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WEEKLY BEPDBLIUAN
Oar Peninsula Correspondence.
We are pleased to announce to our readers
that we have succeeded in securing the services
of an intelligent and discreet correspondent in
the Army of the Peninsula. He will report
regularly, and exclusively, for this journal, and
keep our readers thoroughly posted in the pro
gress of a flairs in that Interesting section of the
Confederacy. His Urst letter will he found on
this page, and, though written under great dis
advantages, will not fail to interest the reader.
The Reynolds Street Murder.— The jury
of inquest on the body of John Murphy, found
that he was murdered by John Martin, a brother
member of the Savannah Volunteer Guards,
and that Pierce Butler is an accessory in the
crime Both parties are in jail.
An Unsolicited Present. —A gentleman of
this city, on rising Thursday morning, found a
new-born infant deposited on his stoop, with
out note or instructions. The little stranger
was taken in and properly cared for. To the
credit of our city, this is a case ot rare occur
rence.
The Enemy Ballooning —The movements
of the enemy below, Thursday, seemed lo in
dicate a desire to break the long quiet that has
reigned in our river since the capture of Fort
Pulaski. Early in the forenoon, a gunboat set
out, apparently, from their battery at Venus’
Point, on a reconnoitering expedition up the
river. To the gunboat was attached a very
large balloon, for the purpose of examining our
batteries on the river and mainland. When
near the mouth of Augustine creek the balloon
was inflated and. sent up to the height of two
or three hundred feet. The boat progressed no
further in this direction, and, after the Yankees
had satisfied their curiosity, she tacked about
and retired. We hope they were edified, and
compensated for their trouble. No doubt they
fouud matters fully as formidable as they had
anticipated. If still in doubt, though, on this
point, they have only to test our works by
bringing their gunboats within range of our
guns.
The Williamsburg Fight.— This affair
seems to grow in magnitude, as the facts be
come known to the public. It appears, trom
the despatches, that the enemy took advantage
of our evacuation of the Yorktown batteries
and sent a considerable fleet up the river, load
ed with troops, which they landed in the vicini
ty of West Point, at the head of navigation on
York River. These troops—we infer, amount
ing to seven or eight thousand—marched down
the Peninsula, probably, to attack our army in
the rtar. The ever-vigilant Johnston, how
ever, was wide awake and with an eye on all
their movements. Despatching a considerable
force of infantry and cavalry to meet them, a
battle ensued, which resulted iu a defeat of the
invaders, with tremendous loss.
The second despatch seems to indicate that
another fierce battle was fought, between the
same forces, on Wednesday, but thus far noth
ing definite is known.
This result adds another to the many evi
dences of skill and judgment on the part of our
commander in Virginia. It shows the wisdom
of his retirement from Yorktown, where, in all
probability he would have been shelled for
weeks without ever getting a fair chance at the
enemy. As it has turned out, they went under
his trap and mounted the trigger as soon as it
was fairly set. Johnston has ordered three
great retreats, for which the ignorant abused
him, but in every instance they have resulted
disastrously to the foe. Critics would do well
always to wait for results.
The New Orleans People Conquered
bat not Subdued.
The Crescent, referring to the lauding of the
Yankees and the hanling down of our State
flag, gives the following eloquent and graphic
description of the circumstances attending the
memorable event: •
A parley was held in tbe Mayor’s apart
ments, the tenor or result of which we did not
learn, but in the course of fifteen minutes, an
officer and marines were seen on the topmost
height of the building to rapidly approach the
flag—the emblem of the State, which has flut
tered amid sunshine and storm, through victo
ry and defeat, almost from the time our troubles
began. In a minute tbe flag was lowered and
fell to the roof—in a secoud the eyes of the
Southern multitude dropped to the ground,
and the mind, heart, and souL of the mighty
concourse there assembled • tilled with
sensati n which no pen,A v o\ portray.
Old gray haired anguish ;
Afi'airt* lu Washington—Abolition un
masking itself - Corruption Kuntpant.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Ktquirer]
! Washington, April 7 —The telegraph may
j advise you of military r< i-u Us. I doubt it, how
ever, as every uieatis is taken to prevent uews
getting out, and so successful tuat here little is
known ot army opeiations, except what comes
through southern papers, which seem to he
! early and well posted as to our military move
ments. Indeed the Confederates know more
; of the military affairs ot the people of the North
; than they do themselves.
I have learned through it source that I can
rely on that the two sections of the Republi
cans have struck hands and sealed friendship
j on this basis : the radicals are to g > tor gradual
! emancipation—compensation for slaves liberat
j ed, confiscation by judicial sentence—for the
I present. In tbe meantime military operations
| are to go on. If the military operations sue
! need, these constitutional (!) measures are to he
, made sufficient to the end—the utter abolish-
I inent of slavery. If the military operations flag
I or fail, then Mr. Lincoln is to proclaim general
j emancipation as a military necessity.
The Secretary of War says that the increased
transportation required by the advance into the
enemy’s territory has increased the war ex
pense to five million dollars per day —more than
the printing machine has the power to supply.
The tax bill is an awful affair. It will raise
an enormous amount of money or destroy a
vast amount of business—one or the other. It
will pass Congress. The publie debt by the first
of July will reach $ 1,500,000.000. That is the
calculation of theCiiief Auditor of the Treasury.
I think it is short of tbe reality. The public
really know little of what is the true condition
of tbe finances. They will find it out hereafter,
when they are called upon to pay the interest of
the public debt. The principal no person ex
pects will ever be paid.
As I have seldom failed iu my predictions of
the future, as I think your readers will boar me
witness, I will now make another, that this war
will end in a proclamation of the freedom ot
tbe slaves, and in the separation of the cotton
States from the Union ; or, in their subjuga
tion, with a change of our constitutional form
ofgovernment.
I need not write you about the present Con
gress, Senate and House. Nothing marks the
decline of the republic more than the degener
acy ot these bodies. There is hardly a first
class intellect in either ; certainly no acknowl
edged distinguished statesman, except Mr.
Crittenden, aud his age ha3 placed him on the
lowest benches. The republic has, from the
highest, sunk to the lowest depth. God grant
that we raay now rise again.
Mrs. Lincoln has felt the blow of the death of
her youngest son. Sorrow is sacred, aud I hope
every mother will lorget and forgive whatever
might have appeared thoughtlessness at the
White House,’ and sympathize with the real
afflictions of a mother. Sue has been sufficient
ly punished for that ball in the midst of publie
calamities.
Shall I say a word of public corruption ? The
torrent caunoi now be stayed. -It is overwhelm
ing. Fortunes on fortunes are being made aud
will be made by favorites, and mere seems to
be no help for it, except in general repudiation.
It I were to tell you the one-huudredth of what
I know, you and I would be in Fort Warren or
Lafayette in a tortnigbt. I don’t mean to say
that the secretaries connive at or profit by
these speculations; on the contrary, I am confi
dent they set their faces against them, but they
are powerless, under the vast amount of busi
ness under their hands aud the pressing ne
cessities of their departments.
Operation* of tlie Abolition Army In
the South.
At Fort Pulaski, the day after the surrende ,
Gen. Hunter issued the following order :
Headquarters Dei-’t ok the South, i
Fort Pulaski, Georgia,
April lfflli, 1862. )
All persons of color lately held in involuntary
service by the euernes of the Uuited Suites, in
Fort Pulaski and on Cockspur Island. Ga., are
hereby confiscated and declared free, in con
formity with law, aud shall hereafter receive
the lruits of their own labor Such of said
persons of color as are able-bodied, aud may
be required, shall be employed in the Quarter
nflaster’s Department, at the late heretofore
established by Brigadier General W. T. Sher
man.
By command of David Hunter, Major Gen.
Ciias. G. Haj pine,
Assistant Adjutant General.
General Hunter has also addressed to Mr.
Pierce, the Treasury agent in charge of the Sea
Isluud plantations, a letter, asking for “ the
names of the former owners, and the number
of persons formerly held to involnntaiy ser
vice,” now in charge of the government agents
On receiving this information, we understand
it to be the intention of Gen. Hunter to afford
said owners a reasonable time to prove their
fealty to the government, and then, in case of
their lailure to do so, and upon sufficient proof
ot their treason, he will at once restore these
‘slaves to freedom.
He has also requested to know of Mr. Pierce
“ ilie proportions in which food and cotton arc
being planted” on the lands in his charge. It
is an article of commerce, aud subject to great
risks of damage and destruction. The General,
taking a common sense vievV of this matter—
as, indeed, he seems to have done of all points
connected with his command—thinks it better
that crops which can be used lor the direct
support of our troops should be raised instead
ot cotton, and that the go vernment has erred
in its exclusive iuterest in cotton culture. He
.jus, therefore, determined to set the negroes to
and other articles of
pbw ami tb.a the tl.ii-.
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From the Array of the Peninsula.
[-pi vial Corie ponder ce Savannah Republican.]
Near Yorktown, April 25th.
Editor Sav' Republican :—l am so blecpy at
present, my letter can be worth but little, I
fear, to you. Our Brigade—Gen. Toombs’—
together with Gen. Jones’, have been “the
outer trenches guarding," now, for ten day’s
without any aid—one night.ou, and the next
night off, but on our arm!?, expecting the onset
continually. By this incessant watching, oft
times in the rain and mud, we have become
fairly worn out. Our lines and the enemy’s
only lie a few hundred yards apart, separated
by a small river which the maps do not uarne,
but is here known as Warwick river. It scarcely
supports a volume of water worthy of this
name. Along either shore the forces occupying
them have raised strong entrenchments. Our
breastworks consist of parrallel lines of earth
works oniy a few hundred yards apart, from
which overpowered forces can fall back and
meet reinforcements. Occasional batteries along
tbe rearmost line are raised, into which our
artillery is placed, raking every direction to
the front. So scam y was the body of water be
tween us and the enemy, Gen. MeGruder
deemed it advisable to increase It, that the
crossing might be rendered more difficult to
tbe foe. Accordingly, large dams have been
erected across, and now the back water is,<>n an
average, 200 yards wide. This may be called
the division between our forces. Our sharp
shooters lie down by the water edge on this
side, and the enemy’s to the water edge on his
side. From their post a death messenger is
hurled at every head or body that shows itself
above the rifle pits, which skirt the ponds.
Not unfrequeutiy a careless “rebel” gets a hole
in his corporeal substance from these hidden
rifles. These dams above mentioned are suc
cessively called Dam No. 1, No. 2 &c!, as they
go on down.
On the 16th lilt, a sharp fight occurred at Dam
No. 1, of which, uo doubt, you have lieard al
ready. It lasted perhaps three hours, and is call
ed by the victorious “rebels,” “a dam A r o. 1
fight." The sth North Carolina Volunteers were
surprised by the enemy, who drove in our pick
ets from the water’s edge, and whose firing was
mistaken for the usual popping of the sharp
shooters. The North Carolinians were at work
on some breastworks a short distance from the
place where their guns were stacked, but so
complete was their surprise they fled in much
confusion and were not rallied until several
were killed and wounded. However, the ene
my were kept at bay until the Seventh Georgia,
supported by the glorious old Eighth—our la
mented Bartow’s command —formed and charg
ed with fixed bayonets. Tbe enemy, then
strongly posied, saw the impetuous charge in
its beginning, heard the 'terrific shouts of the
rebels plunging down upon them, but such a
strange lusus naturae took possession of their
legs, at the moment they could not await the
denouement, and fled most precipitously to
their own lines. Such a dividing ol the waters
has hardly occurred since the flight of the
Israelites from bondage. Our Georgia forces
formed in their rifle pit sand awaited the enemy’s
further aggression. They were reinforced by
the Ist Kentucky, aud, I think, the 10th Louis
iana, at this juncture. On the opposite side,
being supported by a brigade held in reserve,
the “Yanks” again formed and were persuaded
to make a second assault.
Now all this occurred jnst below Dam No. 1,
in a body of wood. They advanced in tolerably
good order, but tbe moment our fire from the
pits was opened on them they fled to the oppo
site shore. They could not be persuaded to
come again. Oar battery from this end of the
dam, which did not bear at all on the enemy,
received a most tremendous cannonading from
a clearing opposite The noise ot their guns
and of ours replying was deafening.
The Ist Georgia Regulars, and tbe 2d Georgia
Volunteers, were formed as reserves, immedi
ately in the rear ol onr battery, to support it in
ease of an assault, and I can testify, the flight
ot sllells in that region was most terrific. The
trees were torn to pieces and crashed about us,
aud the bursting shells scattering fragments, it
would seem, everywhere, rendered the effort to
feel comfortable aud brave very laborious.—
There it seemed fit for the General to keep us
the longest hour I ever timed. The close of it
was near sundown. The roll of musketry died
away, and the bellowing cannon hushed —the
battle had ended.
All that the enemy gained was a thrashing.
They left dead on our side the river, thirty
two, and tw'o or three wounded. Four or five
prisoners were also taken; but how many
sleep beneath the waters between, is not known
to us, nor to them, nor how many wounded
they bore away. They acknowledge a whip
ping and a heavy loss. We had killed, sixteen,
and six ty will cover the number of our wounded.
The Colonel of the North Carolina troops was
killed.
The next day our Regiment—2d Georgia—
was detailed to guard the trenches exactly
where the battle was fought. The dead still
lay about the ground, just outside the trench
es, and the enemy’s sharp shooters, from the
opposite shore, forbade any ineddliDg with
ttiem ; accordingly, they were left unburied.
One poor wounded wretch, shot through the
loiu, had lain there over twelve hours, in the
most excruciating agony. I gave him some
water from my canteen, for which he had
suffered very greatly, and talked with him a
little. He belonged to the 3d Vermont Reg
iment, and said he enlisted because it was
most profitable to be in the army, where he
was paid S2O per month. He also stated that
the forces that assailed that point were paid
extra to lead the attack.
We kept our watch all night, most diligently,
find a more ghastly sight than the pale laces oi
*he dead lying there silently in the moonlight,
been seen.
aro ready, but one awaits the
Vl '“*rjv the difficulty lies. If we attack
AjH^advantage ; it lie .itmrks
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lusr from New Orleans.
Correspondence between the Mayor and
Federal Commander Protest or the
French Commandant.
L's. Flag Suit*, Hartford, j
At anchor off the City of New Orleans, -
April 28, 1862. j
To His Honor the Mayor a,id City Council of the
('•ty of A T rtn Orleans :
Your comuinnicatiou of the 28th inst., has
been received, together with that oi the City
Council
I deeply regret to see both by their contents,
and tbe continued display of the flig ot Louis
iana on the t'ouril'ouse, a determination on the
part of the City authorities not to haul it down,
Moreover, when ray officers and men were sent
on shore to communicate with the authorities,
aud to hoist the United States Hag on t.hc Cus
tomhouse, with the strictest orders not to use
their arms unless assailed, they were Insulted
in the grossest manner, and the flag which had
been hoisted by my orders on the Mint was
pulled down and dragged through the streets.
All of which go to show that the fire of this
fleet may be drawn upon the City at any mo
ment, and in such an event the levee would in
all probability be cut by the shells, aud an
amount of distress ensue to the innocent pop
ulation which I have heretofore endeavored to
ass ire you that I desired by all means to avoid.
The election is therefore with you. But it
becomes my duty to notify you to remove the
women and children from the city within forty
eight hours, if 1 have rightly understood your
determination.
Verv respectullv, your obedient servant.
'[Signed] ' I). G. Fauragut.
Flag Officer Western Gulf Bioekading
Squadron.
The Mayor convened the City Council, and
we learn that it was decided by them not to
recede from their position, and the Louisiana
flag still floats proudly to the bretze Bravo !
lor New Orleans.
The following further correspondence be
tween Mayor Monroe and Commodore Farragut
we find in the New Orleans Delta of Tuesday
evening.
City Hall, Anril 28, 7862.
To Flag Ofiiqer D. G. Farragut, U. S. Flag Ship j
Hartford:
Your communication of this morning is the
first intimation I ever had that it was by your
strict orders that the United States flag was at
tempted to be hoisted upon certain of onr
public edifices by officers sent on shore to com
municate with tbe authorities. The officers
who approached me in your name disclosed no
such orders and intimated no such design on
you part, nor would I have fora moment en- '
tertained the remotest suspicion that they could
have b- t-u invested witfi power to enter on j
such an errand while the negotiations tor a sur j
render between you and the city authorities ;
were pending. The interference of any force ;
under your command, as long as those negoti
ations \vere not brought to a close, could not be
viewed by us otherwise than as a flagrant vio
lation of those courtesies, if not of the absolute
rights, which prevail between billigererns under
such circumstances. My views and sentiments
with reference to such couduct remain unchang
ed. You now review the demands made in
your loimer communication, and you insist on
their being complied with unconditionally,
under a threat of bombardment within fortv
eight hours ; and you notify me to remove the
women and children from tue city that they may
be protected from your shells.
Sir, you cau bnt know that there is no possi
ble exit from this city for a population which
still exceeds in number one hundred aud forty
thousand,'and you must therefore be aware of
the utter inanity of such a notification. Our
women and children cannot escape from your
shells, if it be your pleasure to murder them on
a question of etiquette. But if they could,
there are few among them who would consent
to desert their families aand their homes, and
the graves of their relatives iu so awful a mo
mout. They would bravely stand t'ue sight of
your shells tearing up the graves of those who
are so dear to them, and would deem that they
died not ingioriouslv by the side of the tombs
erected by their piety to the memory of depart
ed relatives.
You are not satisfied with the peaceble pos
session of an undefended city, opposing no re
sistance to your guns, because of its bearing its
haad fate with something of manliness and
dignity, and you wish to humble aud disgrace
us by the performance of an act against which
our nature rebels. This satisfaction you cannot
expect to obtain at our hands.
We will stand your bombardment, unarmed
and undefended as we are. The civilized world
will consign to indelible infamy the heart that
will conceive the deed aud the hand that wiil
nare to consummate it.
Respectfully, John T. Monroe,
Mayor of the City of New Orleans.
U. S. Flag Ship Hartford, i
At anchor off the City of New Orleans,
April 29, 1862. j
To his Honor the Mayor
of the City of New Orleans :
Sir—-The Forts of St. Philip arid Jackson hav
ing surrendered, and all the military defences
ot the city being either captured or abandoned
you are required as the sole representative of
any supposed authority in the city, to haul
down aud suppress every ensign and symbol ot
government, whether State or Confederate,
except that of the United States. I am now
abput to raise the flag of the U nited States upon
the Customhouse, and you wilt see that it is
respected with all the civil power of the city.
I have the honor to be very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
D. G Farragut,
Flag Officer Western Gulf Blockading Sq’d.
The Delta publishes the following, purport
ing to be a priMest of tbe Commandant of tbe
French’sloop Milan, now in the port of New
Orleans : •,
Commander of the United Stales Squadron, now in
the Port ol New Orleans:
'■ ' i • 11 i '
Tim Capture of New Orleans.
[From ihe Char. Mercury May 5 ]
We have been layered by an interview with
an intelligent gentleman of character, who has
just cotmi front New Orleans, where he was at
the time of its fall. From him we obtain the
following particulars of the capture of the city :
The Yankee fleet consisted of seventy boats
¥ various descriptions—-gunboats, mortar boats,
steam frigates, die. The defence of New Or
leans rested upon two forts, Jackson and St.
Philip, a few inferior batteries above the forts,
and the fleet of twenty boats, the strongest of
which were the Mcßae (carrying seven 33 pouu
ders arid one 9 inch gun), and the Mamma* Mam.
The Louisiana (carrying eight large guns) was a
complete failure. She had to be towed down
the river and used as a floating battery, lor the
two large wheels workiDg in the middle of the
boat interfered with one another and rendered
her unmanageable. She was an old hulk roofed
with iron. The enemy’s lire was concentrated
chiefly on Fort .Jackson, until the work was
only a battered shell. The officers and garrison
were said to have behaved with great spirit and
fortitude. Three of the enemy’s boats are said
to have passed by without Hie knowledge of
the lorts. Toe river is about a mile wide,
and covered with heavy fog at night. The naval
engagement extended for some miles up the
river. Exchanges ot broadsides and collisions
were continuous, until but one of the Confede
rate boats—a steam hulk with one gun—return
ed to the city, and was burned and turned
adrift. A Galveston steam r sunk one of the
best of the Yankee gunboats alter runnigg int >
her three times. She was soon sunk herself.
The 3lcßae was seen gallantly exchanging
broadside lor broadside with two double bank
frigates. She was commanded by Capt Tom
Huger, of Charleston, and was stink. Her com
mander is said to be in New Orleans, wounded,
having saved his life in one of the small boats,
it is supposed. The Manassas, commanded by
Lieut. Warley, of South Carolina, disappeared,
but it was not known whether she betook her
self to one of the bayous, was captured or sunk.
The conduct ot the Confederate Navy was des
perate in the gallantry and devotion displayed.
But their tight was hopeless from the beginning.
The great Mississippi steam ram had just been
launched a tew days, aud would not have been
ready to operate for fortv days more. She was
a propeller, with three screws and sixteen en
gines, to carry twenty guns ot the largest
calibre. Her projection, or ram, was twenty
feet of solid timber, to be shod with an addi
tional steel point. She was three times as large
and powerful as the Virginia, floated beauti
fully, and was sea going. All the naval officers
who saw her sav .hat she was the finest ship in
the world, and it is eontidenliy asserted by
officers of high rank, that without a gun she
could have destroyed the whole Y'a' kee fleet.
She was to have been ready by the Ist ot Feb
ruary. The contractor was a Mr. Tift, a
brother-in law of Mr. Mallory. The wooa-worlt
was finished long ago, and mere has been great
anxiety aud impatience about the dilatory man
ner of completing the iron work and machinery.
The people of New Orleans and the surround
ing country, offered the Government and its
agents all their mechanical resources ana work
men. They were declined until three days
beloie the attack. Up to that time night work
had not been put upon the boat. £IOO,OOO
bounty some time since, ottered to the
contractor to get it ready in time. Howards
were ottered to others. Lovell said, to the re
monstrances ot citijfcnis, that his hands were
tied, ana that he could do no more than he was
doing. Governor Moore said that matters were
going on well, and that the city was sale. He
could do nothing. The citizens ottered money
arid labor to fortify the levee between the city
and the forts, but their offers were declined as
unnecessary. Three da.,s before the appear
ance of the Yankee ships at New Orleans, Gov
ernor Moore quietly departed with his chief
counsellors by way of the Carrollton Railroad,
about dark, having a steamboat and picket of
soldiers at that point. Anonymous letters
probably caused ii. Two days before the sur
re der of the city au excited crowd, prepared
with a rope, appeared at the ship yard in search
of the contractor of the Mississippi. He was
gone. The Mississippi was burned and sunk by
the authorities.
Our informant states that tfiere is a feeling
of profound exaspera ion against the Adminis
tration and its agents. The people feel tual
they have been system ttically trifled With and
sacrificed. When the Yankee officers landed,
live Sicilians, who cheered them, were shot
down by the crowd. All who showed any
signs of favor were knocked down as traitors.
The feeling was intense. All the cotton was
burned, and all the tobacco, except that claim
ed by the French G >vernment. The sugar aud
molasses remains In the city, as private prop
erty, in immense quantities. Much however,
is ou the plantations still; the crop being very
large. Gen. Lovell carried otf, by railroad, the
machinery of the work shops aud iron mills,
and all the rolling stock oi the railroad. TUe
machinery is important, and entitles him to
credit. In preparations for the deienc of the
city he has either been permitted to do little, or
has done little of his own accord. His lorees
are at a camp of instruction at Jackson, Mississ
ippi, protecting the railr ad wnere it crosses
Pearl liiver. He is not expected to reinforce
Beauregard, except as a reserve corps. His
forces are said to be about twenty thousand.
Twtlve thousnud foreign denizens iu New
Orleans had organized to fight in defence of
New Orleans, but declined going off to tight in
the Confederate cause.
Recruits have been pouring in to General
Beauregard, who fully possesses the hearts and
the confidence of the Western people. To the
extent ©thiscapacity ot arming them, it is sup
posed he will have men. It is believed iu New
Orleans that his army numbers one hundred
and twenty thousand, but many are sick from
limestone water. There is a feeling of perfect
certainty Of defeating Buell and llilleck in a
signal manner Corinth is far enough from the
guuboats to give opportunity for capturing or
destroying them. Hence it has been selected
as the battle field. General aud troops are alike
confident.
TUB PALI, OF N7.IV OIit.EANS— FULL AND INTEIt-
BSTINtr PAHTICCLAKS.
further accounts of the cap
<''<J( VC \'’/r 4 **‘Wer .Tim gunboats ot the
attempt to pass
' (f i* l ' Cohtederate
lie el ;
HMfet
Was be
such or uot, drew upon the parties who were
suspected of giving them, some dozen or so ot
pistol shots, by which several persons were
wounded The squadron being advanced, the
foremost ship as far as the Fourth District, came
to au author—the ships to the number of thir
teen taking up positions in front of the city bo
as to command the several streets. After re
maiuiiig in this position for a half hour, a boat
came ashore with two officers ; one containing
Captain Bayleis, second in command of the
squadron, Capt. Farragut being flag officer, ant!
a Lieutenant. These officers were greeted on
touching the shore with the most uproarious
huzzas lor “Jeff. Davis aud the South,” and
with the most threatening demonstrations. —
They had neglected to bring a flag of truce, and
it was a proof of the good sense of even an in
luriated multitude that they Were allowed to
land. They, however, proceeded under the
protection of aotne gentlemen, who undertook
to conduct them to the Mayor’s office, in a
drenching rain, followed by a furious and ex
cited mob. Though no violence was offered to
the officers, certain persons, who were sus
pected of favoring their flag aud cause, were set
upon with great f urv aud very roughly handled.
On arriving at the 'City Hall, it required the
interven ion of several citizens to jtrevent vio
ience being offered to the rash ambassador oi
an execrated dynasty aud government.
The Mayor received the federal officers iu
his office, with proper dignity. Capt. Bayleis
stated the purport of his mission. He had
been sent by Capt. Farragut to demand the sur
render of tue city, aud the elevation ot the flag
of the United States over the Custom House,
the Pustoffiee, the Mint and the City Hall. The
Mayor replied that he was not the military
commander of the city, that he had no authori
ty to suit, eder it, and would not do so, but
that there was a military commander now in
the city, and he would send for him, to receive
and reply to the demand.
A messenger was despatched to Gen. Lovell.
In the interval a number of citizens who were
present, got into conversation with the U. S.
naval officers. The Lieutenant seemed to be
a courteous, well behaved gentleman, who bore
testimony with apparent earnestness to tne
vigor and valor of the defense of our forts, and
was quite commuuicative. The senior officer
was more reserved, but still more large in his
profee-i >us of peaceful intent. It was difficult.,
iiowt vi. r. tor hira to conceal the bitter section
al hate oi a Massachusetts man against a true
Southern community, in the course of the
conversation, however, this officer remarked
that Capt. Farragut deeply regretted to see the
spirit o incendiarism which prevailed in the
city in the destruction ot cotton and other
things. The Mayor remarked that he differed
with him; That the destruction was of our own
property, and did not concern outsiders. Cap..
Bayleis repled ihat it looked like biting off
one’s nose to spite his face. The Mayor replied
that we had judged differently.
Alter a while Gen. Lovell arrived in front of
the City Hat), and was greeted with loud cheers
by the crowd outside. On entering the Mayor’s
office, Cayl. Bayleis introduced himself as sec
ond in command ot the United States squadron
iu front ot the city. Gen. Lovell replied : “I
am Gen. Lovell, ol the army of the Con ederate
States, commanding this Department.” The
officers iMfcn shook hands, and Cpt. Bayleis
slated his mission to demand the surrender of
the city, and the elevation of the United Slates
flag over the Cu tom House, Mint and Post
office—adding that he was instructed by Capt.
Farragut to state that tie came to protect pri
vate property and personal rights, aud espe
cially not to interfere with the negro property.
Gen. Lovell replied that he would not sur
render the city, nor allow it to be surrendered ;
that be was overpowered on the water by their
superior squadron, but tout he intended to tight
them on laud as long as be could muster a sol
dier; that he had marched all his armed men
out of the city ; that he had evacuated it; and
if they desired to shelf the town, destroying
women and ehildr. n, they could do so. Tba
it was to avoid this he had marched his tru ps
beyond the city limits, but that a large number
even of the women ot the city had begged him
to remain, and defend the city against shelling.
He did not think he would be justified in doiug
so. He would, therefore, retire and leave the
city authorities to pursue what course they
should think proper.
Capt. Bayleis said that no such purpose was
entertained by Capt. Farragut, reiterating the
expression ot his regret at the destruction oi
cotton. Gen. Lovett interrupted him by saying
that it was done by his authority Capt. Bayleis
said that he had no doub; that Genera! Lovell
had done his duty, and they were doing theirs.
It was then concluded that Capt. Bayleis and
the other officers would return Mo their ships,
that tke Mayor would call the Council, aud lay
before it the demand of Capt. Farragut. The
officers requested to be protected iu their re
turn to their ships, and Gen. Lovell directed
Col. Lovell and Major James to accompany
them. The officers accordingly proceedeh to
the rear of the City Hall, wnere they look a
Cab, and proceeded to the wharf. During the
interview an immense and excited crowd of
people had congregated about the City Hall,
who alternately hurrahed for Jeff Davis, for
General Lovell, and most vigorously groaned
for “Lincoln and his squadron.”
To calm this multitude, Pierre Soule address
ed them in a few eloqu nt and effective words,
counseling moderation, self-possession, forti
tude and confidence in their cause, declaring
that the honor ol the government and city was
iu safe hands, and that Gen. Lovell’s answer to
the demand to surrender was worthy of the
commander ot the brave people.
Gen. Lovell, on appearing on the steps, was
also loudly cheered. He addressed the multi
tude iu a short speech, declaring his purpose
not l o surrender the city, hut to retire with his
army and tight the Lincolnitea, whom they conld
always whip ou h.nd. lie briefly sketched his
course in the preparation of the defence of the
city. Had done all he could do with the means
at his disposal. That he eamo here six months
too late, and it was beyond his resources to
contend successfully against the enemy’s pow
er on water.
lie advised the citizens to bear themselves
manfully, never to stoop or submit to the Lin
coln domination, and to wail with patient lor
titude for the deliverance from bondage which
must soon come to them. The General theu
mounted bis horse, aud accompanied by his
stall', rode to the Jackson Railroad, where he
took the last car, having already sent his army
ahead of him
Fbom North Alabama. —The Federal force
in North Alabama is estimated by those best
advised at from ten to eleven thousand men,
of which about eight thousand are said to be at
Tuscnmbia, and the rest between that point
along the Memphis A. Charles-
FBOM ( Oi I.MH.
ENEMY STILL IIESITATE—PROBABLE
CHANGE OF POUCY—THE CONFED
ERATES READY—CAPT. AVERY HAS A
SKIRMISH WITH THE ENEMY.
[From onr Army Correspondent ]
Ooeinth May I—T ee *m Btili hesitates. It is
possible he will seek o turn our right, and eg in it is
thought be may or tclide to l eri< ge us. Beisreporied
to bo bringing-up hea y siege guns.
Tbe Coniedeiatee aie ro dy. and prep red to meet
him in any p.uns he may adopt.
t apt. I. W. Aveiy, oftavannah, who eoinmai ds the
Georgia Dragoons, hud a slurp skirmish wi h the ene
my in front of onr lines, yetWiday, killing and wound
ing a considerable number. He lost nothing in the
fight. R. W. A.
LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS.
ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED—CAUSE OF
MUTINY AT FORT JACKSON-POKTER
LEFT THE RIVER TO ATTACK MOB.LE
—FARRAGUT CLOSES COM M UNICATION
WITH THE CITY AUTHORITIES-PICA
YUNE BUTLER TO TAKE COMMAND OF
THE CiiY.
Richmond, M ay 7 —The Mobile Tribune of the 4lb,
has despatches from Jackson, Miss., of the 2d.
The Delta of ThUisday, says that business in New
Orleans was generally suspended, mest of the bank
closed, and the city everywhem looking sad.
The Delta thinks that the Federal troops wou’d be
landed that day, 2d.
The Post Office remains open, guarded by marines.
The Telegraph offices are closed, and railroad travel
st ipped.
The mutiny at the fort was ciused by tbe falsa nows
that the city bad sur end* r. and. Th • Delta says3So
men u utnied and marched off to the enemy irom the
fort One company stood Arm.
The Mobile Tribune has an official despatch from
Camp Moore, which' says: “A sec md deader irom
the Yankee fleet has reached hem, who sa\s that Por
ter has left the river for tne purpose o 1 attacking Mo
bile. We have faith in hi i staiem nts.”
In answer to foreign consuls, Commander F rngut
said he would allow erovisi >ns to reach the city in flat
boats and Bkiffs, but no st, amboas would be al owed.
Farragut notified tne Mayor of N<w Orleans thithe
would hold no further communication wits the city
authorities, as he had been misr p es- nted. He staled
that Gen. Butler was soon expected, and that he would
turn the command of the city i-ver to him.
A Distinguished Virginian Killed.
Richmond, May 7. —Hon. Robert Or. Scott of Fau
quier oounjy, one of the most distinguished ju ists of
Virginia, and a prominent Bnmbar of th -■ late SUti
Convention, was killed in Fauquipr C>\, Saturday last,
by a marauding party of Yankee deser era.
HIE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG.
LETTER FROM GENERAL JOHNSTON—
THE BATTLE ONE OF THE FINEST
OF THE WAR—HEAVY LOSS OF THE
ENEMY—GEN. EARLY BADLY WOUND
ED—GEN. ANDERSON REPORTED KILL
ED—ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE AND
REPULSE OF THE ENEMY REPOR ED.
Richmond, May S. —An official letter from General
Johnston, dated at Birhamville, 11 A. M.. yes erd-iy,
states that the enemy having come np York river,
landed under cover of their gunboats near We t Po nt.
No mention Is made about the imminency of an ther
engagement, but on the contrary the tenor of the le tor
Indicates that General Johnston did potexpec a con
flict with the enemy. He states that the repulse o' the
enemy near Williamsbu g stems to have stopped their
advance in that direction, altogether.
The prisoners taken on Monday are principally o
Heintzeiman’s division, and a part of Sumnei’s.
Nothing is said of extent ol the casualties on
either side.
LATER.
The battle near Wil iamsburg on Monday, is aid to
to have been one of the finest of the war, while it
listed. The eharge of Stewart’s cavaliy is represented
to have been fearful, mowing down the Hessians by
scores
The loss of the enemy iff killed and wounded Is very
heavy.
Oa our side, General Early, of Virginia, was btdly
wounded, and General Anderson, of South Carolina,
reported killed. No official detailed account of lb
battle has yet been received.
The city is greatly excited today with an unauiben
tic report of another terrific battle ye te.'day near
Bahamville The confederates are raid to hav been
again victorious, whilst tne Yankees were defeated
with immense salughter.
The Enemy Moving .on Mobile.
Mobile, May ‘The advance of Porter’s fleet, con
sisting of seven vessels, are now off Port Morgan. Ten
moro are off Horn Is'and moving eastward and fl-iog
occasionally, apparently feeling for masked batteries,
Our forces at the forts Rre,confldent of their abil.ty
to hold the enemy In check.
Late European News,
From the Baltimore American, of May 3d,
we extract the following :
Halifax, May I.—The steamer America has
arrived with advices to the 20th ult.
The London Times editorially expatiates on
the importance of the struggle for New Orleans,
and says that the occupation of that place by
the Federals would be like a tourniquet tigh
tened over the great artery oi the Seceded
States.
The London Morning Herald has a sarcastic
editorial on the protracted continuant e of the
American struggle. It sees no signs of exhaus
tion in the North or discouragement in the
South, and believes that a speedy peace is hope
less. The editor further says that the Govern
ment at Washington should be permitted to
have one more chance, and if it tail the Great
Powers should peremptorily interfere on behalf
of tbe general well being of mankind. That
>-n .h<>-n.riono before is owing to the
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