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Later from New Orleans — Mote of Bufler's Tyranny.

New Orleans papers of the 13th inst. have been received, and it appears from them, as well as from private advices, that Butler is carrying it with a high hand. The following order from the True Delta, is an instance of it:


New Orleans, May 10, 1862.
To the Proprietor of the N. O. True Deltas;
Sir: the remarks in your many article of to day are landmissible.

Wanton, useless, and crimes at acts of destruction of property, generally be the mob who do not own it, are not acts of patriotism, but vandal incer diariem, which will be punished.

You will not receive further caution, but punishment, for a like office.

Publish this conspicuously

By order of Major. Gen. Butler.
Ceo C. Strong, A. A.Gen.

A notice is published by the same officer, in which there is an adroit appeal made to the poor of the city in order to temp them to treasonable acts. Recruiting offices had been opened for the Lincoln service, offering pay of $8 a month, and a bounty of $400 at the tend of the war. " It is said that some four hundred men have been got, but they were mostly deserters and the miscreants who mutinied at Fort Jackson.

The telegraph statement in respect to the specie sized by the enemy belonging to the European house of Hone & Col. is described in detail. The following in relation to it was extract from the Delta:

Seizure of Consulates.--We are informed that the reason alleged for the seizure of the Consulate of the Netherlands is that the Citizens' Bank owed the banking house of Hope & Co of Amsterdam, all five sum, estimated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000, the notes for which are not due, and that the directions of the bank placed the amount of their debt to Hope & Co. is, in the bands of the Consul of the Nether lands, for the payment of these notes either before of at the time they become due.

The United States Commander, hearing of there facts, claimed the money as ill belonging to the Citizens Bank by reason of its not being due. If the Consult had authority to receive the money for Hope &Co., a nice question might arise between the United States and the Netherlands. A guard was placed over the Consults office, and yesterday we learn the money was removed. It is understood that the French and Spanish Consulates were seized under the impression that they contained money liable to confiscation, but upon an assurance to the contrary they were promptly released.

The following from the city column of the Delta shows that there is some ‘"life left in the old land yet,"’ especially among the women. A few days afterwards Butter issued the infamous order in regard to the ladies of New Orleans:

A gap and fascinating widow, who resides in the back part of the city, between Canel and Gasquet, became acquainted by some means or other with a couple of the Federal officers. Yesterday afternoon they went in quest of the residence, but not knowing its exact locality, they passed it. She, it appears, was on the qui vive and saw them as they passed, came out and overtook them, when a hearty shake of hands took place. This proceeding greatly scanonlized the females of the neighborhood, and raised such a storm of indignation as to cause the officers to beat a hasty retreat and the widow to seek the safety of her own domicil. This, however, came very near not protecting her, as the indignant female neighbors proposed taking her out of her own house. The widow came down town to claim the protection of the authorities, and we learn several of the police officers visited the scene of conflict. But it appears this was not sufficient to allay the widow's fears, so she appealed to the Federal authorities, and succeeded in getting a file of soldiers to guard her house during the night. This morning she concluded to leave such a loyal and hostile neighborhood.

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