Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-10-24
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
O ,i OF ne" Orl'ans-HOw it was Done 1.-THE
'a ssc victory OF the War-The RIoodIe.s re-
aultat Pumpkins for Two! -

capture of New Orlrans,-Ho.v it was Don.r rn.
UTs"test Victory OF the War-The BlooiIe.s r.
anitat Pumpkins for TwoI
De SAD and disastrous capture of this great CONNER
ea mart the principal cotton depot of the Confederate
otRes has at last reached the North and is doubtless
10" Iypg' WIN all the rapdity and accuracy of tele
graphic communication, all through the dominiops of
hing Abraham the First. Starting at Louisville az
we are duly Informed by the Telegrapbic Reporter
published 10 this city, last evening and emanataq from
80 authentic and reliable source as the Louisville
journal we can we'll imagine the electric joy and exu-
tanon which this news will communicate to tie long
respondent subjects OF the Gorilla Salvos of artillery
WI" oe nred 10 all the principal tewns-torch-light pro-
cessions Will stream through the streets-unumerabIe
extras OF the Herald. rbune and Times will flood the
country with such captivating capitals as THE
GREATEST VICT0KY OF THE WAR" KING Corros
FRosTRATE. The Crescent CITY RESTORED To
THE UNION" Ten MILLIONS OF CorroN BALES AND
IOOOo0 CoETRABANDs CAPTURED" NOBODY HuRr
ON Our SIDE"
Great and undeniabIe will be the Joy and iublation
And we'll indeed may the Lncolntss rejoice over such
conquest. We will not enlarge upon the value thereof
EFeryooty knows what that is Sufficient for US as
faithful historians to record the fact and to uarrate the
manner IN which this capture was made
IL is well known to our 1ea6 that great military
and naval expedition was recently fitted out in New
York to operate against some point in the South The
occupation OF an important cotton port was the Se.
cared object Of this enterprise 1t was 10 vain that
We IN common with the other Vigant sentines of the
people proclaimed that this city Was the cotton port
alIed a. The people would not believe it they treat
ed us even as the Trojans treated the doorous but
truthful Cnssandra-they rested in perfect security
heevng that the Ivy the Iuscorora and the Manassas
were ample to meet and repel the whole navy of the
United S1ates-and that the Confederate Guards the
Crescent Blues, and Orleans Guards and few other
volunteer corps could whip all the troops that General
Flcayune Butler could bring into the field. 1t is true
they threw up few frail tort,dcatiOns and put few
old captured from the British in 1914 in them
tea they imagined that Forts jackson and St. Philip,
Livingstone, Pike Wood and Macomb, were all in good
lighting order and we'll manned But, alas as sce pre-
dlced and az warned the corrupt imbece aud ut
tery unreliable authorities, State, Confederate and mu-
nlcpal their arrangements altogether inadequate
and the city has fallen before the superior vgor vaor
and force OF the enemy 1t is painful even to enter into
recital OF all the steps which have resulted disas-
troUsly: We can only glance at the main incidens.-
De the 9Th the whole armada of Lincoln appeared of
the bar OF the Mississippi, including several hundred
ships OF war; most Of them OF the first class There was
short delay on account of the bar but the large ships
including the Niagara, Minnesota and Wabash taking
start OF ten miles, succeeded in eapng the bar Sc
great was the impetus communicated to them by the
that 1T was impossible to check their vessels until they
arrived in front of Forts Jackson and st Philip This
sudden appearance took the garrsons OF these forts
completely by surprise; the gunners had not time to
reach the guns before the from the Niagara the
Wabash and Minnesota were in tie PORTFOLIOS quietly
driving ratail files in the big guns This being done
there nothing left to Colonel Duncan but to sur
render, which he did with a grace that may be
imagined by those who know him. The old stars
and stripes then foated from tie flag staff
OF the forts, and after hearty breakiast-in which
Commodore Stringham and Colonel Duncan drank
one anothers healths-the feet having been join
ed by the other smaller vessels, proceeded up the
river, quietly picking up by the way the Ivy, the
McRae, the TuscarOra and tie other vessels of the
Confederate Navy, and slowing them away in the holds
of the big steamers Commodore Hollins being found
aboard one OF these ships, captured and ordered
to the masthead, to eDl0In the people OF New Or
leans OF the necessity OF their immediate surrender.
simultaneously with the advance Of the Lincoln squad
ron, powerful army composed OF regiments from Con
necticut Rhode Island, Vermont Massachusetts, Wis
cousin, Nova Scotia and New Z-a.4nd, were landed
on the shores OF Lake BOrgne and formed into three
divisions Division No. was commanded by Major
Gen. Picayune Butler Division No. command
ed by Gen Billy Wilson, promoted fof mis- recent gallant
conduct at Santa Rosa, and the third by the Prince
Salm Salm. Each man Of these divisions, on landing
was presented with OF the patent stills, the in
genuous invention of Col Ichabod Whysand of Lynn
Mass. These stills average eighty feet in height and
were designed to enable the Lincoln soldiers to stride
through the swampS lying between the city and Lake
without impeachment from the trees and bushes the men
being thus elevated above their tops Having beer
drilled in the C their stills, the Lincoln soldiers
found no difficulty "a using them; and soon as the
word given to advance the men OF the three divs
ions strobe upon the mounted ss and struck forward
high the tops OF our highest cypress and altogether
regardless Of the deep mire, and brars Ga they
went with the strides of the celebrated giant, who ST
frightened poor little Jack, in the authentic history
that youthful warrior Our troops which, on bearing o
the approach OF the enemy bad gone CALAMITY forth tt
meet him. all looking to the tront twenty PAGES tcl
the advancing foe when suddenly they involved
in pitch darkness, as if heavy cloud passing
over them They cout! nothing before, behind, o.
above them. I his cloud was the enemy marching Ove
and past them Before troops could theil
wits and their eyes they found themselves lar in th
rear Of the foe, and the distance bury figure sup
posed 20 be that oil Mai. Gen. Billy Wilson, could oG
distinctly seen waving the stars and stripes from th
cupola of the St Charles Hotel Meantime the squad
ron Saving drawn up the river 10 front Of the city
double shotted the gus and opened the portfolios
Com HOIns, from the masthead of the Niagara calet
out the people that it best to surrender where
! upon it was moved by Col Ricardo who happened Il
be standing the root of the Water Works, engaged
10 the discharge Of his duties as Major General OF to-
Is 900 patroDesses OF the Free Market, that we d.
now surrender which motion unanimously vOte'
in the affirmative, by the said Free Market brigade alt
thereupon Coils. Thomas Murray and Henry Bier wer
directed to present to Com Stringham and Maj Gen
, Butler the two biggest pumpkins to be found IN tn
stalls of the Free Market
Thus was the capture of New Orleans effected, ait
new chaplet added to the already oppressive weigh
of l,ures that crown the ilusrious heads of Butler
Stringham and Wilson.
1t is sad feature in this than sad affair, ane
we feel called upon to it, hat the division
Picayune Butler guided, piloed and led into tn
city py Asa Hariz and his friend, Klubs
FROM Roanoke Island.
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