The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . o many people here to-day that my head is in a whirl with the rumors Ihave heard. We have the Hartford, the Alha-tross; Farragut, a prisoner, is on his way toRichmond, where he will be held as hostage forButler; Banks men have mutinied—they have,before battle, declared their intention to run, and,after being blindly trusted by Banks after suchsincere demonstrations, they have been straight-way as good as their word. The Confederates^re building a bridge at Manchac, over whichthey are to walk straightway to this city, havingBanks army and
The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . o many people here to-day that my head is in a whirl with the rumors Ihave heard. We have the Hartford, the Alha-tross; Farragut, a prisoner, is on his way toRichmond, where he will be held as hostage forButler; Banks men have mutinied—they have,before battle, declared their intention to run, and,after being blindly trusted by Banks after suchsincere demonstrations, they have been straight-way as good as their word. The Confederates^re building a bridge at Manchac, over whichthey are to walk straightway to this city, havingBanks army and Farraguts fleet in sort of amilitary calaboose. A young lady, a supposedspy of the Confederates, was shaking her head ina very peculiar way; said **Yes or ^No to sev-eral political questions in a mysterious manner;said young lady just in from the Confederacy-left there last Saturday evening about dusk—rwas escorted to the boat by Lieutenant Miller, agallant young Confederate, who told her all sortsof things, and likewise shook his head, and having. MISS EMILY VIRGINIA MASON JOURNAL OF JULIA LE GRAND 241 performed this expressive pantomime, showedher practically the lumber of which the Manchacbridge was to be built, and told her of the dispatchwhich he had at that moment received, sayingthat Banks had been whipped, and that the Starsand Bars were floating over land and wave atBaton Rouge. Federal officers of high rank havebeen known to cry out almost in anguish, * Oh, ifwe could only hear from Banks!^ They havebeen in such a wretched state of mind that theymade their longing speeches in the very faces ofgood Confederates. Others have been heard tosay that they would go up to Baton Rouge im-mediately—if they were only sure of getting whole army has been cut off from allcommunication in LaFourche from this city. Hisdead and wounded have come in, but the bridgehas since been destroyed. The artillery whichwas sent off to-day, bag and baggage, have comeback; the
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