Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-02
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

OPERATIONS Ag1tnst tho GUertIloS on the
Mtsstss,pp.-Ths Abandonment of Baton
Rouge oy Our Fsrees-Gen. B,seA,nridse
ihfsotsnsng to Raise shs Black Flag
NV OhLHAss, Aug. 22.-On Saturday, the
18th inst, the United States gunbcat Sumter
(Rebel priEe) grounded near the town Of Bayou
sara. After m any ine6ectual attem pts on the part
Htss Cspiaia and crew to get her OF they started
While thus temporarily abandoned, she was at
tacked oy the guefilles on shore, who finally set
On hfe and Destroyed Is, Forthis wanten act,
asme Of our gunboats that had come up to help
the Sumter opened upon the town, and completely
DESTROYED IL, and then went ashore and burned up
81. Ffalcisville, mile bcck from the river.
Captain Porter, Ut the Essex, has since started
up the river with determination t, demelish
any place along the banks which has been used to
protect guerilla bands engaged Ia firing upon our
steam boat. and other National craft Van Dorn's
eight miles from the river banks, 10 being carried
out by the policy punmed by the guerilla paIties
who, acting uader Rebel Government orders, are
cent people who inhabit these towns, and who
have protested In vain against the visits Of guerl.
La, which they know could only end In the utter
Destruction Of all they are worth: 1t W hat does
the Rebel Government care for the people at
large. there are less than 800 go white men in
all the Rebel States who have any clearly ac-
tnowledged rights. In the meantime, 1t In
lied, and for all practical purposes have quit
Asmight be expected, provisions are among
Of nour, is said was sold-baek Of Baton Rouge.
since Breckinridge's command has been In the
vtclntty-for Sl00, and the current price for -four
Ia Victssurg, for some time past has been ESQ
hundreds Of families. Of these destroyed towns,
unused to work, are to do. The climate 10 ter.
riele, and the mofquit0s make camping cut In
the woods an utter imPossibility, and there is
neither room nor food to be had on the planta.
tions. The rebel leaders, however, seem to
possess but one insane idea and that to destroy
what they cannot conquer and possess.
at New Orleans, recovering, I 'sm happy 10 say,
from q severe nt Of sickness. His labor and the
excltemeut attending the battle Of Baton ouee,
,isendancs, warm friends and good good constituiion on ]
Will most likely carry him through.
Attending the a6andonment of Baton Rouge
6Y our troops was the securing frsm the State
Capitol all the valuable documents the Confed-
crates lefS behind them, together with ali the
pictures, and the statue Of w ash ington BY Hiram
Powers. This was done by especial orders Of
Gen Butler.
Up to this moment have not heard a. to the
fnal decree with regard TO the destruction Of the
city. Ifit Is left IL viii become nest for gueyil-
las; IL destroyed, Ii will be sacrifice to the de-
cree OF war, necessary, no doubt, but neverthe-
lees fearful evidence Of the punishment Of the
leaders Of the rebellion have brought upon the
deluded people. Az part Of the plan Of progress
81. Louis, Baton Rouge was a chain In the hub
of cities, but with the tenn porary andonment
Of the river, the place was OF no itrasetc import
ance, a nothing was left but TO withdraw the
brave troops 70 New Orleans where their presence
10 much needed.
IL 10 generally understood here that the rebels
insead to attack the city. To make commence
ment, was instigated The attack Of Breckinridue
on Baton Rouge. Meantime IL appears that Jen
Thompson, with an accumulating force, 10 at a
place called Psscha.ools, about forty miles from
here, on the Jackson Railrood- Gen Ruggles
remains ss across the lake, possi bly, some twenty
miles distant From Intercepted correspon depce
10 10 evident that the maddest Of the Confedrrates
do not 64ieve that they can carry the city, but
they 20 believe, that BY making Q formidable
denonaration, the traitors Inside Will rise and
set the city on hre. Fhis 10 their brave scheme,
and this 10 tteir hope, a. they frequently shsw In
ne apparently casual remark, Well, Pm afraid
that II tbs city were vigorously assaulted the
mob inside would rise and set ouf houses on dre D
And this 10 the plan encouraged, strange az 1t
here, aud whose families will be sngulphe in
the conaagration.-Cor. N. Y. Timss.
RAISING TIE BLACK FLAG.
From the New orleans Delta
Ny. Editor In the correspondence between
Brgadief General Breckinridge, Of the Confed.
crate army, and Colonel Paine, Of The United
States forces at Baton Rouge, IL will be psrcsiyed
that General Bneckilridge says that General Van
Dorn theaters TO raiSe the hlack Gag That threa,
10 wholly unnecessary, ~ the black nag has al
ready been raised In This city under the authority
OF the Confederate General In command Of this
department on the 2Sth Of December, 1851, In the
general review then held Oh Canal street, when q
black dag was parsded on Canal street, In front
Of Major General Lowell, Governor Moore and
General Lewis, bearing the motto, "We Ask No
Quarter and Give None.n Thousands Of persons
now In the city saw that Gag. g.