, 1862-05-26

FLAG OFFICER FARRAGUT
PASSES NATCHEZ.
Beauregard Awards the Southern
Gross Of H0n0r,
An IOWA COLONEL KILLED

0tS- aA4AACh's HEADQUARTERS, May IL
The Memphis appeal Of the 22d says:
Gov. Pettis Of Mississippi has called for
LOCO armed men to rendezvous at Vicksburg.
ammunition to be procured at the latter place.
FIcKsBCRG, May 21-The Federal com
nlander ordered the removal Of women anf1
children from this city in "a hours. THE
Mayor has asked until Friday, sd, at eight
o'clock.
This morning there are ten boats below.
The City Ct Brooklyn and Hartford passed
Natchez this morning.
appeal deplores the death Of Col. Ineraham.
Of Van Dorn's staff, inhumanly butchGrcd bF
the Fcderals in q skif1nieh on the 9Th. The
same correspondent says Beaurcgard is about
to confer the order OF The Southern Cross Of
Honor on the privates Of the 9Th Texas for
gallant conduct, the first to receive this much
coveted badge Of distinction.
The Ficksburg Gitizen Of the 18th, says the
grocery stores are all moved except one. aud
the stock in that Will be exhausted in two or
thfcc dnye. 1t becomes I serious question
where groceries are to be procured from after
this.
The Rnleigh n. C. Regfsser saws, Mrs. Jeff:
Davis arrived on the lth, under escort OF
Senator Gwin, Of California, aceompanied by
her tcur children, Mrs. Kcary, JefY's niece.
and Mrs. Gwin, son and daughter.
The Arizonia Times says, sibley's command
has been dismo11nted ina starving condition.
Two companies we're cut off and the rest were
eEdcayoring to reach Santa Fe.
The ApIedns Corinth correspondent says
Buffers Infamous order has fired our army.
The Federal Bpies' guide was shot at .. m.
to-day.
The Charleston Courier of the 18th con-
gratulates the citizens on Charleston being
consignmcnts OF stone from Columbia and tie
interior, iron chains and other materials will
soon be on their way to aid in constructing q
stone wall to block out the invaders from ap-
proach within shelling distance of the citw
All tue Southern papers condemn Buffers
coEard1y, iuiamousoraer, but don't publish it.
The vtcksburg correspondent Of the Jack
son (Mfss.) Chronicle, OF the 18th, says five
Yankee gunboafs arrived within range Of our
{rebel) batteries yesterday at noon. The com
mandcr sent flag Of truce, demanding the
surrender Of the city. Tile answer was: " #
yoa1 tcnf the city, come and take itr' The
fleet 1lth communicated with the authorities,
demanding, it is supposed, the surrender Of
our ports, just below Vicksburg, which we're
promptly and pointcdly refused.
After tits, the gunboats weighed anchor and
dropped down the river to bring up the rest
OF TIE Earboats for the purpose Of opening .
bo.uba: dsnent
Eh,c r. wlug general order Ees forwarded
by plc11cts for the information Of this arL,y;
The following Gcneral Ortler No. Is Of the
Federal officers, Major General Butler COM
1nanding, at New Orleans, will be read on
dress parade:
HEADQUARTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF. GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, May 18th
Az officers and soldiers Of the Tinted States
have been snbject to repeated insults from women
turn Tor the most ecrupulous uon-interference,
and courtesy on our part, it is ordered hereafter
when any fenale. ahaf1 By word gesture, or other
movement, insult or show contempt for any Off
soldier Of the United States, shall be regard
cd and held liable and be treated as q woman Of
the town. plying her vocation.
GEO. c. STEoEG, A. A. g.
Men OF the South, shall our mothers, wives,
daughters and sisters be thus outraged by
rufhanly soldiers Of the North, to-whotn is
given the right to treat at their pleasure the
ladies Of the South as common harIots,
Arouse, friends, and drive back from our soil
these Infamous invaders Of our houses and
distnrber5 Of our family ties;
{SignedD G. T. BKAuREaARD,
General Commanding..
a Sergeant aud twenty-six men, deserters,
arrived here last night. During the last two
days nothing has transpired except picket
sI1znlishing and that il quite Light. It has
been expected at headquarters that Reaure-
gard would make an attack any morning on
general engagement. 1t is positively Known
that Beauregard intended making general at
tack, but found our left too strong
Memphis deserteEs unite in saying that he
had his whole force outside the entrench-
ments, and ordered forward movement, but
very suddenly countermanded it. It is sup
posed that the appearance Of our gunboats ut
Vicke burg was the ca1lse. ~
Col. WorthiDgton Of the 5th Iowa was acci-
denuy killed BY our plckets while going the
grand rounds on last Wednesday night, Tie
body has been sent to Keokuk.
Il has rained during the past twenty hours
and the roads arc in bad condition.
NATcnEz, May 19---EiEe schooners and
four gunboats anchored in the river opposite
this place. The gunboats, it is said, sent
yawl with flag Of truce bearing demand for
the surrender Of the city. As the yawl land
ed q number Of people had gathered to wit
ness the proceeding, and the men from the
boat requested that some Of the crowd
should take dispatches aud deliver them
to the Mayor, but no one could
be found willing to accommodate the Yankees,
until at last they prevailed upon fisherman
to carry them. When he delivered the docu-
mcn1, and it was found to contain q demand
for The surrender Of the city, crowd Of ex-
aspcrated citizens took the fisherman and
hung him The gunboats gave them till ten
O'Clock to determine what they should do.
. The Eicksburg Citizen Of the 18th says the
women aud children are being removed from
the city to-day, BY the advice of Gen. Smith,
In EteW OF an approaching conflict with the
Anptnp