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THE NEW
WHOLE NO. 9366. , - NEW
FORK HERALD.
YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1862. ? PRICE TWO CENTS.
THE FALL OF NEW ORLEANS.
Interesting Correspondence Between
Flag Officer Farragut and
^ iSfof ilouroe# #r**"
Formal, Demand for the Surren
4*
, der of the City.
Tie Mayor Refuses to lower the Rebel Flag
and Hoist the Star Spangled Banner.
Rebel Outrages on the Wives and Chil
dren of Loyal Citizens.
Sketches of the Union Naval
Commanders,
Ac., &C; M
Washihgtoh, May 1,1802.
W?e following correspondence, together with the an
Bouncement of the surrender of Fort Mucon, NorO> Curt
(mm, taken from tho Richmond Enquirer of vestenViy,
which city it reached by telegraph, was to-day received
at the War Department. The correspondence Is bet ween
"" Mayor of New Orleans and Flag Ollicer Furragut.
VL10 OFFICER FaRKAGL'T'H b F.HAND FOB THE PI B
KENDKK OP TUB CITY.
UNi*i!i> States Flagship IIarticbd, \
Ow> New Ouun, April 26,1802 /
W? Hie Excklijcncy. tor [Mator or the Cirror Nrw Or
Uaks.-?
8m?Upon my arrival beroro your city I had the honor
*? ?*nd to your Honor Captain Bailey, Uniud State*
???y. second in oommand pf tho expedition, to
demand of you the surrender of New Orleans
to me as the representative of the government of the
?alted States. Capt. Bailey reported the result of an
toterview with yourself and the military authorities
It must occur to your Honor that it is not within the
province or a naval officer to assume tho duties of a
military cemmand.iut. I came here to reduce New Or
Mans to obedience to the laws of, and to vindicate the
Mtondod nu^eaty of the government of the United States,
fka rights of persons and property shall he secured
I therefore demand of yon, as its representative, the
?squallfled surrender of the city, and that the emblem
*f the sovereignty of the Culled States be hoisted over
City Hall, Mint andOustom House, by meridian thiH
lay, and all flags and other emblems of sovereignty
stber than this of the United states he removed from
til the public buildings by that hour.
1 particularly request that you shall exercise your an
Btority to quell disturbances, restore order and call upon
Ml the good people of New Or!eais to retire at once to
Ibeir avocations, and 1 particularly demand thai no pet
Hn Mall fx ?helated in person or property, or for senU
%men(iof loyally to tkoir fwornnent. I shall speeo ily and
severely punish any person or persons who shall commit
SMb eutrages as were witnessed yesterday by armed
Bring upon helpless women and children for giving
Srprsssien to their pleasure at urtfnettingtk*"old jiag."
lap, very respectfully. D Q. FARRAGUT,
Flag Officer Western Gulf Squadron.
^ TB REPLY OP THE MAYOR.
Mavoa's OmcB, Crr* or Nrw Orwaw 1
P"T H'!f,Apr nf ten*.- <
Km Omen D. G. Farragit, United States W- h.c
Hartford:?
to?to pursuance of a resolution which ws tfccughi
proper to take out of regard for the lives of the women
sadchildren, who still crowd the metropolis, General
l^vett has evacuated it with his troops, and restored
hack to ma the administration of its government aim the
asstody of its honor. 1 have, in council with tho City
Fathers, considered tho demand you made of me verier
iay of en unconditional surrender of the city, coupled
with a requisition to hoist thoflag of tho United Slates
M tho public edifices, and haul down tho flag that still
feats upon tho breozo from the dome of tho Hall. It be
Bosses my duly to transmit to you an answer winch ,t
Iks universal sentiment of my constituents no less than
the prompting my own heart declares to mo on this sad
and solemn occasion. Tho city is without the means of
defence, and is utterly destitute of the foroe and matei lal
that might enable it to resist an overpowering arma
ment, displayed in sight of it.
I am no mlitary man, and possess no authority
beyond that of executing tho municipal laws of the city of
Mew Orleans. It would be presumptuous in me to slltur t
to load as army to the field, if 1 had one at command
aad I know still leva how to surrender an undefended
pace, held, ae this is, at the mercy of your gunners and
four mortars. To surrender such a place were an idle
and unmeaning eeremony. Tho city is yours by the
tower of brutal force, not by my choice or the consent of
l?S inhabitants. It ia for you to determine what will be
Mm fate that awaits us hero. As to hoisting any ling
?ot of our own adoption and allcginnce, lot mo say to
foa that the man lives act la our midst whose hand and
kssrt would not be paralyzed at the mere thought or such
aa act; nor could I find in my entire constituency so d<~
aerate and wretched a renegade as would dare to pro.
tone with his hind tho sacred emblem of our aspirations.
?r, you have manifested sentiments which would be
ams one engaged in a bettor cause than that to which
faa ka?a devoted your sword, i doubt not that they
Spring from a noble though deluded nature, and I know
kow to appreciate the emotions which Inspired them.
Too have a gallant people to administrate during your
saciipeary of this city?a people sensitive to all that car.
la the least affect their dignity and self-respeul. Fray.
Sir, do not fail to regard their susceptibilities. The obll.
gat ions which I shall assume in their aame shall he rell
flouely complied with You may trust their houor,
though you might not count ou their sebmisrien to
??aerHod wrong.
la conclusion, I bog you to understand that the peoplo
af New Orleans, whUo enable to resist yoer forco, do not
allow Uie.mi.iTes to be insulted by the interference
Sf such as hers HMen4 themselves odious and o*?d
Issaptibie bv their teatardly desertion of onr reuse in
Ike mighty struggle ia which we are engagod, or such as
Mgbt remind ?h*m too forcibly that they are the con
M"sl and yon the conquerors. I'ento and order may
?My be proeorved without resort to measures which
?said net prevent. Tour occupying of the city does not
Maasfer alicgtanoe from tho government of their choioe
?o one which they have deliberetely repudiated and
Ikoy yield theobodlenee which the conqueror is entitled
?? ?tort from theconqiiered. Respectfully,
JOHN K. MONROE, Mayor.
HITCHES OF THE UNION NAVAL OFFICERS.
Ikctck of Commodore Ftrrafnti
M Officer David <3. Farragut, the Commodore of the
|SM M* before New Orleans, is a native of the
Mate of Tennessee Mid ia about sixty three years of ape.
?a* a citizen of bis nature ^tate, and was appointed to
the United futes Navy trom that Bute, lie entered lb#
?eeviee as a midshipman when a mere child, his wairart
?sarin* date Pecember 17,1810. He was Orst on board
tke Essex under tb<< redoubtaMo (oinmodore David Por
ter, and served with bun also in the expedition around
Caps Horn in 1R19. Is 1811, this vessel, rated as a
thirty-i-?o gun ship, but carrying forty thirty two
plunder* anA it* long twelves, aad 319 men, composed
?BS of the eoast squadron undir ('ominodoro Rtxffnrx, and
4orla< tbe war of IMS was a terror to the Ilritieh fleet.
Prom the I lth of July, 1812, until the 18th of September,
3M1S, the Essex and ber Ixjeta captured from the British
?fUen Chips, eight brtgs and twe schooners, with sn
aggregate of aboet one hundred and nfty gnas. So much
h terror did she becotrtc, tbnt the British broke the neu
trality laws and pursued ber in the liarbor of Valparaiso,
and on the 3Mb of March, 1814, cai tared bar sftcr s
ftevere contest for two hours sjiU a half against two
jrlf Isa, eae carrying thirty si< f?ns, the other twenty
Uni. Commodore Porter has a knack of turning his
?7 ws into assistant war vessels, one of which, the
?>etic he armed with twenty guns, and placing sixty
*ec, ??-*rd. gaTel.st t-> <?iis of h's ' (tvtsnants undsr the
Mm* if the Essex, jr. Thla vessel dually became ty
?artel for Captain Porter, km offloers and ere ^ ^ lbe
Cnttad Statet. Ha ?U found to b* la apt"tailor and
* offlRr, ao(J ?2'u1a bay# be>m promoted
early Taut fronj hli extreme youth. <Jn ono occasion,
whan it fu found necessary to appo^i M wting lieu
tenant to ona of Commodore P^ffor'a captures, David
Farragut's name was mentioned, but bis appoint
ment was opposed on '<oe ground that he waa "but
? mere boy." Af?er ten years of an adventurous
life, In tho JcAf 1820, we find him still a midshlp
mxin on bAlrd the Franklin, s seventy-four gun liue
i f bkl tie ship, and on the let of January, 1821, he is re
eorded as having been off duty in the city of New York.
Daring tble year hj passed his examination in this city,
and being twenty-one years of age wan recommended for
promotion. Bo vat then ordered on the West Imlia
station; but It was not until the 13th of January, 1826,
tnat he wns commissioned a lieutenant, and in that ca
pacity was still employed on the same station. He was
next transferred to the flrandywine, a forty-four gun
frigate, imU was reported on that vessel on the 1st of
January, 1826. On the same day of the following year
ho is recordod as having been during tbo latter part of
the previous year, ordered to the receiving ship at Nor.
folk, Virgin.a, which position ho held until lata in 1828.
He wan then ordered to the sloop Vandalia, an eigi. ?en
gun vessel-of-war, whieh joined the squadron on tbo
coast of Brazil. On this station he remained about
two years, wh?-u he a^ain returned Jo Norfolk.
He appears U> have been retained on the re
ceiving ship at the Norfolk Navy Yavd during the re
mainder of 1830, through tlia years 1881 and 1832, ami
pome |iorti?.n of 1833, for his name is recorded as still
beinf at Norfolk on the first day of Jar mry in that yea'
Hq*w:ih t)"xt irderod to the sloop Natchez oi
which lie bout t J?o position of exuciitiv< officer nt the
commencement ',ri8?4 Tlir<-spe; was then vlnti<-ne-l
on the coact of Brazil. On his return to thi;< country
about the end of that year, he was allowed a brlof inter
val of rest, as he Is recorded absent on leave at the com
mencement of 1?36. During the years 1830 and 1837 he
was entirely off duty, awaiting orders He was next
ordered on the West India station, but did not remain
there lonp, for the commencement of the year 1 MO
again finds Lim awaiting orders. Ho is next recorded on
the 1st of January, 1841, in ordinary at Norfolk, Va. On
the 8th of Pepteir.bor 1841, ho was commissioned a com
mander in the navy, and ordered to the sloop-of- war l)e
catur, a sixteen gun vessel In her he age in galled to the
coast of Brazil, and joined that squadron. Ha remained
on the station for about twelve months, when he was
again allowed absence on leave. He is thus recorded on
the navy roll on the 1st of January, 1843. At this
time his name ? tood No. 66 on the list of commanders
During that and the next year he was out of active ser
vice again and awaiting orders; but in consequence o'
deaths and dismissals he had risen nine on the roll ot
lieutenants, his name standing No. 47 on the list on tho
1st of January. 1846. He was next again ordered to tho
Nm y Yard .it Norfolk, where he retuainoU until afUir tho
1st of January 1847. Daring that year he was Ordered
to join and take command of tho sloop-of-war SaratOf u, r
twenty g.m vessel, then stationed on the home s<jiirvtT->a.
On the roll of the navy officers, made up vy tfe? iw.7
Department to the end of 1847, ha is still re
ported in command of the vessel, and bis grade
of lineal rank stands at No. 42 on the list of command
ers. On his return home he wae agaiu ordered to the
Norfolk Navy Yard, where he held command second to
Oummodcro flit at. This position be tilled during the re
mainder of 1848, and during the years 184!) and 18o0.
January 1,1851, however, finds him again awaiting or
dare. His name had, however, risen some-.viyit higher
on the roll of navy commanders; for in 1S40 it stood No.
40, in 1660 at Nc. 30, and January 1,1861, at No 80
During that year he was ordered on a diluent service,
as Assistant Inspector of Ordnance, beiug tecoud in com.
' i <!??? r ti ?u<>doi?'>< ,nner Th? prstt ion he held
untti after tin. of ii.c y t *u ,uUi lie ?h ih*vv coiisitivivtt
a vary efficient ordnance officer. .Again we flud his
name rising en the list of commanders, January 1,1862,
it being Vo. 27: January 1, lft63; No 26, and January 1,
1864. No. 23. Another field w as at this time opened to
the Subject of enr sketch by the establishment of a new
na\y yard at Mare's Island, near San Francisco,CaJifor
nia. Commander Farragut, then standing No. 18 on the
list. wm ordered to the cbler command cf this pent, and
became Commandant of the new yard. Thai he well filled
tba position there is every record to tesliry On the 1st
of January, 1866, he vs still recorded m chief of tha*
yard, and on September 14, of the Mrne year, ho was
eomm'ssinced a-captain of the United K tales Navy, his
name standing No. 38 on tho roll of navy captains of tno
American ten Me. He held the aauie position for
some years, when he was ordered in 1868 to the
command of the stsam sloop Brooklyn, a twenty-live
gun vessel, forming a portion of the Rome squadron ,in
der Flag Officer McCluney. He was, however, removed
from this command duringthe month of May, 1?P0, after
bring on board of the vetne! over twenty m.rnths; but
the rearon of his removal was on* of somewhat
a mysterious char actor, anl caused a great deal
or nnval and ne>r?paper controversy at the tima.
>s it does not materially affect our sketch, we will no'.
mt?r at large upon the subject, but merely state that tbe
let of January, 1861, again found him awaiting orders.
F.s name at thi? time stood number thirty revon on the
list cr captains of the United States Navy. On the 1st of
but September he was sUH aw.-iituig orders, but the ras
cilly deeertion of some of his seniors in rank. and lhe
death of others, made htm rise Fix steps ou the ladder < f
promotion, his name U.en standing number thiity-one.
V hot; the present expedition Mat fitted out, Captain Km
rr.gut wm apix'intcd by the Navy Department as its Flag
Officer: and, Judging by the rerorts'thnt have reached its,
be bus bravely Oiled the pnsilicu, ond added one mure
sprig to tho already heavy laurel wreath wot by the navy
of the I ntted Slates.
fommod'-ro Fsrrsgut it Kill an active and oampara
t.\oly ycung ln< king man. Ho haa been twic? married-,
the last time K> the niece of George J/ijall, Buchanan's
Niivv Afcent ?t Norfolk, and one who is reported as bitter
n ?fi ep*i<>nl*t M ai?y u lh it vicinity lu this uonection
t may u< t Iv cut ef place to state that (ommander l'en
n' nk. another bravt and loyal "son of the sen,'1 now
serving in the feet under Ccmmodcie Foote. uiairied th"
daughter of this sonic tleorfo Ley all.
As a itt-tn, of tv-mmodore Farragut's service. *r win
mi rely state that he hus been .n the United States Navy
oxer fifty-oiio years: that he has spent twenty -cmo year* of
that lime at sea. nineteen years and over on shore and
i.Hier dnty ,snd ha? heon for eleven year* unemployed
Cuder his commission as captain, ho has seen over two
veait and a half sea service, part of which !o Ute capa
city of Flag Officer.
fthctrh ef Commander Porter.
Commander David D. Porter, the chief nftioer of the
mortar fleet new reported hefora New Orleans, man*
tlverf ivnuej lvania He if the ?on of the well known
Com. Davtd Purler, of the Em**, the vessel >o which
Commodore Karragut made his flrst voyage. Thus the
son of his Qrtt superior officer now hold* an important
commend under the "childlike midshipman" of the
Essex Ho entered the navv from Ute Slate of Pennsyl
re.r.ia of which he is ? citizen, en the 21 of Febriary,
Ititf', on tvhxh day his wan ant of midshipman is datrd
On the Id of July, lH.tr>, he i>a?sod his (nomination,ami
was recommended for eaily promotion. During the
years 1838 to 1841 ho wr? appointed on the <"oasl Survey
and *?wplot ing eipcdltions, and stood on tho li.il of psssod
midshipmen at the following numbers:? January 1,lfc1?,
Ho. Ill; J.muary J, 1830, No. 84, January 1, 1840, No
61, and January 1, 1841, at No 4*. On the 2Tth of
February, 1841, he was commissioned a lieutenant,
end ordered to the frigate Congress, a'forty four gun
?essel-of war. He then joined tlie Hed lerranean aqund
ron 'intll his vessel was ordered on the (Indian eta'no.
He flit! retained hij position on Hie same craft, and was
on her over four years. for his name Is recorded as one
of her lieutenants on the rolls of the Navy Department
for the years commencing January 1, 1842, 184.1 1*44
ai.dl8-t.~i. He had nut risen much during these yoars,
for ou the first mentioned date his name stood at No. 367
on the lt?t of hen tenants, on the seuond at No. 2*8; on
the third At No. 346. and on the but at No. 202. At the
tatter end of 1846 ho wa* attached to the Observatory at
Washington on special service, .vhich position ho rtill
held at the commencement and during a portion of 18^
He then stood No. 2J8 on the list. Ou Jam.ury 1,
1847, he Is recorded as heiiig in charge of tl e render vows
at New ttrlams, from which he wns detached to again
Join the (Vast .Survey, on which service bit name in re
corded on .latiuiiry 1, IMS During thin yeir b< w*? ft|,.
tioiolcd I? the coroiRSB'' of the sthuonsf i-etrei, ccfagej
ob this survey, retaining the command during the greater I
portion of the year 1849. At the beginning of 186(1 be ia |
recorded u being on leave of &bsetice. His n*ine tbeu
stood No. lfifl on the Mat, be having risen forty twOMe.
frees in tbree years, lie was uext ordered to tbe com
tniuid of thomali steamer Oeorgia, which command be
held during the latter part of 1840, tbe years 1861 and
1852. and a great portion of 1853. On the lflt Of January
1864, he is recorded ubhent again on leave, and at the
beginning of the next year ?wait ing orders. Hi* i.ame
now stood at No. 188. I'urlng 1836 tiewats ordered to ibu
command of tbe storeshlp Supply, and lield this com
mand during the next year until February, 1867. He
was tben ordered on chore duty, and on tbe 1st of Janu
ary, i860, was at the Navy Yard at Portsmouth as
third in command. At tbe beginning of the year
1861 be waa under orders to join tbe Ouul Survey
on tbe Pact Ac, but, fortunately, had not left
when the rebellion broke out. His came at
this llmo Mood number six on the lint of lieutenant*.
The resignation of several naval traitors loft room for his
advancement, and tbe "Naval R*|?ist*r" for August 31,
1861, places him number sever.ty.seven on the li*t of
commandors, with twenty others b*tweon him and the
next rrade of rank below. He was then placed in com
mand of tbe steam sloop of-war Powhatan, a vessel <jf
about twenty-five hundred tons, and a; mod with eleven
guvs, in her be took part in one section of tbe block
ailing sou idron, and left that ship to take tbe special
charge oj this mortar expedition.
During (lie Mexican war, Commander Porter, then a
ileutor.ii.t, took a very active purl in the naval portion
or tbat caiffpaigo. He waa the executive olllcer and first
lieutenant ,mrt?r tho famous Commodore Tutnall, who
h.il'hi'f ! the nvrinlte Ueet in the waters if <lio
Wtti: Tl.. tdvei.t.ires befbre Vera Print are not iikoty
mm i to be fn<-pc>Uen
/? a ."tHiiw of' on.maudi r rioter's service*, we will
nicroly cta.t; that b<" entered the service in 1829, and
<onf (?(iiotiiiy hits been in the United Stales Navy tbirty
Ibree yrai s. Of th^se he liSf been at pea for over nine
teen yeaiS, on *horo and other duty about null years,
and the remaining live years Ue has been unemployed.
As a lieutenant be bas seen nearly ten years sea service,
and as a commander about twelve month; or a little
over. He belongs to a family of naval patriot*!, for, be
sides the subjec t or the above sketch, there are in the
cavy B II. Wrter. acting midshipman,appointed fr< ra
New York, November 29, 1860, T K. Porter, muster,
appointed from Tennessee, May 20,1852: Wm.C. B. 8.
Porter lieutenant, appointed from the District of Colum
bia. 1tarob 25, 1849, and Wm. D. Porter, commander,
unpointed from Massachusetts, January 1, J823. Tbe
l&et natr.cd commanded the l>ses gunboat on tbe Ten
muse i .ver.
WK?t< H of Cajitttln Morris#
ftvpum Ilenry W Morns. the chief officer of theI'en
gMolu,whWh is reported at! having done such good ?or
vi,e at New Orleans, is a native of New York, and en
ured tbe navy as a midshipman. sp^inted^ from this
Bute of which ^ .? also a eitwen, on tbo 21t?t of August,
M1? ' l or some tune after that uate he was at (U.e Navy
Yard ai Urook'.yn but during l*>e latter part of 18^0 be
was ordered to tbe corvette Cyans,? ve>asl-of war car
.v.ngtwemy From this be was transferred
to the tloop-of-war Ontario, a >es?el ot sign*?. t?
He woe next ordered to the fngato ?:omt.tut.on, a well
known vesbei of-war or forty four grins, then HUttoned in
the Mediterranean. This brings ?>? *>wn to tbo year
1K2?. Paring the ne*t two year* be * recorded a* Ik ing
absent from tbo service on leave. On the 17th of May,
lfm h# was commissioned a lieutenant, and joined t >e
active wntafc He continued to Jo bm duly to varww
! positions until IK#, wWa.on the 1st of January erf tbat
year w? Hnd bim awaiime order*. On thai day b?
name stood No. 134 on the Ml of lieutenants of the
1'n ted Ftntes Navy. Onihelsl of Jauuary,18W, be m
latter mrt cf that year and tbe
whole of the years 1840. IMi, 1843, 1*43.1844 and a per
"on of 1H46 he w? engaged at tbe reudetvous and on
ether duty intblscity. He hadrapidly fisenup^-Ud^
der of rank during theee years, for on tbe lit of January
of each of tbe years >a*t mentioned his ???? 'J?*
?h standing at Ibe following numbers-1840, No 114,
m?To.l?, lM2.No. 47 1843, No. 43; 1^4,^.37.
hub'No 28 thus, in six years, he hnd risen cightys.x
I ? T.flll4!, ho was appointed to the command of the
Bloresblp Soulbam .ton, then belonging to the African
TZrol U- .tin held that command at tbo beginnuig
ofl840,but durinf tbat year he was again or* red to
ith Navy Yard st New M. Dur.ng the neat Jr.
! .. J^??ar* .o have been unemployed, as be f
I yC" i?d as afaitUg orders .firing the whole of
I recorded as awan? r .
I that time. In the meantime he hart pa**
to the head of the list of Untenant., and
cl the 12th ef Octotur, 1M9, was pronu ted to be a coin
?,?- -i..j ??? ?vj. ?u? w ?
?rv 1861 his raiue stood on the llet of commanders a*
Na'te. and on the same ilsy of 18M at No 8, I*.*
i Uutt year lie waif again appointed to tbe rrn.e.voun a
i New York, this tlmo with the command of the v**'
* ,ti, n he he'd until some time in when the v m
mu d of the sloop Gerniftntown.a twenty t?' N"
jSr.STwUinc?>? r;
,'ivon v, b.m Vrom this station be wa- U^ tran-e
rod to tbe Mediterranean sf adron of winch b. ,
corded on the 1st of Jan.aty. 1W#
captain under Oimmod^e Ktrmgham Ai th>s time
numestood No ?? on the. l?t vt '^^.lers tm hW
SSL.?'?"? ?*? "*?
rre,.?d duty in New York ar,? he so recc.U^l <h. lb
ul tbe Nuvy DoraUm^. on th, 1st '
His name at tb? time but three below that
?f tbe senior com naode. of the t'nitod ^tato, Na%y_ <??
ls?h ?! "I ? ? ?'?' ? <*"??!'
r?w YM "?ru"
unlit bis (UipOiOlmotit to tho command ot tbe I ei.* -w-a.
I)uriog tbe moatb ?: , H ruary. U?, while awatu^ or
riers, he attended as second principalUfllcer at tl.c ?
Court Mart.al or Command. rWslke, held in tt.<
of Um Navy Yard at H.ooklyn. Wb.le t.ie .-e?. .c?,a
oulldmg at tb. Washington Navy Yard dur.ng the
loiter part of 18?l, CaptnU Morris took i-.rticu.ar ns
^ Sending her coctructten. and whi.? M -
^rrTbrmight m cniact with I'rerideal I ? |wln
who aLo was ni . h ma-^l ,n the vessel. Thc ensa
? " .t,,m p. ..of war, and oar nee twenty-four
of heavy cahhre' It will be remembered th U when
th. ve "el was . tuple ted tbe banks of tha 1'otouiac we e
lined w^tt rebel batteries. Thir, blockade the lensarota
I .afcl, H?d securely ran, the vessel being a- the tms. no
I rier the command of CapUln Verr,. and ? ?
uOi tIiif brMliant movement, which had
.Z. V-f"" '
n,i.in.lis '>f the Vith of January, 1M2. After t?
w, bor m lUmpton Roads tor some little time, thu Vu
^Twns^to join the Gulf blockading s.,u~lron
ud set fall fur that purt-ise. That ,
brarelv don* his duty there " but lltt.le doubt, for all
who know him ean l^ar test.mo,,y to his bravery as
mcr .swell as to tbo fact of hla being a ploaeant
"?,<Ma.
b?n,or. U>? !>.? h"'""
A sailor's llf? at home aud at soa and a. w io ?
M.lail with htm as Bert Uiat m action Uiere # none b.e
^TTveTollowing is a recapitulation of CnpUin Morrn sc.r
TII.?H ?He entered the navy in 181#. and h,iS Ui.-rn.ore
hoen IB the Unitod Statee service nearly forty three
rears. Of these he tun been over eighteen yo:irs at s,
Hn has been about twelve years on shore and other duty,
and .ho rem lining thirteen years has been
Tbie .s his flrit voyage as a captain, he noth^ ngl
to gea HW 186&.
gkrtcb of Captain Bailer
r.toiain Thendorus Da.ley, t'nitod SUtes Navy, who
ooiuffl.inded the lleet of gunboats which pessed up the
Il,i and participated In the atta.k on Forts
Jtukson and Ihllip and th. ^
,t!in moath of the river and ttie city of New Or
ts a native ot riattsburg, in this Plato His
constat her, OHonel John Ilalley, of Kiahkill,
rL,nty SMS soldier it the Revolution, and a snbstant W
man IB his neighborhood. where he marrle 1 iho uiu gbter
ot Theodofus Van Wyck.alfg. landed nropr.c! r.hcid
??versl tios'.llons of trust, and was tmteli eKeemed. ll^s
? Iher judge William Bailey (having marrl. d tbe dawgh
ier o(Oaptoln Plait, ere of UiepawniMm of FUttsburg),
we>t from this city early In llfa, and became on* of the
fioneer settlers on the sborea of Lake Chumplain, where
bo resided to tk? time of bis death. During the war of
1812 Plattsburg be sura# a prominent historical point,
and Captain Piatt's residence wae taken on tho Invasion
by the British as tbsir headquartors. A story >s told of
this svsnt illustrative of lbs fortunes of war and the
charactr r of tho owner. Captain Plat I refused t<> accom
jMiny Uio fauiiiy u their tli^Ut from the British lime,
ami when the General took possession was found quietly
sitting by the fire. One of tbs Goneral's aids Inquired of
him ?1'? Who are you,old man?" and was as promptly and
profanely answers)!, "I am Cbptaln Piatt, and be damned
to you, young muni" The Captain remained, and was
kindly treated by the new comers, being a sort of prisoner
at large until they were qjeclotl by Gonoral Macomb Cap
tain Bailey was born iu 1806, and obtained his appolntiBent
at the age of fourteen, through tbo iniluenco of bis uncle,
Genera) Theodorns H/uloy,United fl:ate? Senator for New
York. Although entering tbo navy too late to partici
pate In the WAr of 1812, bo bad the opportunity of
Bailing uniier and acquiring his naval education from the
men who had n that struggle given our navy a world
wide roputation. After years of service in tbo lower
grades, Captain Bailey obtained bis first command as
lieutenant commanding of the taxlngton, on old n.siee.
rated as astortslup, with which hefound himself on Che
const of California during tno Mexkan w..r, and, with tlM
steal which he has always displayed, made elllc?>iil use of
hor as a vtssel-of-war in captui iug San Bias, and acting
as an armed cruiser on the coast. Ills next ccmmaiul
was tl>asloop-of-war St. Marys, with whi;h he returned
to the Pacific and cruised for three yours. His opportune
arrival at PanAina during the celebrated riots, and tbo
' teps tlintln'hull toqueil them, were eminently suc<ess
'ul and sttlisfacuiry, Jiiikr to citi/viis and government
Hearing tho news ot' th* t>oii bardmci I of Smiiter wlule
'n tlio oity on a visit, lie took tbo next train to Wa.' hiiig
Win to odcr his services to the government. A fow diiys
aMerwarus be was agMgncd to tbo command of the ? ok>
rado, with whii h he hastened to Pensiicola, where rho
t>ocaiiie a terror to tbo rebels by li s restless activity
Captain Bailey co-operated with General llarvey Brown
'n the operations there, plnnne<l an 1 matured in all it*
dctAiis the expodition to the ma nlai'.d. and tho rapture
of tho privateer Judith, making the first attempt in per.
son m his gig on a dark night, moving directly up to the
Navy Yard dock, to which tha privstoer had drawn in fcr
refuge, aud making a very successful reoonnoi^itancc *? on
followed by the capture of tbo privateer by Ins boats
uoder Lieut. Hnase'l. From Pensacola he was ordered
to the Southwest Pass, to co-operate in the expedition
against *-'cw OrlnAns. When tho expedition started, find
lug it impossible to pot the ''olorado, from her heavy
draught*, over the bAr, although*' Taring from thuellTie
of a recent painful surgical operation, ha asked of Hap
Oftiocr Furrngut permission to go up as a volunteer,
transferring his guns, officers and men to vessels of
lighter drsufMs, ai.d was at once kindlyat*igned the
position of second in command, with immediate com
mand of the steam gunboats. Alter making bis arrnogo
menlK and transr?i i ing the Colorado to First Lieutenant
luv.s, he jo.ued Uio expedition then iu the river. Hew
he |iorforined his dunes there will bast appear when the
history of the expedition is written. <iipt. Pn.ley belongs
U)a family which has t.veu uiauv ?Ulcers to tha army
and navy,and bis four suiters all autrrled into tbe ser
vico. He >s fully unbued with a iovo for his profo sion ?
and. like the larger portion of Its members, displays his
shell bai.k proclivities in a fondness for rough service and
activc duty afloat.
Asa ri?u>iu of the services of Captain Pa. ley it ap
pears that he entered the savy on New Year's Day of
1818,and has consequently served his country for ever
forty-four years. Of these over twenty years have bee.,
stent at sea ,n bout s>i years on r.liore and ctbor duty,
and for the Amiining eighteen yeirs ar.d over he lias
been unemployed. Previous to bis present voyage bo
hid i' * bsnn to sea since December, lute after which
i _.t, vas ui>poiuted a member of a special court of
inquiry.
NEWS FROM GEN. HALLECK'S ARMY.
Rcconnolttautt and Fl||ht with (lit Ene
my?Hasty Plfght of the Ilet??l??Purely
Otcnplfd by Onr Troop#?The Commu
nication of the Retool* North of Corinth
Cnt Off*. ?kc.
Pnrsiinin, Tenn., April 30 -11 A. II
FIoo F M Htawtov, flucretary ef War-?
Movements coutluue. The reads an > rri anil require
ugrout deal of work fur heavy train*
Ti.c reconnciEsacce to I'urdy *a* m, oafnl They de
stroyed two brnlj:f" on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
optnrcd oue locomotive and ? trn.r, of men
THOMAfl A. SCOTT,
AstusUnl Seaelary.
I'mwmti, Teen., May 1,1862.
The ?niher clear aid pHea^ant, with a good prosi<ct
for an unprovriiieuL in the rouds. Tho river ie falling.
liMif; HIT W shennaa has arrived from Port Royal
suiii tukoti but brigade
Canw, May 1, lt>#2
Tliu river has riseu two multe* hi the Ltel tweuly-four
hours.
Tho steamer lie lie Creole baa arrived from Pittaburg
jAr.ding. Her dates are to Wodne?(iny tw.cn.
A riH'.'-nnoif-v.nre ir. force ?iu made y<#terday morning
from the right wiiig, four mile* tbi* side of I'urdy .on tho
Memphis and Ohio rood They ami a force of iebol
cavalry, who flod in gient liuMe and ccutd nut be rallied.
Ttiry were |roraue?l to Purdy.
Otir forcea uu taking nw-sno of the town burnt two
bridge*! and ran a locomotive Into tbo river. Tkrre
prisoner* were lakeo.
Our foreev then retired. having cut off a!l railroad com
mutiiealiuu ? itb the eountfy north of Corinth, which has
heec a groat aource of relwl supplies
NEWS FROM GEN. MITCHEL'S DIVISION,
Successful Expedition Agatnrt Drlilgt*
porf?Northern Alkbain* Cleared of
Hcl?*l?, ?c.
Hc?mrvii.Li, Ala., via koramu, May 1,1862.
To flow. Edwin M. fTAWTon, Secretary el War?
VeMerday, Um enemy having cut our wires and at
ia< ked, during tbe nigbt, tne of our brigades, 1 deemed
II my duty to baud In person tbe expedition against
Bridgeport.
I ftaritti by a train of cars >n ttie morning, fol
lowed !.y two additional regiments of infantry and
twu rciu|> m,ok of cavalry. 1 found that our pickets bad
e.njjaf ud the enemy'* picket# four mi leu fr? m Bridgeport,
and after a sharp engagement, in which we loct ono man
kill d, drove tbem serosa a stream, wboee railway
tiudge I bad buri ed.
Willi four regiments of infantry, two piece* of artll
lery. diacged by hand,and two com|ianiefl of cavalry,
at three P.M., we advanced to Ihe burnt bridge and
opened our Ore upon the enemy's pickets on lb* other
side, this producing the intpressioa that our advance
would be by the railway.
Tblc nwmnpllsbed, the #1 '.?rce was tlwown acros*
tbe aoanlry about a mile, nf ' :H'l on the road leading
from Stevenson to Hi ulgi p<>ii The m.ddlc column now
ad' ancea at a very rapid pace. Our scouts attacked
those of ib< enemy, and for red tbem from the Bridge
pert road. We thus succeeded in making a complete
Kurpi is?, immediately fosming our lino of battle on tbe
crest of a wooded hill wilbin five hundred yards of tbe
works constructed to defend the bridge. At our first
flrc tbe rebels broke and roc. They attempt) <1 to blow
up tbe main bridre but failed. They then alternated to
lira the further extremity, but tl.o volunteers, at my utll,
pushed forward In the fece of their lire snd snied the
bridge From tbe Island to the m%r shore we could not
save it. It ia ef inuill moment, its length being but
about 4M) feel.
Prisi neis taken report live regimeut* ef lafsntry and
l,MKi cavalry stationed at the bridge.
1 This oampnign ia elided, and I now occupy MunUviilo
n perfect security, while in all of Alabama north of Mtc
Tennessee i iver U<ali no flag but that of the Union.
0. M. MI'ICHKL,
Prin?dier General Commanding Third Pi vision.
i,mr* iami'? rowr*RT". ?Tbe last of these eonc??iis
ti kes plate this evening at tbe Acndetny ofMi sic. Tbe
grtet ft hi It! will, as on the firmer ocoasirns, ts assisted
t.y MIM t*rlntta I'altl, Pignors Tombesi aad SVrri, and
M*? ? rr Mih.ontia .et and Sanderson. T?-in rrew Mr
^cti*cba;k parloruus in N?w Haven
TWO DAYS LATER FKOM EUROPE.
THE AMERICA AT HALIFAX.
The English Journals Anticipate the
Capture of New Orleans.
The London Tiijien Call& it a "iorniquet Tight
ened Over tbe Artery of Secession."
Opinion of the Aristocrats on
Intervention.
SclentUit Conrni'mloner* from Anstrla to Ei
amloc tbe Monitor, the Itlrrrliuat and (be
Coast Dfftwet of tbe I'nitrd Utafcf.
Reported Arrest of Twelve Hundred Sedi
tious Workmen in France,
&c, Ac., <fcc.
EUi.u>4I, Ma; 1, 1602.
'li.e ?toanir>bi| America, from Liverpool at 10 30 A. M
of the tflth "tit rani Queoiisto" i. aO'h, arrived at Hal.
In* i.l live t M . to-ilny
Mie bae tlnny-flve pi.f?i-in|ii r; for IJ<nrlun.
Nr UpCO.ie rejKJI Ull.
The America cu ll.i 2l.?l epoke tiia mail ftlcjunabi;)
China, froui New York fur Livei|*iol, at ip.artor paet
seven A M < >ff I'aatnet.
Alee, on the 27th nil , spoke ihe ships Samuel Bod.
dlngton. Oriental Kerona ami Tri llion.
The yencrul ccwc n* well at: the commercial, if almost
i) Mark.
Further experiments in lto armor plating of ship*
are engaging attention liolh in Kr.mee and Unglnnd.
(Jrcek iii.ii Turkieh affaire arc but little changed,
j-uatmy lian acceded to Uu French and Prose ian con.
mere ml treaty
THE AMERICAN QUESTION.
The Brititli Pre*** AiitU-ii>::ting the Fall
of New Orleans?Uloomy Porebadlngii
of the !/0n<l0n Tinn *?What the Feudal
Lordi Think of the Straggle, Ac., &c.
The l^ndon Timrs editorially eipa'iateg on the imiior
tanttul the atruggie for New Orleans, and *ays the oc
cupation of that placo by the federal* would te a torni.
iftirl Itf/Mtntd oirr Iht frrat wUrittnf the tertdtdSlatet.
The U?doii J'eiald (cornervative orcran} bis a s.ircaf
tiC editorial on the protracted continuance of the Ameri.
cru. eiruggie, federal predictions to the contrary not with
tij.ni.nr n-*,<-? hi. wigtie of exban?t>on in thn North,
and r.o signs of discouragement in the South, and he
lievee that nc probable military achievement otteUJier
suit would suffice to bring either party to terms. With
tltcve vi. wf eur commercial and political policy should
be regulated on tbe conviction tb.it a speedy peace is
hope'ees.
The llrraiU futtiei raya thai the government of Wash
ington should be permitted to have ene more i har.ee,
and, if they faij, tbe great rowers thould ptrmjIarHy
xnUrftrt on behalf of the general well being of mankind.
That tbis has not been done before is owing to tbe gent
ionly of Kngland at France was ready; but it ia time
that England ?hc..id caaso to ftand between ber own
people m?u Iht relief Ifc/y iur/1
Th( Invailon of Htika.
UadhiF), April IP, IMS.
Ppkrii will uuI. m I>a* beeti reported. withdraw bar
troop* frtrn Mexico. They will tuy until tbe Widic
tloc ?tcmupdrd In obtained.
France.
H wu rumored tfcat th? French in.lire here arroated
i waive hundred workmen tin tbe charge of sedition.
Autrls.
The Austrian g< T?ruiu?ut b-tve sent twe naval en,
gineeia lo Anmri< a to it ei ?l tbe Mentor and Merrtniac
and the ww . oai-t frrtitieat.ons
Italy.
ftrcatglaught wsa marifostcd in all p?rta of Italy t<t
tbe recent language of 1 uimvrru n and (iladatene in tbe
Italian debate in the British House of Commons.
Buwia.
Tbe Rumiun Minister of tbe Interior La* made two
Imperial propeeitiona? one for accelerating tho llberatiou
of tbe nerfa, and tbe other lor c: eating u system of par
liamentary representation. The proposition boa been
referred to the Ccuntil of tbe Empire.
India.
Tho B< iubav ma.! of M in.i 27 i:a! an ivcd, and la on
board tbe Am*rca. The neivn 1a generally enticlpeted
Authfti* ic intelligen ce had been wived that about
6 000 Fersian troops. with one hundred guns, were on
their way to Hera!, and tbat Sir l ar Jnr. of ll?rat, rs
directed'by the Kmg, had ordered 16.UQ0 sowara and in
fantry lo marchagmuat them.
The Iron Fleet of Kngland.
COMMANHKK COLM HOT THE 1NVK.\T0R OF THE
rtM>T BATTERY?TO WHOM 18 THE HONOR DTK?
TO TUB Bt'lTOR TO* lOMIX'N 1 C*-T.
Iln\ lug received printed papers with direi-tiutis lo lay
b' fore Hi" ri'Kj' t committee at Woolwich certain plnus,
1 nenl down to Woolwich for that parpeae, and ??a the
18th of May. t?M,I did lay before It-em those plane, one
of whieh v iw for n flat-bottomed floating buttery, to be
bail! very atrovgly of wood,and then covered outwurdly
wltb Iron ot suiticient IhieUues* to resist and threw off
cannon ehot. Thla one plan wu very favorably received
by the chairman, and I was then assured that my plana
should be laid before tho General of tmiiiaace, and that
I would hear ftvaa him. These plans weie Ml patented
or secured legally. I nested entirely to their hor.er.
on tho 2?.?t of theanraa month, May, 1854 I received
a letter from tbe Ordnance tmice, of which the following
la a copy
OarXAXCi Oirics, May 29, 1864.
To Mr. Oroac.t Hair.?
The Llvuiei.eet Ueweral of the Ordeaeee having received
a r. i. i-t of (he rlc l cominltlec ufion jour plan for a Moat
ing battery, to be moved by steam power. 1 am directed to
acquaint yuu that tbe ? omnmlee at* of '(pinion that the bat
tery, as well as ttie ether plans whMi jou su?arsl for the
capture and des>ri|etlou of tlie eacnij'a ships aud forls, are
uulte Inapplicable to O-e s*ivice
HOBKKT HOTLK, Lieutenant f-losel.
Some few monthaw after Una I read In the public prints
that tbe author! iea warn trying experiments to aaeertaln
the thlcknetaof Iron which would tie required to reaiatand
throw otr c-otinon ahot, na it wae In contemplation to bulM
as quickly as poaaible twenty Iron floating ballerina for
aervice in the shallow waters of tbe Halite, upon which I
wrote to the General of Ordnance, requesting to be in
formed whether these floating batteries wure to be built
upon my principles. Ib (A it Itil'r / weired no drawer.
1 next wrote to Meutenant Colonel IMckcrlug, secretary
In tbe ^'eloct Committee, Woolwich, requesting that my
plana should be returned to w 1 then wrote to the Timet
new?ptpcr. stating all the particulara, from Urat to laat,
and iny letter appeared In Utut taper tbe next day,
November 14, lRf>4.
Thua malleis stood until the following fear,wheal
read in tbe public papers that Karl Ifclbot, In the House
c.f Iyrda, osked the War Minister "who waa the designer
of ibo project for the rcrmstto.i of tlonting hatterte?>"
And I/ird I anmure replied ITia ke mat tut ito panfwn to
nu.iif tht dt$ig*-r tf tJirm. I |?n which 1 wrote tn the
Jlvrninp Pott,etai ing ail tbe f icta, and toy letter a;n-ear
ed in that pajier the next morning, May 6^55.
Having briefly ststed th?so fact# to*TOir, sir, I re
apectfully beg that yirn will luy tliein before tue public,
in order that lite <iuoatietl h .y be raised "was my plan
ap|ill<iable to tlie service or nut," and in order thai the
credit, if any, aho'ild not bo awarded to the wrong party.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant, OKtiR?;E IIAiJC.
35 dot-rn a net or Tt tiRAca, Waterloo Bridge, Ayrll 10.
Commerelal latrHlffenee.
TUE LONDON MOHKY MAKKET.
1?rpor, April 10, 1S42.
Corolla ?)osod at 93J? a 94 for money.
American securlUea'arc dull and drooping
\niarici\n seourltleF have been dull dori-ig lh? week,
aiwl pric-'B aro aiightly lower. I rie sUaroe, ai * ?i, llll
neia Centrala,48't ? <7 M dlac.ount.
TUe huilioti iti the Hank has Increased ?3*,000.
the rams boirxr.
Taris, April 19,1M3.
Ibe Heurse la insctit?; rentea "Of. 60c.
l.lVERroOt. COTTOM MAIiERT.
Ij \ Mtiei, April l!?~*vei?ing.
Ibe mariflt* eontinut cloMd lor c<>tton, but aonte 3,0U0
bales bare changed bauda at firm prlcea
LIVERPOOL BUKAIWTl'rVB M tREET.
Me-'ra. WRketlold, Nash H Oth reportKlottr haa a*
upwaru tondi nrr. Wheat still advancing, sad Id. a Hd.
higher atnea Tuesday, t.'orn ataady and unchanged.
MTKRPOOT, PROmtlOlf MARKET.
Ttie same autliorlller r-j r? ? Peet teuding downward.
lYrkeMier Bacott bunyant. lard aieady.
l.OKt'ON M*fiKFT?>.
LuHMiI, Apfil 10, l*<tj
n..a?ti( a girtulaf rtjKTts ?Mha?t firnif and la.
higher. Flour advanced M. a Is. Iron dull an*
unchangnd. Sugar tending downward Ten Arm. Ooffee
buoyant Rice steady. Spirits turpentine dull at 68e.
M. Tallow flat, at 46e. a 46a. 8d. Sperm oil dull, at iftt
a Cod oil, ?80. Linseed oil qviet, ai Ma. M. a 919.
DAVRiS MARKET.
Havos, April IT, IMS.
Cono* ?Raie* of the waak 10,600 tales; prloes ara tt.
a W. it nh?r. Sew Orleans tr?a ordinaire, 167f.; baa,
160f. Slock, 64,000 bales.
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Bombardment and Capture of
Fort Macon.
The Garrison Accorded the Honors of
War and Paroled*
Sketch of Fort Macon and Its
Rebel Garrison,
Ac, Ac., Ac.
Ornpatrlita f?om Wilmington, W. C.
Wa'-iukctok, May 1, 1P82.
The following de?i ft'oh la lakon from ilia Richmond
Inquirer:?
Wn.MiK? i ?*, A; rll 20,1W)2.
V rt Ma on surrendered wi ll!!' :ally ou Friday laet.
A pori i n of tho garrison arrlvod hirs it twelve o'cl clc
layt n; lit. It i8 re;iOTU>d that < olonol White t-nved nil
tlt?- pvb'ic rai>o-f? Th officers were allow il to ink*
ili( r bi> s arms. Pcven of our men arc repoi ted killed
aminumber wounded.
Br CO KB DVTATCI1.
WitKiwrow, April 20,1862
Fort Macon surrendered on Friday, 2fith Inst., after ?
bombardm ntof ten and a half hour*. Tlie batteries
were planted behind heavy sand bunko. Tie breaching
battery was eleven hundred feet distant, and the mor?
tarn fourteen hundred foet, and entirely oonoealed from
th" fort. TUu gar rton were allowed the honors of war.
The olheerR retained their sidearms, and all paroled.
Seven m?n were killed and eighteen wounded, two mor
tally. Tlie etieniy's Ioks i<( not known.
Colonel White and lfi5 men arrived off the bar yeeter.
day afternoon, on board the femoral gunboat Chippewa,
oi>d were transferred to a river stoauier under a I lag off
truce, reached here, a* Hatedtho 11 rut despatch The
oiheis were cost up the Sound from the fort.
DiipaUh from Gmrral Wool.
l oKrw^a MuHOOii, May 1,1862.
Hun 1 M SiAirtcii, Socretoiy of War:?
1 bare | ,?t received a despatch from Brigadier General
Man*del ! to the effect that live negroes have arrived
front Porb'tiHxiih.
The contrabands report that Fort Macon was taken on
Friday lost. Eighteen rebels were killed aud twenty
scvea wouued.
General Beasregard has evacuated Corinth and fallen
back ou Mumphls.
It is reported lhat Commodore Tatnall and the prinel.
pal oIHcors of the Merrlmac have resigned. The Merri
mac lies off the Marine Hospital at Craney Island fast to
the buoy. sne now mouuts twelve guns. Tfiere are do
other steamers there.
JOHN K. WOOL, Major General.
Sketches of the Fort and the Rebel Gar
rteoa*
tho War Department at Washington ban received in
telligence of the capture of Kort Mseen, North Carotin*,
by the Union force*. The news la derived from a trie
gram publifhed in the Richmond ?ngmrtr of Wednes
day. No particulars are given. We append the follow
?ng sketch of the fart *Dd lie garrison;?
SEKTOt or rOKT MACON.
Fort Macon, which guarded and protected the town off
Beaufort, was situated on a bluff ea Bogus'* Bank, one
mile and three-quarters from the tows. It commanded
the entrance to the harbor, having s full sweep of Are
over the main channel. Opposite the fort, at the en
trance of the harbor, Is Shackleford Bank, one mile and a
half across. The fortlflratiou was of a hexagonal form,
bad two tieri of guns?one In easemated bombproof, and
the other e?t barbette. Its armament consisted of twenty
thirty-two pounder?, thirty twenty four pounders, twe
eighteen pounders, three Held plceee for flanking de
fence, twelve flank howitzers-, eight eight inch hewitiers
(heavy), eight eight Inch howitters (light),one thirteen
inch mortar, three ten Inch morturs, and twe Oueborn
mortars?making a total of eighty-nine guns. The war
garrison of the fort was three hundred men. For beat
ing shot there were large furnaces lu the fort, and ai the
time of the seimre there was a large quantity of powder
in the magazine. The masonry and lrou work were much
out of repair when tbefort was seized by the rebels, which
was none by order of Governor Fills on the 2d ef January,
1861. Much or the woodwork, *c., wos then in a stole
of decay. Tlie piers of the wharf an i the superstructure
were much out of order, but it is reported that the
Acting Governor had placed all the forts of the Plate ta
a most efficient state of preparation fer defence and re
eikfance. Governor Pickens, of ?outh Casottna, im
mediately after the seizure of Forts Macon and rfcewell,
gent, for their defence, r<me doren ten-inch eolaaa
biads, which were di\idcd according to the respective
strength and necessities uf each. If Is now in the hands
of the Value forces, ana the details of its capture will
soon be made public.
TUB RK8KL OARRISON OF FONT MACON
consisted of tta lollowing:?
H'U aig Stnf.
Colonel Mo?e? J. White. Mlaateeippl.
Quartermaster Capt. Jehu F. 1 arlne, Ha Itinera
Acting Aasatant Lieutenant It.bert K. Walker.
Commieaury Captaiu Wra.C. King.
Pergcint Hajvr James II. Ho^le.
Chapiaiu Rev. Dr. Martin.
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rvnNpcmy G?Atlantic Ar Hilary.?Captain, 1?ti B.
Manney; Klrst l.ie.itemmta, Waiter Pender, K.H. Walker,
Second lieutenant, ,!o?m W. R 'berUoo
('oMfMtiy #/?OW Topeail Klilcf ? Captain, Stsphaai D.
I'ool Kir?t l.ieutennnta, John C. Mantuxi, Joaaph P.
Robiuaon, j?etond Llauteoaat, B. T. Millar. Tbteaem
pany ha* boan raorgnuiaed for artillery ftcrvtoa, and m
rat; iarly allaobaU la U>a Tenth regiment North Carol,a*
artillery.
Company B-'" Woodpceka."?Captala, Tlaaotby Gulva;
Flrat iJeuleuanta, William A damn, 81-vr neon;
Second LJautruant, Wash. Thia compuay la also
apart of ibeTeoth rag I man t cf artillery. It haa been
familiarly oatta* the ?'Woo-lpacha.' from a daah of red
la the uniform.
Cvmf^mt Mrst l,leu tenant*, Oogdell (commanding),
? Second Lieutenant, l>rimroae. Ttia
capuia of thta company, t.oorga r. A ad raw*, waa Mad*
prisoner at tba llatteraa tight, but la now at liberty oa
parole.
<'<>mpany Captain Blouut.
Kacb c mpany numbered about eighty man, bat M a
large number waa not lit for duty tbe rtrengtb af tbe
garr!?? waa not mora than M effective mra.
Colonal White la said to be a n* phew of Jeff. Paris. M
graduated at Waat Point In ISM.asA.aa second lieutenant
in the United 'state* Ordnance oorpa, served la New
Mexico. He waa at Raton Rouge when Loulelana eeaeriad,
and, thareupon Joining Mb fortune with that of tba
rebel confederacy ,ws? appointed a colonel in It* army.
Opt* In Stephen D. Pool la a real deal of Heauforl.^ Ha
waa until the aeuure of tbe fort a atroag Unkm man. Ma
openly proclaimed hie acntiments la a paper which ha
then edited?the Beaufort Journal. He waa tendere4
the position ot Collector for the port of Newbern bjr
lTesident Lincoln, In March, 1M1,** a reward for hW
services; bit, big naplratlom /wring bona lo obtain a
foreign coaaul*bip, be decliu<*d it, whereupon ha yleldod
lo the prompting* of diaapfaltrted ambttl" n and the prca
Bur* of circumstances, deserted hla principles, and,or
gun ning a company of men, mured the rebai acrrlaa.
Lieut* rant Pender I* a son of the proprietor of the now
deserti d Atlantic Hotel of tint place, who was tM ftrat
man to enter fort Maror with an armed \nx*j ot awn,
and lake pawvaaton of It In the name of tb*fka<??f
North Carolina. He (Tender, Sr.) organised a company
and flourished aboat with It considerably, until some un
pleasant c>tartar regarding U* abstraction af sllrer wait
from a ?l?anifr tlien In the port were brought agaiist
him, when he waa court martiailed, tried, aad diaa>ith<e4
thr servicc iB dlsgrsca.
Tba rhnplain la. or rather we*. Re*. |>r. Martin. Wbaa
our force* entered Newbern Ito had sudden and imiwrtaai
bnslnesa up the country, which took him away fro?n 1 be
tort, since wlikh tim>> he h?a not returned to dtaferia
hi* mii.iHerial ovnao'atlor, to thegariia S.