at them, and he who expecta to coerce Great Britain into a friendly intervention by open hostile proceedings knows littie of the character of that proud nation. Such of our banks as have parted with their gold and silver have todepend on their portfolio to meot their bank notes, pay their depositors and dividends. If the planters destroy their crops they cannot pay their debts, and will finally be relieved bya bankrupt law. Thus, dextroying thew crops becomes a war against the banks, the billholders, the deposicors, the stockholders and the factors, and all this for the single purpose of throwing the operatives in the factories of the world out of employ—s result too remote to havejany beneficial effect on the operations of the war. T would ask how the planters who destroy their crops are to procure food and clothing for their slaves, and how the retired men, the widows and the ininors, whose all is inveated in bank stock, thus cut off from dividends, are to be supported? And’finally I would ask how are we to get a sound currency if the banks are to be thus ruined? Tho Common Council are endeavoring to afford relief against the shinplaster currency, which relief must of necessity be temporary, as for all thoir issues they ges only Confederate securities, leading to heavy taxation to pay the notes they issue; independent of which the pro- ty holders are already taxed as much as they can bear. us, burning our ty hen be likened unto the act of la man out both his eyes in the\vain hope of injuring only one of his enemy's eyes. Circumstaneed as we are it has become necessary thas all should rotura to their accustomed occupations. Our famiites must be fed and clothed. We cannot expect any change 1n our rulers during th » and if our brave. soldiers, who have fought as men never before fought, do not win for us a satisfactory peace, we must fall Yack on the ballot boz, the sure paladium of’ nary; consequently, could not hav: blockaded our ports; we Hilical friends at the ‘North, they haw. Diya F ‘in both Eager gd ws in our own , was thrown away vy ‘he resignation of our members of Congress. Y Come what will, the constHution should be so amended. as to allow tho Poupio to vole directly for tho Prosident: ry majority should be required to entitie a candidate to the office. This alieration made, att will be safe. Your obe- diont servant, JACOB BARKER. May 16, 1861. 8 ARTICLE THAT LED TO THE SUPPRESSION OP THE NEWSPAPERS DELTA AND BEE, {From the New Orleans Bee, May 16.) of Bui peat to havo great The nations rope appoar ve misunder- stood the policy of the Southern States with respect ta cotton, For several months iho improssion prevaned tt mont at Richmond had prohibited the exportation of the staple; and this error, which the Northern press had aidod in disseminating, was gencrally belisvod in Europe—much procious time being lost in'in- quiring into the real state of the case. During the carly period of the blockade European capitalists might have ined in most of the cotton ports. without runing vory groat risks, & considerable quantity of tho procioug juct, fered the favorable period to elapse. The poople of Europe committed the same blundor as those of the South. @n neither sido of the ocean was ¢ imagined that the war would last long, or that the biockade would be maintained for inany montha, and the consequences In ingianoes ere to ba soon, ‘We aro all familiar with recent events, he North pursuing her projects of conquest witha reerernnce end an energy of which few had believed Nor capab iner-eved her maritin@ stro.gth with raarvelious ray Gity, aud has nuw cucceeded in “aking posscssins o @ ae