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The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Letter from Mississippi. (search)
object of that sudden movement. It may be owing to the presence of a Confederate fleet below New Orleans, or to an apprehension, on the part of Butler, of a general rising of the population, unable any longer to endure the restrains of his vindictive rule. By the evacuation of Baton Rouge, and the departure of the Federal fleet from before Vicksburg, we have secured the control of the Mississippi for two hundred miles, enabling our army supplies to pass unmolested from the Southwest General Breckinridge will assume command of this department, and give Van Dorn an opportunity to employ his talents in a more active field. Should the former succeed in delivering New Orleans from the yoke of Butler the fruits of that deliverance would be more substantial than the most brilliant encounter in the field. The dry weather, so hurtful to our corn, will enable the planter to gather in his crop of cotton without stain or dust, and dry it well, before storing it away for future demand. The