Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-05-02

Nlleu WIN accounts, from various sources, OF
the fall Of n Orleans But, by way Of Fortress
Monroe, neither the latest kilograms from Mo-
bile, nor the extracts which purport to be taxi
en- from Southern papers, entirely bear out the
possession Of the Federal troops up to late
honr on Sunday last. The precise condition
Of affairs up tc five O'Clock in the afternoon
Of that day appears to be this Several gun
boats had succeeded in running the gauntlets
of the forts and batteries, and had appeared
before the city, whose surrender had been de.
manded by Commodore Farragut The de-
mand had not been complied with. The Forts
on Lake Ponchartrain were abandoned on
Friday, the 25th instant, and the gunboats on
the Lake had been destroyed despatch
from Gen. Lowell which was sent on the 9Th
TO the.War Department at Richmond, states
that Forts Jackson and St Phillip were in
good condition, and were still occupied by
the Confederates; that the Federal fleet was
before the city, but had not force sufficient 10
Louisiana were safe"
We learn from ;he Fortress Monroe cores
pondence of the New York Herald, that five
Confederate gunboats made their appearance
in Warwick river on Monday last, ana shelled
the Federal camp in that quarter: the loss
sustained is not stated. Gen. McClcllen tele-
graphed the facts to Com. Goldsborough, but
received in return no practical answer -
The nature of the reply Of Commodore Colds
borough may, however, be surmised from
what follows: 4" The James river is closed to
our feet SO long as the Merrimac and her con-
sorts have the freedom of Hampton Roads"
II is accordingly suggested that the narrow
par; of Elizabeth river be blocked up by sink
ing old hulks laden with stone. Until this
is DONE" we are told, little may be expec-
ted from our feet" On Monday, the Merri-
mac and four Confederate gunboats were an
chored between Craney Island aud Norfolk
According to another correspondent the brunt
of the fighting thus fan has been borne BY the
division of Gen. Reyes, whose loss in killed
and wounded amounts already TO some three
hundred.
According to the Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, the Var Office
has issued an order for several thousand guns
to be distributed by General Hunter among
the negroes in his department who are to be
enrolled in the service and suitably clothed
As pendant to the above, resolution has
been introduced into the House Of Represen-
tatiyes calling upon the Judiciary Committee
to inquire into and report by what authority
General Hunter was emancipating the slaves
Objection being made, the resolution lies over
under the rule
From Washington We learn, as re.
port which is current on the streets, that the
Government ia in possession Of information
that may possibly lead to a cessation of hos
tilities for the present. \ mediation and COM
promise is limited at, together with special
message from the President on the subject
Whether the recent visit of NJ MERCER 10
Richmond has anything to 90 with this " cur
rent report" is not stated but it may be
added, in this connection, that the correspon-
dent of The New York Post has been informed
upon excellent authority chat Count Mer-
cier has declared, to distinguished member
Of the Government, his conviction that moth
ing but absolute snbjngation viii bring the
South back into the Union.
Fredericksburg is not yet occupied by
our troops So writes the correspondent Of
the New York Times. The Confederates are
plainly seen on the hills across the Rappahan-
mock, and every night their cavalry descend
into the town. As they succeeded on Friday
night in capturing five soldiers who had stray
ged over there, General Mcdowell has pru-
deatly forbidden any visits TO be inter
changed between the shoresn On the other
hand sixteen Confederate soldiers have been
captured. From ten to fifteen thousand men.
under Gen. G " Smith, are said to be en-
camped some twelve miles south Of Frede-
rieksburg. As to the prospects Of battle near
the Rappahannock, the Times correspondent
rs enabled to state with unusual confidence
1T is quits possible that a battle may occur
but it is equally possible and probable that
every thing will remain quiet for month p
From the Fortress Monroe correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Pres, under date Of the 18th
ultimo, we learn that a rumor was current in
Norfolk Of great battle having been fought
at Corinth, and that the Confederates, as
Usual, claim the victory, andsay they took nine
thousand prisoners" Upon this the writer
rtInarks, with undeniable truth, that up to
the present time no such news has been re-
eeiyed through Northern sources"
The New York correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Laqairv says "One hundred and
forty-nine wounded soldiers have arrived here
in the steamer Cossack, from the Burnside ex-
petition, and been placed in the Park Hospital
aad Soldiers Relief building, where they will
remain uatii able to leave for their homes"
The Chicago Pot gives an Official list Of the
killed, wounded and missing Of the twenty-one
Illinois regiments at the battle Of Pitsbnrg
Landing, as follows .--hilled, 604; wounded
2,G42; missing, 223--rnaking a total Of 3, 574.
From before Yorktown We learn that two
Federal officers, a Colonelan Major Of the
N York s3d, with the entire regiment, deserted