The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . is life after allT An order to-day tempting planters to bringdown their produce. The earnest desire to openthe river is made known by other means thanthose used at Port Hudson and Vicksburg. Theseplaces both hold out, though it is represented inNorthern papers that both have fallen. This is adeliberate falsehood gotten up to prevent recog-nition. By the fall of either we would lose thesupplies from Red River and Texas, upon whicha large portion of our people depend, and by theseizure of the railroad which would follow, theConfederacy wou
The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . is life after allT An order to-day tempting planters to bringdown their produce. The earnest desire to openthe river is made known by other means thanthose used at Port Hudson and Vicksburg. Theseplaces both hold out, though it is represented inNorthern papers that both have fallen. This is adeliberate falsehood gotten up to prevent recog-nition. By the fall of either we would lose thesupplies from Red River and Texas, upon whicha large portion of our people depend, and by theseizure of the railroad which would follow, theConfederacy would be cut in half. The fleet hasall left Vicksburg, being threatened from large force is drilling here daily for an attackon Port Hudson. We hear that our people arekilling the enemy rapidly in various portions ofLouisiana, where they have been burning houses,stealing negroes and all other property, and com-mitting frightful depredations. We Confederatesof New Orleans consider that Louisiana has beenneglected by our Government; Mississippi gets. MOLLIE EMANUEL Married the Rev. John E. Wheeler; President Jefferson Davis was one of the guests at her wedding. Present residence at Roslyn, Baltimore County, Maryland JOURNAL OF JULIA LE GRAND 81 the credit of holding out better against the foe, butas soon as she was threatened the Governmentmade haste to help her with tried soldiers from allparts of the Confederacy. Louisiana and Ken-tucky bled in defense of Vicksburg, coward^New Orleans ^^ is the cry. There were no troopsleft to defend New Orleans, though such an im-portant point. We had no soldiers except the^ Confederate Guard, ^ a sort of holiday regimentcomposed of the well-to-do old gentlemen of thecity, who were anxious to show their patriotismon the parade ground, but who never expected tofight. The pomp and circumstance they kept upfinely. They had beautiful tents, too, on thei!:camping-out excursions, to which they trans-ported comfortable bedsteads, sundry boxes an
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