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I . - ..." . . ' ' : r.,..f-i---v'-'-'-"::- - . . , - . . . . , i till mimmimmiB:: ,i '"'-2 ... . h VOL. LXII WEDNEiSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 186. tr I '''.'v:;f:i,t,.r,'i''sU'" lit 1 1 r it YAYV VXAl U - ; . V. V V l . - . i . , 9 ; 7. v i t t ! i i 1 V 1 Otsf an tht pUu of Iait d!istAal vmm, . Unwirp'i bj fttj rap t lir Uk 6rcU. RALEIGUi K C J : 1. 1 : ( - 8ATUBDAY MOBLNO, MAY 3, 186J. :. ; ifETT ORI.EAS8. f Aj tu to U expected, there U much pcc- ' txlition going oa ae to the effect of the ese- - bt! ran boats in front of Hew Orleuxs. He certainly hxa not troopt esongh to land and take poasefiion of the citj which the heroio Major hat to gallantfj rexased to aurrender, and if fae a ball be guiltj. of the fiendish aot of deatrojlogtle ctfj'by aheUIeg it, he mill hrin? down noon the Yankee eanse the exe- .-crationi of the whole oitilired world. What, i then, will he do r i Ta what quarter ean he look for troops to take poaieasion of the eitj hv fortse I As far aa we-know, the Forts on the MiasUaippt below New Orleans are jm in our poeseasion, and4ih a condition to pre vent the passage of transport 'ships coming up from the Balize, and it. would therefore be tctt haxardons for the enemy to attempt n kn'nw nn troocs from that direction. If w vaawg i , he attempts to bring them from 8hip Wand by the wiy of Lake Ponchartraia, in order to take the city in the rear, he must run the gauntlet of. fortifications on Lake Ponehar train, and in landing encounter the resistance of Gen. Loveire army. If he should force a landing, he would have 1 to pass entrench iments in thi rear of New Orleans three njiiles - Jong before he could occupy , the city. A . highly intelligent gentleman" from Jaekson, Misaiseippi, who is evidently very well ac ' quainted with the localities about New Or leans, expressed the opinion to us a day or two since that Gen. Lovell had made a most able strategtO; movement, and was acting in perfect concert with Governor Moere and M ayor Monroe. There is, too, much strength m the conjecture of our contemporary of the Charlotte Bulletin, that Gen. L., knowing his inability to prevent the destruction of the city by the enemy's gunboats, left it for the purpose of depriving him of any excuse or pretext for destroying the city , it being against all of the usages of civilized warfare to shell a city or town left entirely in the possession of civilians.- So that, after all, it may turn out that Commodore Farragut will fiad him self io the predicament of the man who won : the elephant in the raffla, and - did not know j what to do with his prise. The Commodore - may esteem himself lucky if he is able to get off by the way lie came, and rejoin the Yankee squadron whioh is below our Forts on the Mississippi. When we reflect upon the atove fics, .in connection with the fur ther faet that . the Yellow . Fever -will in a short timo drive off or kill off the Yankees, we cannot make up our mio'd that Mr. Lin coln will ever 'occupy, hold and possess" the Great Father of Waters. In this connection we "give the views of several of our exchange papers : ? ' THE NEWS PBOM NEW ORLEANS.; Our telegraphic account from New. Orleaoa (ayi tho 'Saranoab Xewst) encourage the hope that matters are not aa bad aa'wat at first luppos- ed. Ik would appear that the city, though threat ed by the Yankee fleet, la not jet in their hand. Their gunboats, failing to ailence the forts, have daahed by them, and are in front of the city, which they dare not ahell, and which Chey have not tufllcien t force to occupy ' Oar army, having destroyed the cotton and' public stores, has evac uated the city, which is protected by the foreign legion, aad over which the Confederate flag still waves. ' -v ! ; ; i The report that the French and English war vessels have protested against th e shelling of New Orleans, seems' aot improbable, especially when we reflect that there are millions of French and English property and a large, number of English and French reaidenta ia the city. It Jocks very much as if the Yankees had cap tured an elephant in the Creseeat City, the great emporium of Western commerce. They have it m, their power, but under such embarrassing cir cumstances that they are at a loss' to know what to do with it They dare not shelf ilHinable to bring up their transports they have notasuQ. cient force to enable them to take and occupy iu and even if they did take military possession' they roost know, that they would be unable to hold it. f" ' -" :-.l'-' :,''"v;:"i''"'. . From the Richmond Whig. ' - i ; IjiEW ORLEANS EEDIV1VTJS. ! ! We iorgive theOelegraph aome of .its vagaries f in consideration of the straw it has extended us ; .in the published dispatches, and which we trust it will not withdraw before we go to press, j- , 'Neft -Orleans has not capitulated. It has not ! been bombarded. It is rumored even that ! the 1 fleet of France and England have intervened to ; protest against tbe destruction of life and prop i erty to result from the powerful prejectiles of tbe ".. enemy. . . . ,;,."'.' : , , ' This deky will give us time to remove the cold e from the banks, and destroy the cotton, sugar and tobacco collected in the dty. If we make a i cotton Moscow in sight of the ibreign - fleets, it will- bi almost worth the loss of the city in a f strategiciint of view. It will disprove tbe Ye - kee pledge to re-open the sUpia ports. ' It i r show the stern determinaiion of our people u carry thia war to an extremity ofreaistance wor ' thy f classic example. - It will show that ; pur declaration of independence' has . a meaning, ' and that those who have told Europe "to wan" .' for our aobiugation have contracted to deliver the fskin of the wolf therefbre the hunt haa fairly We have had the usual diflculUes- which "beset the thorny road of freedom. ' We have been as sailed by superior forces slandered by our iflfa moua foe weakened to a trifling extent by covert traitors practising upon timidity.' We may grant that oat Government like all others may commit errors, which impede the success of the cause. - What of all these T Thev are weights which DaUioU have ' had to carry in all acea. - It la bat the dreedSof the Bed Sea and the lave of the flesh- pots. ' lSi we Shall cooapieie a succesarai ezoaua. like Cortes: we have burned our ships and can but look unward and onward far deliverance In the hour of ' calamity we have no word Of compromise, ' concession or complaint but hurl fletestation and defiance against the toe. - .Bather than submit let our armies perish.. ' Bather than live the subjects or associates cf the invader, let us barn the food that war has spared, and. gathering our household go forth t plant in some far and fertile land the standard taai nas never bowed ta a master. . There we would worship God ard freedom, free from oppressors who : dia- nonor both.-'- ; T " ' ; . Our readers will pardon - thia warmth of expres sion. It ia aa ebullition that wells up from the pressure of public calamity. It is an Impatient flashing ot tbe spirit cnsied wun tne aisoontent which .temporary reverses engender, rj What is courage, if it cannot bear up against adversity ? Vht is the wottn of wfsdom, ir it cannot parry the force of events T What - la . patriotism, if it cannot daro or die for the freedom of the State. We appeal to our friend-., Be sot cast down by repeated - disasters. -'. "Possess your souls in patience.' Do sot heedlessly condemn men or measures which.' may. not at the moment meet your approval. ' Perhaps if they could explain themselves without detriment to the! public inter est they might be less worthy condemnation. Re member tne UDjustioedood tne gaitanc jonnsion by a public suspicion which could ' have Lad no foundation. When it is proper to condemn, do so ip a spirit of kindly counsel, rather than of cen sure. jtememoer icat our. murmurs may w beard beyond the Potomacperhaps over tbo Ocean, and that the discontent of a prominent Southern man, or the mutiny of a Southern regiment weuld diffuse as much delisht throughout the North aa aimilar events occurring at. tbe North woul t amonest us. "Consider thaV when we are complaining of public measures here tbe friends of the war at tbe North are urging our alleged discontent as an evidence of public weakness. We are true to the Cause. .Let us not forget that there may he others who use oar honest ob jections to spread panic and impair our success .Let. then, the altar of public saiftiy maze wun the offering of every private grievance and every public discontent. Let the world see that we are an united, determined and fraternal peo pie, and we. shall be invincible, v : v - From the Charlotte Bulletin. "THE FALL OF NEW ORLEANS!" The above caption appears prominent in almost every S-mihern exchange we have opened daring the past two days, but as yet we nave not been- ad vised that New Orleans IS in tbe naaos of the en emy, nor are we prepared to aay that it will be very soon if at all. ' J - It is true that several ot the Yankee, gunboats have succeeded in running bv the Forts at the mouth of the Mississippi and have taken position opposite the city, and the commanding officer has demanded the surrender, which the mayor and Council have promptly refused to do or even coun- tenance. . . j I The Wilminion Journal thinks that the Fed- eral fleet in its present position is about as bad off as is the city of New Orleans. Commodore Far ragut is in the position of the man who held the bear by the ears, and was more in fear of . the bear than the tar waa of him , and in greater dinger. - ; 4 I The experiment of runniog-boats past a Fort without silencing it, is js yet one) of doubtful safety, and Commodore Farragut has not solved the doubt. Transports with aupplias and troops cannot patf, and vandalism itself will not justify the shelling of a city which has been evacuated by its troops, and which cannot be occupied. Besides, it is stated on reliable authority that both the French and English of ioar below uem Orleans have entered a protest against shelling ike dty. t - "r - '' .' Now,- if the Mayor and people of New Orleans will not surrender the city, Captain Farragut must fled troops to enter it, take forcible posses sion of and keep it, if he expects to accomplish any real good. Bat where is he to obtain troops for that purpose. They' are not on board the gunboats, and his transports at Ship Island are not prepared to run the gauntlet with their wooden-' sidea exposed to the batteries of our Forts and on the banks of the river. . -i j. The end is not yet, and we are very much mis taken if Capt. Furragut has not ran his boats in to a place from which he - will find It diScult to remove them, unless he assumes tbe : responsibili ty of disregarding the protest of the French and English Commodores, and destroy the city by shelling it . . i .: , .. : ' - la that event ne may , pioduce a complication which will very soon result in an armed interven tion. - . . v - r ' ; : We commend the policy both of the Mayor of : Kew uriean and Uen. LioveH. A hey have out. generalled Farragut,; and may yet bag their game. God errant thev may soon do so. If the force on board the gunboata'daro to land, they are not nigh strong enough to .enforce obe dience and they kko w it, for they may be cut Ao pieces with pen knives, by tbe population. . We await later advices with great anxiety. TUB CAPTURE OF FORT MACON. We understand that there was an inces- sent bombardment of eleven hours duration, in the course of whioh the wailed were terri bly injured, before the" Fort wis given up, and that Col. White refused twice to sur render ; nor did he agree to' do so until his magazine was in ' such an exposed condition as to warrant the belief that, it: would ex- plode. : He then ran op the white flag and csmanded of tne enemy inas . ma gsrruuu should i march out should be paroled, and with the honors of war. This the Yankees at first refused, but on being informed by Col. White that if they did not. grant, the terms demanded by him the fight must go on, they finally acceded to his demand.' Colonel White and his gallant command deserve the highest nraise and the thanks of the coun try for their oonduot. : - :f f "- " : 8AI.T IN PRINCESS ANNE f COCnTV, MAccomao," the Kiohmond correspondent of Ee Norfolk Dsy Book, states that he has visijed the Salt Spring inf-the j County. Qf Princess Anne, and on enquiry, was informed by Mr. Burroughs, the owner of the Spring, that more than two millions of bushels of salt annually could be taken : from it;' AeetK macM urges opon theLegiilature,;which will meet on next Monday,' to take some steps to make the proper .use of this Spring, which we muffm wtu wm - FOURTEENTH N. C. REGIMENT. - We leanT lhat this ' Keeiment stationed cear.Yorktovn, was reorganized) under the late. Aet of Congress, s few days since- The following Field Omcers were eleoteo viz Capt. K W. Boazara, of San combe, ColoneL ;Capt. B. T. Bnaarr, of Anson; LieatColoneU ' Ajatsnt Sxatox Qixas, of BsJeigh, Major. : ' Adjutant Qdes.irabsequenUjr deelined the Msjoritj, and Capt. E. JDixon, of Cleaveland, was.eleeted in his place. , f 1 - Col j Junius Daniel,; late oonrminding offi cer of the Regiment than whom the service ean boast no more aeeojnplisbed soldier--hsd previously accepted the Colonelejr of the 45th, now af Camp Mangum, near this Citj. ' We learn that Capt.' Wo. H. Harrison; of rlhis Citj, received a highly .flattering vote for Colonel, although forbidding the use of his name as a candidate. We are pleased to record soch evidences, of the popularity and merit of our "JUleigh boys." j J.'- f A SPY HUNG. : . ' I V Timothy Webster, couvicted of being a spy, was hung at the . New . Fair (grounds in Richmond on -Tuesday' last. Webster had been in the employment : of one of the De partments of the. Qovernment at Richmond in running the underground railroad,, in car rying leters to and fro! between the Depart" ment and friends of tie South residing in the North. It was proved on his trial that he was a spy in the pay of the United States Government, and that all the letters he car ried to and brought from the enemy's conn- try were first carried by him to Washington, and copied by the Yankee Government offi cials. It ia' stated that by this means many of our Northern sympathisers have been de tec ted, and arrested and thrown into prison Two men, named Scully and Lewis, had pre viously been tried and convicted as spies, but in order to save their own necks they turned State's evidence, atffl it was upon their testi mony principally, that Webster was conviot ed. This is the first execution of a spy that has taken" place at the South. Perhaps it would have been better if the business had ' i - been commenced at an earlier day. POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. The Richmond papers publish a list of appointments of Postmasters, among which we find the following: George T. Cooke, Raleigh, N. C; James G. Cook, Fayette- ville, N. C.j Daniel Dickson, Wilmington, N. C; John Taylor,1 Goldsboro, N. 0. THE WEATHER. If the remaining days of the "morrie, merrie. month of May" follow suit to the first, we may literally look out for squalls. The morning of the first day of May was cloudy, but varied occa sionally by a gleam of sunshine. At about 4 o'clock, F. M.i the clouds gathered thickly, and soon poured down almost a flood of water, which soon turned into hail, which rattled down in large . . . . . siz9 some ten minutes, when, in turn, it gave way to rainr again, which continued to fall heavily until a late hour in the night . We apprehend that a good deal of the fruit, such as peaches and cherries, has been beaten from the stems by the hail. ' ! Among the killed in the great battle of Shiloh was Governor Johnson, who was elected Provis ional Governor of Kentucky by the Southern OonventioL held in that State some months ago. . He fought and fell as a private in one of the Ken tacky Regiments. Maj. . Thos. B. Monroe, the able editor of the Kentucky Sutesman, also fell in the thickest of the fight He was appointed Secretary of State in Kentucky some years since, which place he held till 1861, when he resigned it, refusing to become a participant in the ar rangement by which the btate was reduead to subjection to the Lincoln Government. r- He be came an officer in the -Confederate army under General Breckinridge, ; i , THE NEWS. The Norfolk papers report a vigorous bom bardment by the Yankees of our forces at York- town on Monday without results so far as ascer tained. - p-; i-: i -i'. The 16 Yankee prisoners brought to this city yesterday were captured on Saturday . last by a Confederate -cavalry companj', ' between Swift's Gap and the Shenandoah river, in Kockineham county. A number of the Hessians were made to bi'.e the dust, and the survivors were chased by our cavalry to the river where several were drown ed m attempting to recross. ; . 1 . The latest intelligence from Gen." Jackson' army represented the prospects of a battleoetween himself and the minions of Banks afid Shields as imminent 1 A knowledge of the character and amount of the forces under Jackson leaves but little to apprehend when the conflict of arms shall take place. It is now deemed certain that the enemy. are in possession of Harrisonburg, and their pickets extend to within seventeen miles of Staun ton. Richmond Dispatch. : . i . LATERrBOM THE NORTH AND WEST. - JNoarout April z9tn.-Mjopies or tne , new York Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 28tb inat., have been received here. ".r -Pressdent Lincoln waa received on the 26th with all the . honors extended to crowned heads, on board the frigate Gassendra, at Washington. Count Mercier. was present. " A negro from Portsmouth carried a copy of Jtbe Petersburg Express, of the Ttb instant, to Gen. Wool at Portress Moqroe, informing him of the capture of New Orleans, i w '. The Chicago papers of the 27th state that Gen. Beauregard ia evacuating Corinth and. going to Memphis. Generals Buell and Beauregard have effected an arrangement for an exchange of pris oners. '. V; . - Gen.Batler is busy preparing for an advance oo New Orleans. i . Tha Federal Gen. Charles F. Smith ia dead. EDa death was eauaed by an aoddea V ' FROM NEWS ORLEANS. 4' OatXANs; 8unday; 5 p! mV (cut Mobile). The Mayor'a Private Secretary, Mr, Baker, visit ed tbe enemy's fleet, yesterday evening, under a flag of truce. Commodore Farragut, who is in command of the Yankee gunboats, promised hira that he would make a renewed demand for tbe surrender f the city, bu t, iip to this timer he has noi aone so. . ;; s--A.-T:;.! ' "B1 i' S ;t- Our steamer, the McRae. came un from the fort to-day under a flag of truice, bringing forty of our men; who have been wounded in the bom- bard meet. She communicated with the Yankee fiag ship ; "but tfie ' result is unknown. It Is ru mored that the enemy refused to let her return, After, the correspondence between Mavor Mon- L roe and Commodore Farragut had closed, a con- lwunca was neia witn one or tne jrederal officer?, who demanded that the Confederate flag which floats over; the City Hail, should be hauled down.. This was refused, when the officer ; left, declaring that be would shoot it down, i He has - actually brought bis Vessel in range, just opposite the Ciiv Ha j"ut,! thus far, has not fired a shot. There is a rumor that the x tench and ngbsh men-of-war are btlow,; and have entered a protest against tbe bombardment of the city; J . It is -believed that the, Yankee fleet is short both of provisions and ammunition. And, as the city has hitherto drawn all its supplies, from Tex as, the prospect ia that, if the present state of af fairs Continue, starvation; must ensue 'among the people here. ."The city is remarkably orderly, but the excitement is intense, and a deep feeling of humiliaiioh prevails. The Foreign Legion (cori posed exclusively' of alien residents, nnd organ ized some time ago far the defence of the city) is under arms. Gen. Paul. Juge is in command.-- Further than this, the aspect of things in the city is the same as when the enemy's vessels first ap peared. All are waiting to see whether, the Yan kees will dare to shell the city. - , i There is a report that Fort Pike has been evac uatod and )lown up by our troops ; but this is not, authentic. ' , i --r ' LATERl ' Mobile, April 28 The forts on Lake Pun -cbartrain, in the. rear of New Orleans,! were all evacuated in great haste,, on j the , 25th instant.. ? Gubs were dismounted,1 but not destroyed, and thtjr e was Considerable loss in supplies, etc. At Fort Pikt'j'all the buildings were burned, inclu ding the telegraph ofSce. , An operator has gone to the limiU of the city,; to open an office, if pos sible. All j the gunboats on the lake have been burned by jour people. The Mobile boats White man, Brown, and another, name unknown, with several others, are now' , busy', removing troops, stores andj ordnance to Manshack. After tbe task is completed, it is feared itbat these boats will also be burned. . The Yankee fleet from Ship Is land is again returning to that etationi ' Official Despatch ffpm General Lovell.) , Richmond, April 28i The following ; official intelligence was received this; morning by Adju tnnt General Cooper, frdm General Lovell : ; " Camp M!o3RE, La.., April 27. Forts Jackson and St. Phillip are still in good condition, sand in our hands. . The steamers Louisiaaa and McRae are safe.'. The enemy's fiait is at the city: but he has no forces to occupy the place. The inhabitants are staunch; loyal.. , . jv:., Y-i-;- i'1'1 ' Fom the Richmond Dispatch. ; ; AFFAIRS AT-NEW ORLEANS. Atf that jve have from this ill fated city of the South, now in the hands of the federal hirelings, i3 presented! in our columns this j morning. We are too much pained at the misfortune which has befallen us on the the lower Mississippi to indulge in any extended comment upon tbe result. The whole transaction is deeply mortifying, and : is . only relieved by the noble, manly, and patriotic response of Mayor Monroe (which is herewith appended) to the impertinent and insulting de mand of the- Federal Commodore to surrender.'--This response is worthy the chief officer of the gallant city whose fate we so deeply deplore ; and tbe assurance which he gives of the unalterable devotion cf his constituents to tbe1 sacred' cause of the South, which tbey have so heartily espoused, is encoaragjng to the hert of every patriot. Surely Commander Farragut must haVe felt an inexpressible chagrin when he read this letter and reflected upon the dastardly work in which he was engaged, in attempting to force upon an unwilling and spirited people a tyranny so odious as the Lincoln Government is seeking to institute . The following is the correspondence .between, the Mayor of New Orleans and D. G. Farragut. the commanding officer of the Federal squadron.: w . ! - . -n . l. d - l-r " I I J - ' i I U SITED ESTATES X liAGr-QHlJr; uAaTJTO aVf t Off NewOrleans, April 26, 1862, j To His Excellency the Mayor of the City of ' fiew Sir Upon' my arrival before your city I had the honor to send to your Honor Uspt. JJ alley , U. S. Navy, second in command of the expedition, to demand of you the surrender of New Orleans to me as ' the representative of the Government of the United States, i CidU -Bailey reported the reffult pf an interview with iyourself and tbe military authorises. It must occur to your Honour that it is not within i the province of a nava1 officer to assume the duties of a military; commandaht. I come here to reduce New OH leans to obedience to tne laws of and to vindicate the offended majesty of - the Government 1 of the United States. - Tbe rights of persons and prop er tv shall be secured. I therefore demand of you, as its representative, the unqualified' surrender of the citv. andlthat the emblem of sovereizhtv1 of Ahe United States be hoisted over the City Hall,' iaini, ana j Vustom-xioubo, oy meriaianfints aay. All flags and other emblems of sovereignty other than those pf the United States to be removed from all the public buildings by that hour. - I particularly request that you shall exercise ybur authority, quell disturbances, restore order, and call upon all of the good people of New Or leans l'o rejtarn at once to their vocations; and I particularly demand that no person shall ba tno-. lested, in person or property, fori i professing sen timents of loyalty to their Government. I shall speedily aril severely punish any person, pr per sons, who 'shall commit such -outrages as . were witnessed t yesterday by armed men .firing ; upon -helpless women and children, for giving expres sion to their pleasure at witnessing the old flag. ; I anr, very rppectfully", your ob' serv't, : . - (Signed) ,D. G. SFAiaAoux, ; Flag-Oflicer Western Gulf Squadron. j." ' TAX" BIPLT. r , Matoraltt of-Nw Oelxabs, WCity Hall, ApriE 26, 1862.. To Flag-officer D. O. Farragut, U. S. Flag Ship Hamord. -"'v-.,: f , . . Sir:. In pursuance of a resolution which he tboobt proper to take, oat of regard for the lives of tbe women and children who still . crowd -the great metropolis, General Lovell has evacuated it with his troops, - and restored back to me 'the; administration of its govermenl and the custody of its. 4oneK I have, in council with the city ' fathers, considered the demand you mde of me yesterday of - an unconditional surrender. :of tbe city, coupled with a requisition ta bout the flag Oi the United Btates on , tncpubUc edifices, and. haul down the flag that still floala upon the.breeze irom tneaomv oi tbls ilaii. . --4 . . It becomes my duty to transmit to you an an swer,' which ia the universal sentiment of my con stituents, no leas than the promptings of my own heart dictated to meonthis sad and solemn occa sion.' The city is without the means of.! defence.' I and is utterly destitute of the force, and material I that might enable it to resist an overnowenocr armament disDlaved in siht of it T aits nn mii. ; tary man, and possess no authority beyond that lof executing ' the municipal laws of the citf of t xew vneans. xt would be presumtuoua in me I to attempt to lead an army to the field if I - had .one at command, and 1 know still less how to sur render an undefended placn,held aa this is at the mercy of yout gunners and your mortars. : . To surrender such, a place, wera.an idle and unmean. ing ceremony. The city is your's by the power of brutal force noi by my choice or the consent of its inhabitants. It js for you to determine what will be the fate that awaits us here, v j t . As to hoisting any flag other than the flag Of war owji aopuon ana allegiance, let tne Say to you that the -man lives not, in our midst ; whose band and heart would not be palsied at the mere xnougnt or eucn an act, nor could I find, in any entire consStuency, so wretched and desperate a renegade as would dare to profane with his hand tbeaacred emblem of our aspirations, fj; 1 Sir, you have manifested sentiments . which would become one engaged in a better cause than that to which you have devoted your sword, 1 doubt not but that they spring from a noble though deluded nature, and I know how to appreciate the, emotions which inspired them. .Ypu will ave a gallant people toj administer to during ouir occupation of this city a people sensitive to all (that can in the least affect their dignity ; and self-respect. - Pray, sir, do not fail to: regard theif susceptibilities.;. The obligatirna which I shall assume in their name shall be religiously complied with.- Yoa may trust their; honor, though i you might not count on their submission lo;uii.merited wrong. ; ";.' .;. , .:r.-.i-. I In conclusions I beg yon to understand that the people of Wew Orleans, while unable io Tesist your ip.rce, ao not allow themselves to oe ' insulted by tie interference of such as have rendered them selves'cdious and comtemptible by their dastard ly desertion of our cause in the mighty struggle in which , we are egagetT.or rsticu as might remind them too painfully that they are the conquered and ana you tne conquerors, ireace and order may be preserved without resort to measures which I cpuid not at this moment preven t. Your occupy ing the city does not transfer allegiance from the Government of their choice to one which : tbey have deliberately repudiated, and that they yield simply the obedience which the conqueror ia euunau io exiorc irom tne conquered Repectfullvi (Signed) Joatir F. Moksox, Mavor. LATE KORTfTERJT NEWS. The Kerfplk Day Book! copies the following letter frm the New. York Herald of the 26th : ; i -IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC MOVEM ENT THE RE PORTED VISIT OF A B RITISH AGENT TO RICHMOND THE DANISH AND SWED ISH MINISTERS GOING TO THE 1 REBEL CAPITAL M, MERCIER'S VISIT, ETC. ' ,4 ' Washxkgtoh, April 25, 1862. I Lord Lyons has mot gone to Richmond; ;b at itia atderstood that a representative of the, Brft'sh au thorities has gone thre, and also both the?1 Swedish T' . ' ' r: ' ;ij ; These visits of foreign dignitaries to the rebel cap ital, in the last hours of $be rebellion, are significant They are the subject of mnch comment her.'" Some Members of the Cabinet aire blind enough to! imagine tiat these visits are simply charitable, and intended ta remonstrate with the rebel leaders, and ad viae a Tonciliaion and a reconstruction of the Union.' Wiser and more far-seeing men in the Cabmetreoog- naze in these mysterious visitations only a speculation in cotton and tobacco. It would not be Burpriaing, when oar armies reach Richmond and New: Orleans, to find that all the tobacco belongs to Franoe and all the cotton to England. . It is absurd for the American : Cabinet to flatter it- selfi that the representatives of foreign powers are ta k iqg so much trouble with the very laudabls purpose o '. aiding the Government to reconstruct the Union - They are more probably attending to theiij own bu st aess, and keeping an eye to driving profitable j bar gikins. .' ' ' i -j '. Daring tha past week, for the first time, for- several m baths, well known secessionists here had grand colnvmal gathering. It was a celebration of the visit oft (he French Minister to Richmond. It is, however, untrue that Comte Mercier while in the rebel Capital held any oClcial communication with any ether person' ex ept the French ConsuL His intercourse with pro minent rebel leaders, was - altogether unofficial, and die not justify the statements In the "Richmond papers in regard to Dr. Lemoine, with whom M.- Mercier had no 'jConimunicaJion whatever. His visit, as has been heretofore announced in the Herald, was entirely in relation io'eomssereial aflaira:--j j , 'jf ' It is well known here that the rebel Secretary ba sent home a despatch full of encourage ment to the rebel leaders.' He expresses gratifica tion at tbe kind and favorable reception, he has received in the French capital, and is by no means hopeless of patching up some kind of recognitionj oi ana tODieueraio Diawss vi America .uy me French Government. . ' j. : It is well authenticated that the rebel leaders would gladly see Mexico made a French colony, aodFrance enjoying the monopoly of its trade, in return for French aid and recognition at the present critical' moment ia the affairs of tbe rebel confederation. ! The rccen t , dispatches iof Mr. Euatia are believed to have reference to nch an arrangement. These speculations are indulged by jwell wishers jof the conspiracy, under the im-preWibn- that England's present weakness is Louis Napoleon's opportunity to carry out his policy for the "aggrandizement of the power of France among the nations. J v .r, J j f';: Ltr ". - '. i , -. ' r ; vj-n;,.;v-' fra Cheies Fob KiirnjcKT.--On j Satur day week Gen. .Humphry Marshall's camp was made, to resound with gladsome, shouts andj huz zaskti the arrival ' of a squad of gallant and true, Kentuckians from Covington and vicinity. Tbey enrolled themselves as soldiers for the warf They represent that thousands are ready to follow their example shoulu- Gen. Marshall make another for ward movement into Kentucky : 2Xo Xancolh trooiis are in Eastern Kentucky except 800 at Pil&sville. These are there as a blind to prevent the'forward movement of our troops. ,C Iupostakt rv Tatrx. A dispatch received in Savhnnah from Baldwin, Florida, sUtes that a eeotleman - arrived at that place -from Oainsville on Sunday night, who says that he had seen a vapiaia oi a vessel woo, in uwmpuow run tbeblockade was chased by the blockaders, and was compelled to blow op his vessel, the crew es caping in their boats. ;. , x. ps The Captain bad late Havana papers, in! which it -was stated that the Spanish Government had recognized the independence' of the. Southern Confederacy, and the embassdors from thai Gov ernment were on their, way to .Richmond with dispatches tathat affact. We give the above as it comes to as, from a reliable aouroe. in the hope that it ia: trnewCWfctfe BulUtin. t . - FALL OF ?OET" UACUIT. v- We liave the following deUlhi'of tblseveot which took place on Friday last when the enemy opened lire from strong batteries of heavy Parret and other rifled jguns and mortars planted within 1,400 yard of the Fort, and behind very high kn om. Which pre veoted their being seen; by the garrison ikntU . tbe Are . was opened. . After ten hours fire pf shot. and shell tbe Fort was breach ed and completely torn to pieces. The fleet out. side did her damage whatever to the Fort.- Most of the guns in the Fort were disabled, including all that could have bees brought to bear opon the enemy. - (';--. -; .;v .-.j. .. : Under tBese circumsUnces Col. White surren dered the Fort with tbe honors of war. tkunffl. cera retaining their side arms. -Alt. tha haMir of the officers .and men were saved. -Col. ; White and 1 55 of bis command wat brought to tha main Cape 'Feart Bar yesterday (Monday) afternoon, on board the u. S. gunboat Chtppeuxtt where they .were) Iran if erred to one of our transport steamers order S 'flag of truce. They .resched town at 12 o'clock last night. The remainder of the men composing thearrison wereaantthroogh, the Sound,i to Newbarn, we presume; : They are , all on parole. -'.- I, j ; " Tbe loss bn car side was soVen killedancl eigh teen wounded, two of them mortally. Th latter . two were left in tbeForL- j " : . : -.' ; -l :-j j ' I .".-.;-' i y. P. S. "We have just learned thaj fire opon the Fort was opened at quarter before six oo Friday nvorning.and that the engagement between the Fort and batuties- was kept op until about ? o'clock that evening, when tbe Fort became wholly un tenable and was surrendered as abov. - ' All the guns on the side of the Fort opposite to that attacked were dismounted. All but thr of the guns I bearing upoq the enemy's batteries were dmoantod. , The enertiy'a ' central battery of breachlne iruns" was within eleven hundred yards Theiright and left flan kine mortar bat teries were more distant,, ; .-;0'l i It turns out that the report of fifteen of our men having been killed In la scout undertaken some time sines against the' enemy's pickets ia untrue. , Oie man only was even wounded and none killed until Friday -last tha day of the attack.- Wilmington Journal. . " . J. ;NbRTHEBN TAXES. : ' ' The Northern people have rushed Into every kind of expWe to carry on ihe war of sub) liga tion, regardless of the future. They are issuing promises topay without oount,as fast as their presses can print them. The Cincinnati ZKme$t$ authojHty for saying hat by the flrst juf the approaehJng July their war debt will be a thousand Ave hun dred millions of dollars s and that 'owing to the increased expense of transportation in conducting the invasion, in tothe interior of tbe South, their Secretary of War asserts that the expenses of tbe war is now five millions of dollars a day. ' Now, to keep this tremendous bubble afloat is their ticklish job. "We learn foom letters' recently ' received from the Eastern Shoreof Virginia, that tbe screws are being applied there. 'The Federal assessor, according to this authority, values tbe and or other property at what suits him, on which the owner -has to pay a tax of five per cent, Thia appears to include everything, Isnd.negroes.itocks, notes, bonds, &o. A negro Is valued at $1,000, land his owner has to pay a; tax of $&0 on blra, -whether he. is worth that amount or worth noth ing; The land is valued far above tbe idea of the owner, and a taxed assessed accordingly. If he don't like it, it will be sold to pay the tax, and by this means pass Into Northern hands. This u probably the process of confiscation, after subju gation. . .Whether so or not, we are unable to ssy. The war tax don!t appear1 f meet with much fa vor, even in Delaware, M we learn irom tha same ' source that the Federal forces were lately with drawn from tbe Eastern Shore to go to Delaware, in order to put down a war lax rebellion in that State. A gentleman oft the Eastern Shore, who is pot considered wealthy,' is assessed with a war L tax of 1,500 possibly more thaa one-half of bis revenue. ;-. ' .1.- i--r4--.' " . With this prospect staring us In the face, what' should tbe South not do and suffer to avert so bj ne gation 1Rorfolk Day Book. ',' i 3IAURIED. 'v .' 'I - Ih Ibis city, on the 1st Inst., by MH. Brown, Ma Thomas Boltk to Miss Eviilt V Baurx lxt all of Wake Coanty. . In the city - of Raleieb, on the 17th of Arril. . I by M. H, Brown, Ma. Wi N. HuxTXa to Mzaa dakah i. howard, or yvakeuounty. 9 tn this City, at tha Yarborongh House, on the even ing of the 28th. alt Major LEONARD. HILL DUX. LOP,iin tha 47th year of his age. i. Major D. was la the Confederate Army at Yorktown, aad had been authorised to raise a Battalion, ; and bad been in North Carolina for some weeks on a rearuitinr ex. pedition for this parpose, and had nearly filled ap his entire companies, when, some five or six weeks agOf he wai stricken? down with a violent attack efpaee; moniai from which he never recovered. Be waa aa exoellent officer, a brave soldiery and a troe pariot Bis death is truly a loss to the country in this he -time of need for the services of sueh good and true men. I He leaves a devotei wife aad one ehild. - Ilia remains were interred with Masonic honors, having been a member of that time-honored Fraternity, j . j . , Iioulsburg Female College. ' TI1IS INSTITUTION, UNBTEil THE imansgemeat of Mr. JAMES COUTIiaATS and LADT,'u located in one of the most delightfal villages ia North Carolina. ' .' il The most thorough insructioa ia all breaches of female edacauon will be imparted by teacher of large experienoe and undoubted qtftJifl cation. 1 j ' ' The music department is in char re of Professor V, Kneringer, (of Paris, Fraaee,) a popU of Thai berg. uireaiara wui be sent to ail who . desire ueia. ree faUparucalars, address" : ' - - r - I f- ' JAMES 'feOUTBOATB. my J-w4w' iLonifbarav K. CL Exeeative Department- North Carolina, i : ADjcTAHT-UxasaAt's Ornoa, , RiLxiaa, April 2?th, 1862. Omut Oaoza Ho.e. - x I- 1 4- t A JAa COMPANIES AUTnOHIZED tlY JLthe Go vera or to be raised prior to tbe passage of the law known as the. Conscription BLU mast eome to Camp Maognai, near this city, before the 17th day of May ; otherwise they will sot be received- All those B9t ia by that time will be" subject te the' War Department under that law, and bad better f A?a . a . . . , ! main as noma uu oraarea oy uu; X7partmeat.- . ; ' I Bj order of Geveroer Clark t H "j i '-' -."rt vV.V- v J. G MABTIN, ' , aprJS 2t 1 , r, '-.;?( v -. , Adjat Oesu"' 2ErAll papers ia the State eopy twice. ' j 1 IV TOUB 'TROOPS i 1TOII THE WAIL- IT 1I am 'aathorised by tha Secretary of Wat to raise A LEGION for tbe War. . I waat ao additoaal Begiment ef Infantry, two companies of Cavalry, aad j one of Artillery. ; A bounty ef One flandrel Dollars will be paid to each soldier apoa- his aniUtaaenC , Cavalry are req aired to farnish their ewe horses, for which the rovorament will pay theta forty eeats per f day, and their f aO valae if killed ta battle. The beat arms aad equipments to be had ia the Confederacy., will be famished. . Beeraite will be received siaxiy or br oompaoies. Tarn at and let's saaka boct. work with Aba. Address ase for the praseat at aUaa-. too, N. a r apl Sw Z. B.- VAN CX. Cel. Csaflsaad'gSCth Seg. S. C T. r r .it'
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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