The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1862, Page 2

both he and Myers desigued arraying themselves on the Gummnar- Priced bureau. bedste You come over, # Blgads, coven do) dollars each: tables ble, int en i you th @ meworsn Secession se nial tlag—that is, © We must have troubse. Hayward was very angry cote bureaus, si ves nine dollars; extension te tI did not take him behind, He t Marian and Kiss John tor Vill see Dr. Elliott this day, Sent m Walker by Captaia Hopicins that you wo: meat with bin. I write also to w neral, fa age to Captain 2 leave on Sunday alte a We expect you, MYERS. os Army, East Pascagoula, Miss. is the order from the headquarters of the United States Army assigning Gen. Twiggs to the com- maad in Texas:— SPRCIAL ORDRK—NO, E83, Heapgvanruns or The Ansty, New York, Nov, 7, 1360. 4 ity, Drevet Major'Gencral David out delay, to San Antonio, and Departunent of Texas. By command of Lieutenant General Scott. L. THOMAS, Assistant Adjutant General. Ma, or Goosen D. B. Twrees, United States Army, New rieans, Lis. Tae totiowmg letters are principally valuable for show” ing the treason of Twiggs amd Myers. Myers’ animad” versions on the people of the North will hardty excite acy great amount of chagrin, nor will General McClellan ‘be likely to feel particularly honored by the endorse- mont of the traitor Myers. His denunciation of General Harney {8 the handsomest compliment that could be paid him from a rebel source:— Mowrcomzry, May 1f, 1361. Gsxenat—Yours of the 2th inst, 4s just recelved. Iam to come {0 the Louse. Enclosed . happy to hear that you are all well, ‘The reason for station- fog troops back from the coast was for water, shade nd in- airnction, A company decached from the camp would guard the place you allude to, and im the same manner us you pi ro pose. Hoxvever, tt im done, as everything is ax cult to adopt as if we were iu protonnd peace, and mot the bezinning of active war. Arnis are provided to volunteers by she State, I will'see General Mc and ask him to get arms for the Pascagoula ©. You ask me why the staff is not filled up. I can't say, except that Davis don’t want me as Quartermaster General. Washington's Assistant Adjutant General, Withers is here tn General Cooper's ikely that anything will be and dif » adopt eopi of Joined Lincoln im his crusade aguinst the South. Major \oyd Beall says Harney told bin: the most bareiaced lies. ident Is .oing to Richmond im about a week. We set, Tmeaa the executive de- North is getting round us, and Virginia. We shail have some Jobaston, just made Gene- t's Ferry. ‘Every man now ar. Tam/atraid we are draw- band Southwest. Mr, Cou sicned to duty, Tell ¥ uch, and Lily and.Jonn. e them my love. Yours, A C. MYEKs. ’ Lore long. ral, siarted last night for Har, ds anxioy r y, Gixmnat Twiccs, East Pascagoula. ‘EMENT OF GEN. M’CLELLAN. CONFEDERATE STATES OF Amrnica, QuaaTeRMasteR GENERAL'S DerartMEnt, ‘Mowtcosrny, May 2 1561. § Mr. Davis sent for me yesterday and asked me ere, Tsaid at Pascazorsla. He thought you were at New ns, but coatinued, will General Twiggs accept the commari of the forces at New Orleans and adjacent country? Irepiied, I think he will, and observed that you had tele rap: to that ettect. I then asked what would he supposed you would not longer than'the preseut war, you would be giered the appo.niment of provisional gen?ial, and as you had declined (he appointment o: general in the regular army ‘on account of not being able totake the field. he could not tender you the sane appotntment again, as he requires the smart. active men; but did not wish you to misunderstand Lis effering you the place of provisional general. I hope you will accept, tor you will have the same command asi! you were licutéoant general. It cannot be higher. I told Mr. Davis you ought to have e siaff ollicer, aud suggested your getting Captain Wasbingion. I distinctly understood That you would be appointed. I now trast that your health wail allow of your a.cending to the important dulles of the defence of New Orleans, the lak» shore and the inlanis on the coast berween Mobile aud New Orleans, Heury May is Out for Congress. to run against Winter Davia," ho Davis willLea him. He is, I think, « degraded ian. the rest of the North, be thinks the strength is toere, and coward y hope ito subjugatewth name age. I vever knew & Northern man lautry. They pretemd to be gallant to women to cov low designs ‘at producing infamy and rein. J till iny remark Wont Northen men to exvept McClellan brave, noble suidier, und will be ovr most formidable e my on tattir.” He eanmandas in Ohio, and w lt make the attack om ‘Western Virgimta, if it i i will reach you i'N Ing love to ML General D. Moxtsousnr, May 26, 1561. Tleave to-morrow {or Richmond, wher- yor ut. Magee will apply to be allowed 10 _ you can’t du. better than keep him ‘Washington is on duty in Texas. Barton, clerk of D.C. tat home, becuuse he has been a; He will never Le trusted inthe North. Mrs. McLean, it is said, kept him by her advice in the United States Army unt {t e found ‘was too lat for him to get out. In the meantime out that ber husband might get -ome good piace i federate army. Came to Mon‘gomery, for tat woman Blake has become de: Who will youleave at Pascagoula? Was place, dic you select for a resivencet Col. Lay bas been ap- inted in the Subsisience Depa hear that Texas has made a 8. We shail need 4: all, rtment, with rank of Major. most abundant crop of ali Get Dr. Elliott to write me > knows of a good Jack forsale. I think our stock safe from ali but Indians, Mr. Davis is very unwell; he was to leave befure thix, but 1s not able. *°* * Yor urs, truly, ‘A. C. MYBRS. Gen. Twiccs, New Orieans, Crry Hore, New Oxceaxs, Jaly 31, 1861. My Dram Guwsnat—Three gentlemen, Messrs. Snyder, Potter and Bilis eu ‘ae @ committee of comminication from General Vun Dorn for tire Department at Richmond, asking (or heavy guna for that piace, and, hoping to receive im- portant advice or information from yourself, request an in- terview with you after tea this eveaing, They resre! 3 Itai so unseasonable an hour, but thay desire to | the morn ng train. Iam also'on my way to Ricumond, in connection With tie call ou Texas, aud will be glad to aceom- pany the gentlemen and pay my respects. With high re. MeLEOD. ri Y To Majcr General Twrocs, C. 8, A., Commanding Depar:- ment ‘TELEGRAM FROM COLONEL MYBRS TO GEYBRAL TWIGGS. Ricumoxp, August 12, 1861. Gawreas.D, Twiacs—I am not coming to New You must judge about the retention of the property ip P. Hands. A. Oe YERS, Quartermaster General. A REPORTER IN TROUULE. An important arrest was made last Saturday G Batler having received information that Wm, J. Delano, ‘one of the local reporters of the New Orleans Be, was, ‘ap to March, 1861, a cierk in the Cousus Department at Washington, and that previous to the {mauguration of Presideot Lincoin be had been ® member of an associa. tion in Washington, of which Wigfsit and other promi- ment secessionists wore alco meinbers, and tne ob) if ‘The vessel lay at the pier in Algiers, and at half-past two from the dock and fired. Ritchie jumped aboard and ran to the signa! house, where he knew the flags had been stowed, seized the two flags and brought them off. To-day he brought them to Gen. Butler and meade affidavit to the above facts. The Gene- Tal is goimg to eend them asa present to Gen. Dix—as deli- cate and haadsome a compliment from one gallant officer to another as could be devised. Ritchie, who isafrank, intelligent and manly young fellow, goes North on an army prize vessel,and carries letters to Washington from Gen. Butler that ought to secure him a good posi- sire It teatlly my admiration by sending vou the identical fag of the Fe that ord hoisted y remaining true to his adopted country, when so many of her sons proved recreant, went on board the McCielland when she was being burned by the confederates, and brough: off the flags. His adidavit which acoompanies this will give the details of the facts. to retain the flags, which conld not be in lieve me, General, most truly yours, the banking house of Samue! Sinith & Co., a commission , consisting of Gen. Shepley, military commandant; W. R, Mercer, President of the Bank of Louisiana; Thomas J. Durant, prominent lawyer and citizen, Haggerty, of the division staff, as recorder, had been ordered by Gen. Butler to examine into the matter of bis seizure of $50,000 in specie, and other property, at Samuel Smith & Co.’s,at the same time of the seizure at the Consulate of the Netherlands, and to decide whether there was sufficient evidence of Smith & Co. having aided and comforted the enemy to contiaue to hold the money and other property tor adjudication by the department at Washington. The commission held four protracted sittings, examinod the books of the firm, & vast ainount of documentary testimony, and a num- ber of witaesses, and finally made the following report, which will be acted upon:— consisting of adinitted tacts, adidavita, books ofS. Smith a Co, of & commercial character, and documents; has also lis- tened to full arguments on each sige of the catise, and hav- ing macurely deliberated on the whole case reached the tollowing conelustons ;— First—The admitted facts that Smith & Co. concested fifty thousand doliars in gold coin av the time the United States iurces, and on being samé at first strenuously dented boti existence—fact that have not been iu any way explained’ by Smith & Co. in the trial, tend to raise a vi that these $50,000 Guirct, Confederate ‘sumption is by no means weakened by the singular obscuri- ty im which Smith # Co. have left the affair of the other sum or $00, Howitt, Norton & ‘Co.'s check on the Canal Bank, for Co, sown funda. In addition to this, com pO the whole of the testimony ou Smith eons presumpuion that the $5,000 lot of gold seized frum the mint, and if {t stood uncontradicted the Commis. sion would feel bound to dreiare Tar holding it as being the ~« i han. before it on the other Stiording the Commission nation, and these wikness-4 swear positive the kegs 6 gold promised to Guirot wer actually taken away Gulbot's Agent from Scaith « Co.'s banking house. ‘This pos tive testimony the Counmission feels bound to regard ua out weighing the suspicious circumstan identity, and, therefore, devermiues cause tO believe that the specie and prope: the United States in the banking house of Sam. Smith par Hee! questivns of the identity of the gold seized, and that destined jor Guirot in exchange for the silver be sent from the mint the Commi: “the said spec way to ald the Confederate concealing any property of the Confederate Suates,”” Comunixsion now proceeds to 1! said Smith « Co. have Tebeliion aa ought to specie and other proper in Washingtor mony of Rathbone, President of the New Ori Bauking Company, that Samuel Smich had informed him, on or about the 2ist of April, that inasmuch as the Dank was drained of sliver coln and needed a large amount to pay can prove ty have belonged to @ band of guerillas, and to level their property t the ground, If General Butler ean convict anyone of beimg@member of these bands of outcasts he will execute justice upon the wretch as ewift and terrible as the lightutng from heaves. 4t Keunerville, a few miles above Carrollton, our pickets have been fired upon by the guerillas. All this bas got to bo stopped, or the regions of coun- try where it occurs will be laid waste and left as barren ag & desert, RROOVERY OF A VALUABLE FLAG. Goneral Butler has obtained two flags that are almost ag intimately associated with the history of the rebellion ap is the torn and ragged ensign taken.from the walls of Kert Sumter. I allude to the United States revenue flag op board the cutter Mo@lelland, and tho secossion fieg which succeoded it when that steamer was taken Possession of by tho rebel authorities here. This re- venue flag is the identical one that General Dix, when in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet, sent hia famous order about, “If any man attempts to baul down the American flag shoot him on the spot.’’ It was recovered from the cut_ ter McClelland by # young Scotchman named David Ritchie, under the following circumstances:—Ritchie was a seaman on board the McClelland from the time she was put in commission until after her arrival at thia port. He has since been living in Al- giers, and on the night of the 24th of April, when it was known here that the fleet bad passed the ferts, he learned that the rebels were going to burn the McCleiland. Hoe remarked to « friend that he ‘was bound to have the old fag and the secession one on the morning of the 25th of April she was dropped of Just before she left the wharf tion in the revenue or naval service. The following letter to Gen. Dix will accompany the flags:— Hrapqvanrers, Derartuxnt oF tux Guur, ‘New Orieays, June 26,1 My Drar Gexerat—When I read your decisive and patri- otic order, aa Secretary of Treasury, to “hoot on the spot masoever should aitempt to haui down the American my heart bounded with joy. It was the first bold in favor of the Union, under the past administration. ves me therefore redoubled pleasiire more directly to nue cutter McClelland which was the subject of togetier with the Confederate flag which was raitor hands in its place. ‘David Ritchie, a young Scotch sailor on board that boat, I dovbt not the Secretary of the Treasury will permit you iter hands, “Be- BENJ. F. BUTLER. Major Genera! Jouw A. Dix. ‘THE LATB SEIZURES OF SPECI®. Imentioned in arecent letter that at the request of 4 Captain Rxrort. The Commission has heard the evidence on both of the ap, of uestioned as to the its concealment and jent presumption ‘be the same which were sent by A. J. reasurer, from the mint; wnd this pre- in gold, winch apparently was made up by 700, od the, remainder by payment trum smith & ¢ weatlmony of Staud, that of Colville Bell, brings the two s—if two there we: the ‘two keas of specie upon the same day, or powsibly on two consecutive days, and & Co.'s side, su far, with the United States isthe sum that Guirot sentailver for at there Was good grouud tho Commiesiva has ve testimony of Esnard : allowed to goin without veut of a viva vove exami- y ich tend to show there is no reasonable rly seized b; the property ot the Cunft nt or office thereof.” ing come to this concluston from the evidence w ederaie Staies or of any de- the saion hus heard no evidence going to show that e and other property have becn used in any tates, or any ollicers thereof, ta Having thus cisposed of ‘the, rst and sccond points, the y for hearing before the Department It was in evidence before the Commission, by the testi- leans Caval and NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1862. thete ue thing to Bh be @ chivalrous himself in heir conspiracy. Bel rt of josa, be bad communicated this to Decoing, be re- plied “No."” Being asked if he knew the place where the ireiors aseouibied, he said he did mat Know. ‘but their meetings were on St. Peter's strect, on the Congo square, or im the same si on, Jackson, iq he Lieutenant having properly Wiatributed his pdlice t the conspire tors, they dis‘Ominued= untt! some time. The; se- cused said he had to explain hivuself more minutely tor the reasons which induees dary es to arrest ThE accuses (binks tha: Marquez, being dissattstied- with the answer he had given fo the jnos wing, wan: indicaie himselt, and seized the. nity one ni the agoused was under the influence of Hquor, to ‘ave ‘him arrested; that jarquez passed on one side, and @ night policeman on the the other, whou he supposed to be a Union man, and whom he ied to be Goncales eens “Long live Boure- meen was 4, Whe told Lin he recelted an order to arrest hea gud wih wi done. Bre actined was then taken to the’ Second dite at n. ef ACOURE: is © Mex ppl hum. if before the Provost Marshal for Grorenc othe Bug: ‘h language, but be had given cogni: of the same to ‘nother person, who could at some other mmunicate it to whom proper. jy This is iresaietion from the ori Ze 4 UNION BALE. On last Saturday evening a Union ball was given at the Planters’ Hotel by Madame De Bare, the proprietress, and ber husband. There was not avery large attendance, but those present appeared to enjoy themselves with a hearty-zest.. The. affair, though not ander the auspice® of the Union Association or the federal authorities, was Productive of much int Union sentiment. The agreeable hostess and her husband added greatly to the enjoyment of the eveaing by their efforts to make the bball one of genuine pleasure and happiness. Is will ke remembered that af, the timid of the seizure Of specie at the Consulate of Netl , the office of Count Mejam, the French Consul,‘was held in possession for a few hours by Genera! Butler, but upon Mejan giving bis word of honor that he bad no money in bis place that had the slightest connection with the interests of the Southern confederacy, the guard was withdrawn, Within a few days General Butler has obtained evidence that there were threo-quartera of a million of specie in the French Con- sulate, which was probably deposited there for secretion by the Citizens’ Bank just before the Union fleet arrived opposite the city. Count Mejan and M. Dupassuer were sent for to day, and Mr. Dupassuer stated that in the latter part of April M. Dunegre, President of the Citizons’ Bank, asked him if he would not like to buy some specie, giving in ex- change for it the drafts of Dupassuer & Co. on Paris, Dupassuer said he would, and gave Mr. Dunegre three drafts on Paris for three-quarters of a million, at five francs in the dollar. The specie was then conveyed at daylight on Sunday previous to the passage of the forts tothe French Consulate. M. Dupassuer says his reason for removing the money at so early an hour was to pre- vont its being known by evil disposed people in the city. He and tbe Count Mejan both stated that they had never been concerned in the purchase or importation of arms, and Mejan promised to send the General a report of the case. In the meantime both gentlemen are pledged not to allow the money to be removed until the matter can be fully investigated. ‘The following order, intended to prevent the escape of negroes om vessels bound North, was issued day before yesterday:— GENERAL ORDERS--NO. 44. HEapquamtens, DEPARTMENT OF ‘gt ia} New Ontxans, La., Juno 21, 1862. Any vessel attempting to leave this port and take away any person of color, who did not come here on board of her, ‘and hag not a pass from these headquarters, will be liable to confiscation and her master punished by imprisonment. ‘No vessel shail so leave the port until the master shall take au oath that he has not any such person on board, and will ‘ot allow any such to come on board. By command of M ajar Ge wal Commanding. Iajor General Commai R.S. Davis, Captain and A.A. A. G. New Onixans, La., June 30,1862. General Builer at Baton Rouge—Displays of Union Senti- ment on the River Banks— Arrests of ‘Secssh’’ at Baton Rouge—Van Dorn Supersedes General’ Lovell—Matters at the Louisiana Penitentiary—General Buller Tales Up His Quarters in General 2wiggs' House—Death of Lieu- tenant De Kay—The Devilish Disposition of the Rebel Females—Commeniable Conduct of @ Rebel Parson—A Rebel Female (Mrs. Phillips) Gets Deservedly Punished— A Brutal German Rebel and a “Son of Chivalry” Get Ditto—Lies of the Rebel Journals in Alabama and Mis- sissippi Relative to the Healthof New Orleans—Cotton Awaiting Transportation—Suffering Among the Poor the Crescent City—Prospects of @ Speedy Opening of the River, dc.. dc. On last Friday General Butler, accompanied by severa members of his staff and a few other gentlemen, took the Steamer MoClellan and went up to Baton Rouge. The General's object in visiting that place was to investigate personally the condition of the troops and to effect some pian by which this cursed guerilla warfare can be stopped. The trip up the river and back was broken by only one incident, and that # most agreeable oue When about forty miles up the river wo saw at the gate of s pretty cottage several young ladies holding up an Amorican flag and waving their handker- chiefs most euthusiastically. of the McClellan, the ship's ensign was dipped and the whistle blown, and the gentlemen en deck returned the bandxerchief salute of the ladies with a very profuse display of what the “ Artful Dodger” classically callea << wipes.” trip down the river yesterday. Colonel Shaffer, Chief Quartermaster, was so much delighted with the conduct of the young ladies that he declared he should send them up a handsome silk flag as a present. By order of Captain Gray, The same demonstration was repeated on our T regret that we were not near enough to the shore to obtain a good view of the young ladies’ countenances, but Iam satisfied that faces inspired by ment such as they evinced could not have been other than beautiful. Union senti- GRY. BUTLER AT BATON ROUGE. ‘We arrived at Baton Rouge on Saturday morning, and General Butler proceeded to the headquarters of the Sixth Michigan regiment, in the United Staves barracks. Ashe reached the building a major general’s salute of were’ bolimd fer Fort Jackson; ” ead)" before seoing the General, were expressing thoir sense of the fh- justice of imprisouing men who were guilty of mo offence. Thotr surprise. therefore, was not slight whon they found (themselves groeted with marked courtesy and cordiality by General Lutier, aad found that ho merely wishod to eniiss their aid and co-operation tn suppressing the forays of the gueritias and destruction of their property. He toid them Le woulé be gied if they would take the oath, but should not urge it, as he believed they would respect thoir promises ss sacredly as their oaths. They wore very strongly opposed,te taking the oath, and, I think, for ‘this roasou:—Van Dorn bes superseded Lovell, and it is understood that he intends to attack our forces'at Baton Rouge. ‘These gentlemen fear that our troops may be ‘driven from their city, and tm that case ifthey should take an oath they regard their lives and property jeopar- dized. I am satisfied that they are Union men in their hearts. General Batler assured thom of his tntention to hotd Baton Rouge at all hazards, and to put down guerilla warfare, and asked their influence in aid of those ob- jects. They ‘agsuted Bim of theirearmest desire for a speedy settlement of our troubies and their opposition to the guerillas, and pledged themselves to do all tm their power to disperse the bands of assassins that have in- feated their parish The interviow closed with the best understanding, and think the gentlomen returned to their homes with a pretty high opinion of General But- ler’s honesty of purpose. At all events they could not but have admired the mastery exposition of his policy and explanation of bis eonduct which he lsid before them. } In connection with these arrests and interviews, I’ can- not avoid speaking of the delicscy aad energy displayed by Captain Kilbourn, the new Provost Marshal. He has made himself thoroughly acquainted with the people of the elty, and while discharging his duties faithfunly, he has, by his urbanity and polite consideration, gained an enviable popularity among the citizens. He had been Acting Provost Marshal for some time previous to his appointment by General Butler. THREATENED ATTACK BY GRN. VAN DORN. While at Baton Rouge the General received copy of General Moore’s address to the people of Louisiana and General Van Dorn’s General Order No. 1. Our troops are prepared to resist an attack at any moment from Van Dorn, and with the gunboat Kineo, which lays in the stream, can hold the place against eight or ten thou. sand men, which is probably doubie or even treble the number he can bring against them. If necessary they can retire to the United States barracks, which are on a kind of peninsula, and there they will have avery strong position. The night before we arrived at the State capital Cap- tain McGee’s company of cavalry went out on a recon” noissance, but had not returned when we left. Van Dorn’s forces are probably still at Jackson, Mississippi, and I learn from a gentleman who was there eight davs ago that they did not number over two or three thou sand men, though he says that every man and boy is arming for the fight. Among other institutions which General Butler visited at Baton Rouge was the State Penitentiary. He has recently appointed Hon. Moses Bates, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Financial Agent and Superintendent of this establishment. The selection is an excellent one as Mr. Bates is a shrewd business manager, a practica) man and rigidly honest, and whatever goes wrong inor about the place willbe sure to come to theearsof the Commanding General. He basa bard task before him and one that is not by any means enviable, as the officers of the prison are, almost to @ man, bitter secessionists, andatafavorable moment would probably not prevent, if they did not aid, the three hundred prisoners to es cape. Avery considerable amount of valuable labor is performed in the prison. Since the 1st of June $10,000 worth of cotton domestics have been madehere. Gene- ral Butler urdered the goods to be sent to New Orleans to be sold, and also ordered all officers purchasing cotton to offer it first to Mr. Bates at the price which they paid for it. The General dismissed the Captain of the Police, who isa rank rebel aad @ dangerous man, and he will probably soon be arrested. Last Thursday a Mr. Boyle, of Baton Rouge, brought from his plantation, which lies between Baton Rouge and Bayou Sara, a quantity of sugar, to ship to New Orleans. ‘The guerillas learning of it burned the bridge which crosses @ bayou about four miles from Baton Rouge, to prevent any more sugar from going forward. At twelve o’clock Sunday noon we started on our re- turn for New Orleans, where wo arrived at nine that night. Owing to our having returned sooner than we expected there was no carriage waiting, and the General walked across the levee, and through ill conditioned streots, attended by a few officers, as safely as he could have done in New York or Boston. Among the prisoner’ whom we brought down was theold man Roberts, who shot Col. McMillar. He is upwards of seventy years of age, and is @ very determined character. The General hardly knows what to do with him. He has been tried by military commission at Baton Rouge, and found guilty of shooting Colonel McMillar, and his property has been destroyed, in accordance with General Butler’s proclamation; but as he fired to defend his house, and as bis sou was killed in the affair, jt would be rather hard to hang him. The old man claims that he killed his own son aeeidentally, while Colonel McMiliar thinks he killed him. The occurrence happened in this way: Colonel McMillar’s shot struck the young man in the tront of the neck, and just as he foll forward the old man fired at the Colonel, but the son fell right in front of the muzzle of his father’s gun, and the charge striking in the back of his head literally biew the top of his head off. The shot of either party would have killed the wretched young man. He was a guerilla. Awaitin’ the decision of the General, Roberts remains in conflue. ment, ‘This morning General Butler, with a few members of bis staff, established himself in the fime residence of General Twiggs. General Shepley, Military Command* ant, and the Assistant Military Commandant, Lieutenant ‘The woman to whom I alteded above is the well known Mrs. Philip Phillips, whe, with Drs. Groemhow, was ar” rested last summer, at Washington, for treason, and who, it will be romembered, caused her house to be iltu- minated from basement to attic on learning of the Union defeat at Bull run. Whea the funeral procession passed ker house on Charies street she, with other females, sat on the baloo- by ad laughed and jeored at the sud display, in au inten- tionally offensive mannor. Gu General Butler's return to this city from Baton Rougo, learning of the disgrave- ful proceedings the day before, he was greatly enraged, nd declared that if he had beon here he would have bombarded the church with his artillery, This morning he ordered Mrs. Phillips to be ar- rosted and brought before him. Accompanied by her husband she arrived about noon. Gen. Butler asked hor if it was true that sho bad behaved as above described; sho answered in the most flippant and contemptuous manner, ‘‘I was in good spirits that day.” That was enough for the General: he at onde issued” the following tends to sey, women actively eageged in the ropey government for the out- lay, Weare now more than ever anxious for the river to be opened, as wo learn that there are fifty transporte above Vicksburg waiting for the opening of the river, 6 that they can bring down their cargoes of provisions. By the news which we receive to-day from Vicksburg, we indulge strong bopes that that happy consummation cannot be far distant. “os New Ontaans, La. , July 1, 1862. Arrival of the Rhode Island—The New Orleans Correspom dent.of the Courrier des Elats Unis—What the Citizens Say of General Buller, ee { ‘The United States mail gunboat Rhode Ieland, Captain ‘Trenchard, from Boston on the 11th, arrived here Laat despatches from Washington to General Butler. GUNKRAL BUTLER MISREPRESENTED. |. Among other papere the Rhode Island brings @ fie of the Courrier des Etats Unis, in ove of which there is a lotter order:— A from some correspondent in this.city, The letter is Cull Haeapquanrens Daragtwent 7 , ew Phipa, wits or? ARMOR Te Boae | Of the most barefaced lies in regard to the condition. 68’ ee Er alae Getaseaah pacaistiie: ind acta at Washing: things here. It represents the people here as suffering ze pepe deane gpmengy of Del ase At § under a thraldom from General Butler's rule such aa ry er children to spit upon 0; Ui which Aat’of one ‘of thoae chil, |, Would make pegro.slarery ,by contrast, the most perfeet = ee Oe a os gato liberty, while the trath is that this community nevee g ‘of tho funeral pro- | know what genuine freedom was General Butlor ree ane ing and mockiag | Yieved them from that horrible tyranuy, the unbridled > ofby. the being » oonse of cutthroats and bravoe, It isfortunate for the Tandnggeural te tnet wary ap cabana re érdered that she be not * pinata eich e+ Alwtye Butler does Se ‘po oflcer soldier Tesbodtnd Yontae notkmow: him; for if be ibe would cAtob a umcorn ; a ficearercenfarnaientne ML ha achat | "tone ouamted tas cong fa one te tres ham withie proper limits there ill further orders, and that pate ed raat ety Frenchmen)’, from Fort Lafayette but the fact that our national authorities have been so busy the tase eighteen months that they have probably forgotten the existence of the contemptible tittle sheet that is pub- lished in Watker or Franklin atreets, iforget which. § know it is appropriately located somewhere in the shadow of the Tombs. « The following memorial, which is boing circulated through thecity, and has already received the siguatare ofathousand of the best and most respectavie citizens of New Orleans, does not look as though weil disposed people feel badly oppressed by the man who has done more for the regeneration of Now Orleans than any one ever did before. THSTIMONTAL IX HIS FAVOR. MEMORIAL, To His Exceliency Apnanam Lixcoun, President of the United States:— The undersyned, citizens of Lonistena, in behalf of them. vam, and no more, That one of the houses for hospital pul Bssigned her as quarters, and & soldier's ration each day. be, Served out to her, with the means of cooking the sume; aud that no verbal or’ written communication be allowed ‘with her exoopt through this ollce, aud tuai she be keptin close confinement until removed to Ship Island, By order of « jajor General BUTLER. B.@ Davis, Captain and A. A. A. General. HER CONDUCT BEYORR GEN. BUTLER. While General Butler was writing the above order Mra. Phillips’ conduct was remarkable, to use a mild term. She was,so cool that i found it quite refreshing to sit in her shade. Occasionally she would look at iho General as he was writing, and would break into a broad smile of amused contempt, and affect to hide it behind the fan which she swayed to and {ro as slowly and grace- fully as she had ever done in the old days when she presided in her salon at Washington. Frequently she would raise her giass to one eye and scan the objects around the office, A noticeon the door especially at” selvea and others, respectfully ) vscot this, their memo 4 ral:— tracted her attention, and afforded her particular amuse- ‘Whereas, the administration of Major Goneral B. F. But- ment. It reads thus, ‘ There is no uilerence between a | Jer, commanding the Departmen’ of « nd de Military Governor of Iaouisians, + been ta our opinion sevokod order out he and she adder, in their venom.” After she had been removed from the office she sent back @ request that she might be exiled instead of being sont to Ship Island. I have been in doubt ever since whether she intended this as a delicate satire or was sorious. If she was in earnest I think she will have no doubt about Ship Island being a place of exile before she has been there twenty-four hours. An experionce of two months and a half there, when the island was crowded with troops and resounded with the hum of busy toil, was sufficient to confound St. Helena and the Garden of Eden in my mind. Mrs. Philips is a rather fine looking woman, and was dressed very neatly in white throughout. SHOCKING BARBARITY OF THE REBELS. ‘The General has been ‘‘down among the dead men” to-day, and has caused an awful rattling among the “dry bones.” He had hardly finished with Mrs, Phillips when, by his order, a German, named Fidel Keller, was brought before him, charged with bringing the United Staves authorities into contempt and desecrating tho manes of the heroic dead, by exhibiting to tho gaze of the rude and heartless the skeloton of a human being, which he had labelled “Chickahominy,” and bad intimated that it was all that was left of a “Yankee soldier” slain at that battle. Keller claimed that he had committed the act through igno- rance, and I am inclined to think that be told the truth but the crime was so repugnant to every feeling of de cency that to save the people from degenerating into semi-barbarism it was necessary to punish the offence with no httle severity. He was therefore sentenced to two years’ hard labor at Ship Island, When this case was finished a similar one was ready. AMr. J. W. An- drews,a member of the Louisiana Club, was convicted of having worn a cross which he asserted was made from the thigh bone of a Yankee soldier. For this he was sentenced to the same penalty as Keller. The annexed orders are a good expression of General Butler’s feelings and opinions on acts so subversive of Christianity and humanity as the above:— SPECIAL ORDERS—NO. 151, Hrxabguanrens, Dirantasnt ov tax Guts, } 2 2.0, 1863. June ? Fidel Keller bas been found exhibiting a hu in his bookstore window, in @ public place, in this g ‘io letters, meaning and intend- be taken by the populace to be the bones of a United States soldier, slain in that battle, in order to bring the authority of the United States and our armies into contempt, and for that e by that the bones wete those of a Yankee soldier; whereus, in truth and fact. they were the bomes purchased some weeks before of ‘a Mexican consul, to whom they were pledged Ly @ medical student. Tt'is therefore ordered that for this desecration of the dead he be confined at Ship Island for two years at hard la+ bor, and that he be allowed to communicate with no person on the island except Mrs. Phillips, who has been sent there for & like offence. “Any written messages may be sent to him through these headquarters. ‘Upon this order being read to him, the said Keller request- ed that so much of it as associated him with that woman might be recalled, which request was therefore reduced to fing by him, as follows:— 7 — New Onzxaxs, June $0, 1862. Mr. Keller desires that that part of sentence which re- fers io the communication with Mrs, Phillips be stricken ont, eminently proper and eifeouve; | auarchy; he has soured here mob violenco and vandali 1) bore undisputed Sway; he has saved our citizens fr." tureateued starvation, and disenthraled them fro: the terrible insanity of sees sion and treason: and whereas, we ivatn that efforts are. being made to induce vour Excellency to appoint some other person as Governor of this State; Therefore, your memorialists, impelled by deep anxiety that our beloved State may speedily assume aud hereafter persistently maintain the condition of @ loyal and peucefub member of the Union, respectfully beg leave to ask that for some lime to come your Excellency will make no such aps posmiment, unless the sarue be conferred on Mazor Geneess . F. Butler. We venture to hope that, if 1 needful, your Exeeliency will clothe .him with addi powers, to complete the patriotic work which he. bas in se masterly a manuer begun, and, with such good resullé, thud far carvied on, person and p New Onveans, La., July 4, 1862. Reflections on the “Glorious Fotrth—Célebration of the Day in New Orleans—General Butler's Arrangement for Paying off the Unitad States Troop:— Brigadier Gene- ral Neat Dow Placed in Command of the Forts—Arret ofa Prominent Rebel Merchant—-Captur: of a French Bark while Altempting (0 um the Blockade—A History of the Capture and Occupation of the City in Embryo— Listof Officers Resigned, to. , dic. 1 ‘The presont anniversary of our national independence is fraught with uncommon interest to all inthis city whe Jove the old Union. A year ago to-day, while the natiow ‘was passing through the ordeal of preparation, our cause looked dark and gloomy, and men sbook their heads mournfully as they tried to peer through the dim and cloudy vista of the future; but to-day, thank God, we can look either into the future or tho past, fecling proud that we are Americans and drawing encouragoment from the entire prospect. Receiving the news. from Vicksburg that the daring, gallant Farragut has passed the dreaded batteries’ oa the bluffs at that point, and has joined Davie above the city, we have a right to regard the opening of the Mississippi as the great- est event of the age, and the practical close of the war, even though we may yet suffer some reverse. Te look back upon the past year should be a source of gratt- fication, sad as it has been in the suffering and death that have swept over the land; for, while our national prosperity has been held in an almost entire check, we have developed a moral grandeur that has placed ua upon an eminenco above all the nations of the earth. HOW THE FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED. ‘The day is being celebrated here in strictly military style, At sunrise a salute was fired by the First Maise battery, Captain Thompson, and one from the vessels ta the river, and the band of the Twenty-sixth Massactm- setts performed at theClay statue, and this afternoon the Thirteenth Connecticut regiment, Colonel Birge, wilt be presented with asaperd flag by a charming young crevle lady, Mile. Angola Snyder. General Butler end staif will be present. ‘The United States dospatch steamer McClellan, Captain Gray, leaves here to-day for New York. Among her paesengers are Col. H.C. Deming, of the Twelfth Con- necticut regiment, who goes to Washington as special bearer of dezpatches from Major General Butlor and Major E. Loeke, Paymaster United States Army. ‘Major Locke goes to Washington to procure money with which to make the July payments to our troops. When he and Major Hewitt arrived here some five weeks since, they Drought a sum of money entirely inadequate to meet the demands of the division for the March payment. Con- sidering that nearly all the regiments bave been four as he does not wisn to have comnmuntcation with the sald Mrs. Phi F. KELLER. ¥ ‘ ). WATERS. jd request seeming to the Commanding General to be able, so much of said order is revoked, and the re- der will be executed. By order of Major General BUTLER, R. 8. Davis, Captain and A. A. A. General, SPECIAL ORDKRS—NO. 132, Heapquawters, Dgrantaxyt or Tae Gory, ‘Naw ORLEANS, June 30, 1862. Jobn W. Andrews exhibited @ cross, the emblem of the which was tho assassination of Mr. Linceinon the day | its bili nolders, $50,000 in silver coin could be yy | thirteen guns was fired by Lioutenant Carruth, of the | weirsel, took possession of the next house, the former Nee xs ay f of bis mauiguration, be ordered Colonel Statisrd, Assist- | Dim trom Guirot, the Treasurer uf the Mint for 4 like sum | sixth Mansachusette battery, and the fine band of the ty of Colonel Adams, who is now in Virginia with | amen Ed cee yng wy meg ing bd me mg ree seem my. and oe them six months, and ‘ant Provost Marsbal,to arrest Delano, which he did. | wished to cbamge the silver for gold, in order that | Sixth Michigan played ‘Hail to the Chief” and other nie id dak wee pre ees nope chia $00, ‘aa a if in One regiment eight months, &@ pretty burd case. a he could more conveniently carry off, This ived by. Li * iy wt De or mmeli pe pres val- | But Gen. Butler met the emergency with bis accustomed and brought him before the General. On beingasked | cooversation with Rathbone, in the ‘cen | Sirs. The General was recei by Licutenant Colonel DRATH OF LINUT. DE Kay. ie gent are ik Yee tis hail od At corr m= by Gencral Butler if he had over taken an oath to sans: J OY yar oo a ig emieteetie ae [Catt Gemini Senin, who—owing to the resigpa- | | isutenant Geo. C. De Kay, who, tt will be remember~ cate ‘be confined at hard labor for two years on the fort 2 Ho has taken the $60,000 which he seized from Sam. sinate the President, he said he could not remem! ney, ns Miat from the reach of, tbe government or the | tion of egg ran agar ig nemocr sorgeast illness ed, was shot at Grand Gulf, Mis#., about # month since’ pri rgen Hain felans. spaues ie. shy ce eaaepe thcoae (unity leCo.'and ( x0 the payment of the cold ” sued States, and shows further . being a direc. . and applied ymei iors. So the General ordered him to Fort Jackson at hard tarot the bank, by mating with fe ene ervey atéutetalt of Colonel MoMillar, of the Twenty-first Indiana—was | 4.44 jogs Friday morning from his wounds. A brave, | these headquarters, By order of jee General BUTLER. B this he hes $50,000 in eibie labor, until further notice. In his room Colonel! Stafford found letters from the Right Rev. Major General Polk and other leaders of the rebellion, fully showing him to have been cxtenstvely engoged in furthering the eause Of secession. Guerit!la warfare bas become exceedingly fashionable 4m this neighborhood, and the outrages that these skulk- ing cowards are committing are a perfect libel on hu- manity. At the little towns across the lake, such ae Mandeville, Madisonville and Pass Christian, these das- tardly wretches are burning the property of any person that they suspect of being tinctured with Union senti. ment, and taking from the poor people the provisions they have secured for their bare subsistence. The con- ition of the people of these towns is horrible; they are ‘almost literally starving. A few days ago the steame, Creole was laying off Pass Christian, when a ama li band of these outlaws fired a volley of musketry into her from ambush and then scampered off on their horses. A SKIRMISH AT ALGIERS. Yesterday some thirty of the Eighth Vermont regi- mont, stationed at Algiers, took an engine and a ear end hort distance on the Opelousas Railroad on a reconnoissance. They nad proceeded but sfow miles when they were fired upon by « party of guerillas, and had three mon killed and eight wounded. They retureed the fire, and think they killed two or threo of the assas- ‘sing. ‘The names of the Killed were:—Corporais B. K. McClere and J. W. Saanders; private M. W. Wellman aud the Gre man of the train. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. Firat Lientenant A. 8. Franklin, shot through the beay,, arm and breast. Second Lieutenant W. H. H. Holton, shot through the (lungs. Private C, B. Ack)y. shot in the head. SUGNTLY WOUNDED. ‘Sergeant Smith, shot in the arm. orgeant Allard, shot in the body. Private Wood, shot in the shouider, Private Cook, shot in the arm. — Oaks, shot in the bocy. vate L. M. Riehardson. All the above were ef Company H, Eighth Vermont, Captain H. F. Duttom ‘The wounded were imtmediately sent to algiers, and the remainder of the company beld their position unti) aeven o’eloek last evening, when reinforcements arrived Crom Algiere, ‘The bodies of the dead were not recovered. ‘These guerillas are countenanced and imetigated by (wealthy planters in and abeut Thibadeaux, and severe! , eo em known to the military authorities. Col. fhomaa, of the Bighth Vermont, will tke six handred men and a section of Thompson's battery to-morrow and govo Thibadeaux. Hécatries orders te arrest any man prapesies Wir Whe guerilins, 0 hang any one Whom he of Gulrot, directly sided the latter in carry i of the Mint, tions of tue United States. selves bound to perform, would now beg leave most ‘and #0 assivied in thwarting the military opera- ‘Whether any or what penalty ie now or will be, by law, attached to sucn conduct the Commission does not know: ‘They think that under no circumstances can it possibly ex- ceed the amount which Guirot was assisied to carry away: ‘and, therefore, that ali apecie or other property seized, ve- yon’ the $50,000 in gold, should be released, and that with ‘rd to such surplus there is no cause fur Lurther detention, ith regard to the $5,0 in gold the Commission thinks there 1s ground ‘or cetwniion usth tue proper department at Washington can be heard from. Fj GEO. F. SHEPLEY, Military Commandant. W. N. MERUER, THOS. J. DL P. HAGGER: and A. D.C, Recorder. The undersigned having by their judgment done al! that by the strict requirements of law they felt them- respectfully to submit thas, in their opinien, as citizens and men, im consideration of the penauce Mr. 8. Smith has already undergone, it seeins proper to them to sug- gest to General Butler that in the exercise of his discre- tion be sheuld, in laying this matter before the propor department at Washingten, recommend as advisabie lenient course, looking towards @ restoration of the money im ease such action should not be inconsistent with law, or @uch other form ef recommendation as the Genera! might think proper. CONSPIRACY TO ASHAMSIVATE GEN. ROTIAE. I mentioned in # recent letter thas four men were un- der arrest for conspiring to sssaseinate Gen. Butler. ‘Their anes are Marquez, Jim Brovks, Abadie and Boul- loam, The following aifdavit of Rafael Pulgaron, a man whom they attempted to entice inte the plot, furvishes evidence of the plan and of the plotters. It is a vague and unsatisfactory statement, owing doubtless to Pulga- ron’s ignorance of the Koglish language, be General has not yot fully decided what te do with the culprite:— DEPOBITION OF RAVARL PULOARON. city uf New Orleans and on the 17th day and month {sde, before the Lieutenant of Police, Oscar Bertin joo Uuizonet, appeared Rayhael Puigaron, « native Island of Cuba, thirty Years,a citizen tite city during the last seven years. On knew why he Lic Was arrosted, anawered, he presumed it was ow account of a conversation he had witht officer Marquez, who invited biw to fort part in a consple faey the object Of which was the assassination of-General miller. On being asked whore and on What day the said larqiez communiontad this plot to him, be anawered that on Tupslay of last week Marques met him betwoen the ve- fish market, and taking bim In the June eiabie market and the Freuch y the arin be inviled him to join a company which was about to ot up with @ View to assassinate General But. ler, and that he replied he would never cease to be a uty would never debase himself to kil any, person, either big or small; that Marquez continued bis ‘entreaties, manifesting him that as ‘a4 he would bq initiated in this association he would munay apd would never be in want of one or two dol- be on horseback, armed with Southers man, bs lara every Fides, revo! were to fall on the Marques revenied to him the persons who composed the aa- 4,and at the appointed hour they eral and Kill him. Being asked if sociation, he said they were Arthur Raymond, Abadie, Jim ich he does not recollect ai p who told him in order to ro You know that l have nev undertaken onything yet without being success. [con duct ail this, so do not be afraid.” Being asked if he did not hear other pertons « 1 same Kentinents as Boullose and Marquo7, he said No.” Belug aged if he di wot ob: fain more information from the enld Marquez and Boullosa, he answered “ That Boulos, in order to keep the mane commanding the post. The General immediately sent for heads of departments,and examined into their af- fairs, and ina very short time infused his own active, energetic spirit into them. After this he visited the State House, and callod upon Colonel McMillar, who is still confined to the house, by the wounds received in the encounter of which I wrote ort time since. He in duced the Colonel to take the command of the post. Ho then appointed Adjutant C. W. Kilbourn, of the Sixth Mi- chigan, Provost Marshal, and Captain David Bacon, of the same regiment, Provost Judge. On the order of the General, Marshal Kilbourn arrested seven prominent’ citizens, who have been guilty of active treason since the occupation of Baton Rouge. They consisted of B. F. Bryan, Mayor of the city; S. Benjamin, brother of the infamous rebel Secretary of War; Mr. Hyams, who has been oditing a little rebel sheet over at West Baton Range, called the Sugar Planter; Mr. Craven, © Methodist preacher, who persists in praying for the Southern confederacy (he says he goes to his room and prays in secret; but his secrosy is so loud that he can be heard all around the neighborhood); Mr. sa- gruder, a school teacher, who threatened @ Mr. Rusgoll that if he should sell his cotton to the federals he bad better net eome back to town; Mr. Jones, akind of sutler, whe hus been going back and forth between the rebels and Unionista, and Dr. McKittrick, a dentist, who hadn't learned from his profession that the teeth could sometimes be used to groat advantage in keeping the tongue between them. These gentlemen were all brought before the General on Saturday evening and remonstrat- ed with, and urged to take the oath of allegiance, and lend their influence to the United States against the murderous guerillas. After a long conference the Geno, ral allowed them to go home and digest what he had said, snd accepted their promise to meet him the next morning and state their conclusions. The next morning they were on hand, end the two first pamed took the fol. Jowing oath: — ‘TAKING THR OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, Heapquanters, Deractwet or tae Gone, New Orceans, June 20, 186d. We do sotemnly swear, that we will bear true faith and ale legiance to te United States of America and wall auppurt he act, the constitation thereof, This ts done om . in Bacon Bi imony of t ¥ ay sort Whatever, we 8. BENJAMIN, B. F. BRYAN. ‘The othor five refused to take the oath, and were brought down to New Orleans with us, General Butler has not fully determined whether to send them to Fort Jackson or what to do with them. In the meantime General Butler has ordered Marshal Kilbourn to bring before bim a number of the citizens esenting the wealth, intelligence and influence of th® city. Thoy arrived on the boat on Sunday morning, twelve in number, aod representing seven millions of dollars, They were ali gentlemen who had taken no active part in the rebveliion, and whose desire ead interest are for peasy, They thought thoy gallant young officer, and peculiarly engaging gent! man, his death is most deeply deplored by his sumerou devoted friends, During the latter part of his illa Dr. W.T. Black, of General Shepley’s staff, one of the most skilful surgeons in the department, was detailed for special attendance on Mr. De Kay, and did everything in buman power to prolong the life of the young hero until his mother could ar. rive; but his efforts wero in vain. Mr. De Kay was also attended by @ young mulatto boy, named Nelson, who had left his master and claimed the protection of the United States army. Nelson’s devotion to the sufferer was worthy of the highest praise. He was always ready, day and night, to answer the slightest want, and watched over and tended the patient as ten- derly and faithfully as ® woman could. He ts to go North with the remsins, and will never return here un” less as a free man. He carries letters to several promi- nent citizens of New York, and any one who can assist him to obtain employment may feel sure that they ar® helping @ worthy and intelligent maa. ‘The funeral, which took place on Saturday evening» resulted in a scene so shocking that it is dificult tobe lieve that it occurred in the nineteenth century, among a people who profess to be not only civilized, but Christian® ized. As the cortege moved through the streets, women’ in the garb of Indies, flaunted secession badges, and mocked and jeered at the poer dead body of a brave boy, who, im life, would have scorned to treat even his enemy with dishonor, At Christ church, where the services were held, the front pews, the aisles and the Gallery were filled with a rabble of nogroes, rowdies and ragged boys, the women showing secession badges freely: A FEMALE REUEL BANIFHED, One of the women who scoffed at the remains (and a ‘woman who bas already figured offensively in this rebel” lion) bas suffered severely for her base contumely, as T shall relate shortly. It is due to the rector of Christchurch to explain his position in this matter. Rey. Mr. Leacock, the rector, although @ warm secessionist, is a Christian and a gentle- man, and, when asked for the use of his church, thanked Captain Clark (who was making the arrangements for the funeral) for the epportunity he had given him to show that, although he was an enemy to the North in this war, yet, as a Christian, be could make no difference between a federal and a confederate officer, and asked the privilege of conducting the services. His offer was grate- fully accepted; but, owing to a matter about which there js @ little mystery, he afterwards requested that Mr. Chubbuck, chaplain of tho Thirty-firgt Massachusetts should officiate, if In church yesterday Mr. Leacock preached from tho toxt “Be ye courteous,’’ and took occasion to administer fa severe and merited rebuke to the spirit that had brought such terrible disgrace upon the house of God the day before R, 8, Davis, Captain and A. ee Gene ‘Tae HEALTH OF THE CITY. ‘The Southern papers which we occasionally get, par- ticularly those from Alabama and Mississippi, teem with the most outrageous falsehoods in regard to the health of this city. They do not hesitate to assort that yellow fever prevails here to an extent almost epidemic, and that the mortality is very great. For the sake of the numerous friends in the North of the large body of sol- diers here, I feel it my duty to contradict this lying statement flatly. There bas not been acase of yellow fever here this summer, and the fine, dry atmosphere which has prevailed fup to tne present time leads the closest observers among old residents to believe that, if that dreaded disease makes its appearance at all, it will be late in the season. Every indication thus far has been’ against the probability of the city being visited this year by this plague of the South. A healthier sea- son than the present one was probably never knowy in New Orleans, and I trust that those who indulge the un- christian hope that the scenes of 1863 may be re-enacted this summer will be bitterly disappointed. The weather is now becoming intensely and steadily hot; but, with cantion, I hope that sickness and death may not find a larger nomber of victims than is usual in the three months succeeding June. Thave jst been conversing with @ gentleman who has ‘Dut very recently returned from a trip through Missis- sippi. He represents the people of that State as being in the most bitter frame of mind, and says that they ali talk of fighting till the last drop of blood is shed, and are determined to destroy all their property rather than it shall fall into the hands of Union m This is, of course, in a great measure moonshine; still I suppose there is no State in the country, not excepting South Carolina even, where the hostility against the North is so deadly as in Mississippi. As to the cotton, I have good reason to believe that, if transportation can be had, there will be not less than ten thousand bales here within sixty days. This is only an opinion founded on the be- lief of a'gentieman who professes to know ; but I must confess that we can se@ nothing to warrant it. There is almost literally nothing in the way of products coming in, and the determined purpose of the people outside of the city to prevent our getting their crops, and tho lack of transportation, give but little hope that we shall ob- tain sugar and cotton for 9 long time. GREAT SUFFERING AMONG THE POOR, ‘The condition of the people of New Orleans is terrible, ‘Tho suffering among the poor for the want of provisions amounts almost tos famine. Tho snbdject has become so important and the want 80 pressing that General Butler has resolved on aplan which will give at least tempora- ry relief, and is ‘at once creditable to his head and heart, He has directed Colonel Turner, Chief Commissary, to distribute gratuitouely a largo amount of flour and other provisions from, the Commissary Department, and in- personal credit, pledging the government for the debt, and has aleo borrowed $26,000 of the Adams Express Company, through their popular and efficient agent, A. Blake, Fsq., and ® large amount from another source With this sum Major Hewitt, who remains) hero, will be able to pay off the regiments which, without this ar- rangement, would have been left unpaid. This action of Gen. Batler’s is characteristic of his loyal devotion to his country; for he knew that if the men were obliged to go without their money longer they would grumble and be discontented, and their families at home suffer, and that if the rebels learned of it they would make a strong.card of it in slandering the crodit of our great nation. In all of his acts Gen. Butler’s paramount object seems to be to sustain the honor and dignity of the powerful govern” ment which he represents. MANNING THR FORTS. General Butler has issued an order removing six com. panies of the Thirteenth Maine regiment from Ship Island to Forts St. Philip and Jackson and the Quaran- tine station, and bas appointed Brigadier Goneral Neal Dow commandant of the post, comprising Forts St. Philip, Jackson, Pike and Macomb and the Quarantine station, The balance of the Thirteent! Maine regiment, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Rust, will remain ‘at Ship Island. ‘The Twenty-sixth Massachusetts regiment, Lioutenans Coionel Farr commanding, which has been stationed af the forts in the river for over two months, is to come up to this city, Itis asplendid corps, and we shall be ag glad to see the boys as they will be te be quartered here. On Wednesday the General ordered the arrest of Mr. Archibald McLaurin, a prominent commission merchant of this city. By intercepted letters from Birmingham, England, he (McLaurin) is thoroughly implicated in hav- ing been engaged in the purehase and importation of large quantities of rifles for the Confederate army and im negotiating for # coinage for the South. He is very likely to go to Fort Jackson, These letters, with a large num ber of others, implicating citizens of New Orleans in running the blockade, were brought hero from Nassau, N.P., by the English war steamer Rinaldo They were carried there from England by the steamer Pacific, which was to make the entry of some Confederate port. She hada large quantity of arms on board, many of which we have reason to believe have found their way into the confederacy through Texas. General Batlar hae gent information of her whereabouts to the department at Washington, and {t 1s to bo hoped that Mr. Welles will have her loeked after. ‘The French bark Harriet Ralli was captured here about the 20th ult., having attempted to run the blockade, ‘Tho Collector of the Port, Mr. @. 8. Dennison, made the seizure, She was from Marscilies, and had been to Vera Crum, and had « valuable cargo of wines, liquors an@ gegars, She will leave this port for Boston within a dap 4