Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-05-14
Late News From the South,
From the Norfolk Day-Booi

The telegraph tells this morning the
most deplorable tale ever heard in Amer
lea, or, we believe in the whole world
Two contemplate little steamers have
come up to the great city of New Orleans
inhabited by "A population of two hun
dred thousand souls, defended bv IN les
upon miles of columbiads and rifed can
non, possessing six floating batteries of
immense power, and containing within her
bosom not less than thirty thousand disci-
plined troops-and hay, commanded the
authorities to haul down the Confederate
flag As we write, there had been no in
telli@ence of its having been hauled down
but We are prepared to expect the worst
Sailing through miles of the heaviest
artillery, 1t does not appear that much
as a single shot was fired at these two lit
tie steamers On the contrary, everything
seems to have been prepared beforehand
Tor their quiet reception. The troops
were Immediately Withdrawn lest they
might feel disposed to demur. all the de
fenses on the lake were dismantled, the
gus were thrown down without being in
jured, the steamboats,, that could have
gotten up steam in an hour and been off
were burned, and the defenders were
drawn off to a distant point
Never since the world began was there
such transacrion-so dark, SO mysteri-
Gus, so altogether unaccountable.
The telegraph, thus far, gives a very
confused account of this most mysterious
and most deplorable affair. Terrible sus-
picions are atloat, but we hold it best not
10 give voice to tt EN- until something more
definite shall have reached US.
AFFAIRS AT RICHMOND.
NORFOLK aNO pTCTIMo<D Nr-cT pE
JEFF DAVIS SAYS HE WILL NEVER SURREN-
DER
Correspondence of the Norfolk pay-Bookl
Richmond, April 27-l he news from
New Orleans, confirming the fall of that
city, has been read here with sorrow
we are not dispirited, and d" ~.
our final success doubt
Norfolk and y;
ded III ~ .'ch..nond must be befen-
vc- q -.rzards, and it is high time
"a lorces should be more than doubled
| our city and the Navy Yard are of equal
Importance with Richmond. Not only is
Norfolk and the Navy Yard Of inestimable
value TO us, hut the county of Princess
Anne is indispesible in the crisis
The delegation from South Carolina and
Georgia waited on the President before
Congress adjourned and urged him to
withdraw the troops from those States,
Norfolk and | think they are coming
Indeed, you would have thought so, it YOU
/ had seen, as | did on Wednesday last,
the south Carolina regiment from Chester,
twelve miles from Richmond, and heard
cheer after cheer reSound through the
forest for odd Nir-inia-she must and
shall be free = | conversed with a South
Carolina officer on the same trip, who said
that Savannah may be SURRENDERED, and
Char eston too, but Richmond never He
said defend Richmond and Norfolk cost
what 1t may.
You have noticed in the papers a short
account Of President Davis speech, lately
made at Rockets to the soldiers passing
10 Yorktown. 1t was the best short
speech | e.er heard him make. He said,
so far as he was concerned, he would con
tinue this war for twenty years, rather
than one inch of Virginia soil should be
surrendered 80 let us hear no more
about surrenderinc Virginia.