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he landed and took a horse. He passed through Sevier county, and a part of Polk, into the Indian territory, his secession uniform and his dispatch to McCullough proving a sufficient passport. He finally reached Fort Scott, and from thence came up through Kansas to St Joseph, where he took to the rail, which brought him to St Louis. As soon as he came in view of the stars and stripes, he exchanged his military for a civil suit which he had brought in his traveling bag. Mr Wright confirms the previous accounts from New Orleans. He is certain there is a great deal of suppressed Unionism. The blockade of the Mississippi was drawing closer-still vessels continued to arrive and depart through the "passes," though not so frequently as formerly. The slaves were quiet, but the inhabitants were under constant apprehensions of a rising. Some inconsiderable insurrections had taken place, but they were speedily put down. The business of New Orleans was prostrated, and there was nothing doing except in the necessaries, and these were scarce and high. The poorer class suffered terribly, but most of the men had gone to the war. The banks had suspended and were anticipating a seizure of their specie-of which they held some $12,000,000-by the government. There were great fears of an attack upon the city by a naval expedition, and preparations for defense were making on quite an extensive scale.
