The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-05

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whose services be claims, has come within
your lines. The course which | have
adopted in such eases Ia this: II have any
nse tor the services of such boy employ
him without any seruplei if have not. /
do not haraor him, as my subsistence
would by no means serve for 30 many
extra men thar do not need. If you have
any use for him, use him; If not, is he not
like any other Eagrant about the camp7
Respectfully,
= B. F. BUTLER, Mel. Gen. Com.
THE ORDER ABOUT THE woMEN-cURIoUs
CONDUCT OF THE MAYOR.
In one of the earlier letters, the writer
says of the conduct of the women:
"The conduct of the women II mean
those who wear purple and fine linen and
are popularity supposed to be ladies', is dis
gustiBg, and not calculated to strengthen
ones faith in the possession of common
sense by the sex. Intrenchiug themselves
behind the immunities W heh the gallautry
of our countrymen has ever accorded them,
they insult and sHeer at our officers and
men co. tinually, and commit acrs which
would insure six months hard labor at the
forts to man guilty Of like actions"
Gen. Butler soon after issued bis order
already published IN the Gezette-ordering
women insulting our soldiers, to be treated
as prostitutes plying their avocation.''-
BY this he intended that, as by city Orii-
nance, prostitutes should be sent to the cal
aboose, other disorderly women should be
subjected to a like punishment. The order
was sent to the True Delta, which publish.
ed il with a very bad grace. The Mayor
Was also very angry, and addressed letter
to Gen. Butler, in which be adds: Your
generl order is of character so extraordi-
nary, that | cannot suffer ii TO be prOmul-
gated without protesting against the threat
il contains, which has already aroused the
passions of our people, and must exasperate
them TO degree beyond control" He
then went on to say that its phraseology
was such that officers and men could put
the worst construction on it, that he dill
t anticipate war on women AMI chill
dren, Stc. To this Gen. Butler replied:
HEADQUARTERS, DEP'T CT THE GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, May l6.
"JObn T. Monroe, late Mayor of the City
Of New Orleans, is relieved from all respon-
sibilty for the peace of the city, and is
suspended from the exercise of any official
functions, and committed to Fort Jackson
until further orders. B. F. BUTLER,
HMsjor Gen. Commanding.
This order brought the 5iayor to head
quarters in a hurry. He apologized, and
after a severe lecture the General let him
off, on his written statement that his COM
municatien having been sent under a mis-
take of facts and improperly worded he
Withdrew it.
Not long after he repented of his apology,
and called at headquarters for the purpose
of Withdrawing it, and of again asking q
modification of the order. The General
told him unequiVocally that be had nothing
to modify, that be would not withdraw the
order if he could, and could not if he would;
but, at his request, would allow him to
publish the offensive letter and apology,
and that the order applied only to those
women who had insulted, by word, look,
or gesture, the officers and. soldiers of the
United States army.
The Mayor left, but afterward sent an
other letter, the counterpart of the first;
and on the morning of the 19tb in COM
pauy with several of his friends, including
Judge Kennedy, John Mcclellan, Chief of
Police, and D. G. Duncan, again demanded
the right to withdraw his apology. The
General, who had in view some reasonable
acts of the Mayor, as well as bis conduct in
regard to the order, told hin that he had
played with the United States authority
long enough, and must now go to Fort
Jackson His friends sharing in his opin-
ions, were dispatched thither also.
GALLANT EXPLOIT OF AN INDrASIAN.
The writer says:
Col. Mcmillan, of the 2Ist Indiana rpgi-
ment, now stationed at Agiers, made re-
connoisance into the Attakapas coun try,
which resulted in the capture of fine
steamer, with a very valuable cargo.
Taking eighty men, he went out on the
Opelousas Railroad to its terminus. Learn
lug there that rebel steamer had just run
the blockade at tire c1TaHu Bayou UaiIIonI
he Immediately started of and made a
forced march of thirty miles that night
Arriving at the Bayou in the morning, he
found the steamer quietly anchored, uusus-
picious of impending danger. He took
possession without meeting any resistance,
and set the crew at work for the United
States Government. The prize is very
rich one. The vessel is superior N. York
built, low pressure boat, and was formerly
named the A J. Whitmore; she is now
known IS the Fox She is almost the
counterpart of the Harriet Lane Her cargo
consisted of fifteen tens of powder, large
amount of arms and an assortment OF de-
sirabIe merchandise, and is valued at q
hundred thousand dollars She had come
from Havana aud had two bags of mail for
persons in the South. On Sunday night
Col. Mcmillan sent Sergeant Frake and
three men back to New Orleans with dis.
patches to General Butler. AS they were
proceeding along the road they were fred
upon by some cowardly foe, concealed from
view, and Sergeant Frake and one of his
men killed; the other two escaped. The
bodies of the murdered men were after
wards found buried, with nothing about
them but their blankets, the miserable Rue-
rilla assassins. having stripped and robbrd
them of their clothes.
THE CITY COUNCIL sEUBBED.
A French squadron having arrived at New
Orleans, with the Cabinet for its flagship,
the City Council voted to tender the feet
the freedom of the city. Gen. Butler, on
learning this, wrote to the more polite than
discreet cOunselors: