Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-16

on your part, nor would have for q moment
entertained tho rcmotest suspicion that they
could have been invested with power TO enter
on such an errand while the negotiations for
surrender between you and the city authorities
were still pending The interference Of any
force under your command, rs long as those ne
gotiationS were not brought to close, could not
be viewed BY US otherwise than az Il fragrant
violation Of those cuurtesies, ii not Of the abS0'
lutte rights, which prevail between bcllsercnts
under such circumstances. sly views and
sentiments wish reference tn such conduct re-
main unchanged. You now renew the do
maid made in your former communication,
and Won insist on their being complied with
Internationally, under threat of lombard
ment within forty eight hours ard you notify
uc to remove thu women and children from
tic city, that they may hc pro.ec; ed from your
shells
Sir. yon cannot but ka0w that there IS no
possible exit from this city for population
which still exceeds IN number one hundrad
and forty thousand, and you must therefore be
aware Of the utter ins:Iity Of such notification
Our Iua!Gn and Children cinE6i escape from
your SHELLS, il IL be your pleasure IN murder
them Oh question Of mere etiquette. But II
they could, there are hut few among them "i0
w0ui consent to daScr. thor families and
their homes, and the graves Of their relatives,
in SO awful :: moment. They would braTely
stand tho SIGHT Of your shells tearing up tho
graves OF these WIN are 81 dcar 10 them, aid
would deem that they died moi ingl0rIouslg by
the side OF HE tolnns erected by Their pieIy TO
lhs memory Di dcpal tcdrelau7cS
Yon srs not satisfied with the peaceabie
possession 81 III undeiendcd city, opposing no
resistance to your guns, hecan5e OF its bearing
its bard late with something Of ma7liness and
dignity, and you wash to humble and disgrace
us, ,y the performance Of an act against which
our natures rebel This satisfaction you ran
nat expect TO obtain I'll our hands
Tu will stand your bomhardment unarmed
and urdeended AT we arc. The civilized
rorld will consgn to indeible infamy the
heart that will conceive the deed and the hand
that viii dare to c3nsummate it.
Respn 'tnilV .JonN T. MONROE.
Mayor ol The Oity Il New Orissns
Mr.. Baker Vas told by Flag officer
Farragu. that he had low moments before
sent Il communication 10 the Mayor, inform
ing him Of :he fall of the forts on the river be-
low tho l:ty. The following is the communi
cation alinced to-
UNITED STATES FLAG SnIP Hartford,
At Anchor off the City Of New Orleans,
April 90, 1862.
To Bi' Hcr7r the Mayor OF the City Of New Orleans
:S:r-lnr FJrls ST. Philip ana j ,Ci,aon hav-
ing surrendered, and all the military dclenSes
u the city being either captured Or ab.ndGned
you are required, as tho sole representative Of
aay supposed authority in the city, 10 haul
down and supprcss every unsign aud 81 mbnl
Of government, whether State Oh Confederate.
crcep, that If The United States. | am now
uotu! 10 raise the 4 &C OF the Un!sd States up.
on the Custuia House, aid ynu will poe that it
is respected with all the cisil power ii the
city.
have Tie honor to he, very respectfully,
Your obed;ent servant,
d. &. FARRAaUT,
Flag cscer wes,e;n Gulf Dlockaiiny aqu adrou.
The officers on board Of tho flag ship could
nnI 7opress The joy which they experienced at
the new. Of tho fall Of Forts Jackson
and ST. Philip and congratulations on tho
rvnnt were freely pissed among them. Flag
officer Farragut was evidently anxious lest
General Butler should arrive before he could
cnrsummato the object Of his expedition. He
ordered Captain Bell to proceed at oace 10 hoist
TIE II. s. Gag upon ii 0 Custom House and
Mint, and to haul down the lag IRON the City
Hall. He exhibited much inpalionce at the
evident hssitaucy displayed by the Captain in
the iuhiment Of this order. CAPTAIN Bell was
engaged m earnest conversation with Mr.. b.
kcr, and tho chief OF the police, (who vas one
Of ;hn party from tho city, enaesvorlng to on
tain information from them as to the temper
Of the pHopln, and To sssuro himself as
10 tho chances OF mis- safety in the execution
Gf hia mission M. Baker, when returning to
TIA city, vas hailed fro1i lac ship by Captain
Bell, sad on going back was forcIhly reminded
ny that officer, 10 impress upon the Mayor the
TACT that he %as about 10 come on shore for
lho p1rp scs above indicated. On Mr. Bakers
acquiring him that b. would deliver the mes
sage, Captain Bell appeared INCH gratifea
and relieved. During this last interview, Flag
Officer Farragut took occasion to say that he
YES not Creole OF Nav Orleans, AZ had been
crroneously stated in the city papoIs. but WAS
bo,r III Tennessee. He hopsd, therefore, that
the people would entertain no further feeling
On that subject. lie pointed ont " here 81
pound hail had, during the action st the !orLs,
entered tho door Of his cabin and passed out
Of the stern window, rcInsrking in n j1cose
manner, that ii CANA near catching him, as ne
hai lust lett his cabin and wAg standing near
tho ,,nur Oh deck, when the SHOT struck The
rgsr II tbs artillery, as bis ships PISSED up
hatTe-n iEc forts he remarked, could not
havs i.reii rGnrr terrific or mors dcafonlng,
il waa yainfn! IN breathe Ito All Jared
by the cohcusainn Of ~ vinl3Hl q cannDriadu
lie stalled that lie know lncre wega earth
l. ff,rr ,l,t,,r b,r -,
ahn7:. Ia. forts but was not aws:c OF thnir
precise Situation. He was Oh the lookout for
ihrr1 ali The way up, bu. h1d no apprehen-
sion that tbcy woud 0D4trIc. him seriously
Mr.. Baker WAS informed, before leaving the
Hartford, b? Capt. Baily, second in command,
who had just arr,Tcd from tbs forts below, that
Gan. Duncan and his cheers from both the
forts were on board Of Gunsoat No 3, which
had just arrived and was lying in front OF Ca
nal street, and that they would b, ashore
shortly, having surrendered upon parole.
About II O'clock that morning Gen. Duncan
landed, aud proceeded at once /" Lie City
Hall, where hs was warmly received by the
Mayor and large numher Of prominent chi
z.ns. lie stated that Forts Jackson and ST.
Philip hat fallen, but not ct the hands Of the
enemy. They had falion in consequence If a
mut,ny it Fort Jackson, which WAS general,
with the exception Of one company from the
Parish oil S.. Mary and small portions Of others,
and that all etfarts to suppress it had proved
unnvailine. He had been awakened at mid
night TO fad company nlter company deserting
iilo tho woods and 10 learn that large ma
j .r.,y ni the guns had been either disabled or
spiked, and hls fort, which but two days before
had hrianlv thrGwn hack iut3 Tho face Of
Cummndorc Porter ms prrc'npor7 demand (nr
surrender, now at too metc5 OF tho enemy.
Thu men rho mutinieJ, added Gen. Duncan,
wcre The best Of my command, and had en-
dn-ed the long and terrific bGmbardment from
the mortar fleet without hinching or murmur.
ing, and stood TO their guns and worked them
during The passage ~ The beet like veteran
anldcis. He could not account for the sud
dan penic which had seizsd upon them, and