The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-26
From New Orleans.

We take the following from the cores
pondence of the New York lines, dated
New Orleans, Oct. Z, 1862:
Brig. Cen Weitzel has left the City
Hall and the gay room OF the Mayor, and
taken up his quarters in the camp as he
is now with his brigade on the northern
! lines OF the city. His command consists
of the 18th and 18th Connecticut, the
10Th New York, 9Th Vermont, and 1st
Louisiana, with Thompson's and Car
ruth's Batteries, and five companies of
cavalry. It is decidedly one of the fines
brigades in the service, has tg0,b cW olt
for Il, of which you will hear in due sea-
son. Brig Gen. Arnold, familiar TO the
| nation for his services at Pensacola, is
now next in command here 20 General
Butler Gen. Sherman, of Port Royal
fame, has taken Gen. Phelps's place at
Carrolton. AS the whole army General
| Butler commands is now in most prom
ising condition, we feel, in fact, trimmed
up, spurred, and in fighting order and
we have entire confidence in our COM
mander, simply because his actions, up
! to date, show that he has never made
mistake, has never taken a step back
ward, and, his inadequate means consid-
cred, has accomplished an amount of
practical benefits for his country not sur
passed by any other General in the field.
! have, perhaps, neglected to mention,
that, since our troops were Withdrawn
from Baton Rouge, our gunboats have
been most usefully employed in convoy
| 40 ofslra nm
river, and keeping the guerrillas uway
from the shore. On Wednesday last,
about fifteen miles above DonaldsOnville,
the levee was noticed for miles to be coy
cred with cattle. 1t was evident from
1 their drivers that they were Just in from
Texas via the Opelousas Railroad, and
that they were endeayoring to gain some
point where they could be got across the
river 10 camp Moore, Of, In other words,
to JetI. Thompson's forces. The result
was the whole drove sixteen hundred
strong, were stopped by Captain Lowry,
of the gunboat Sciota No J. and held for
the United States Government Mean
time the few steamers left us from the
great conhagration were pressed into SER
vice, and fleet Of six boats were landed
opposite the cattle, and fourteen hundred
head were secured, only two hundred es-
Gaping though the whole were literally
wild cattle. This accomplished, the fleet
started down the river, conveyed by the
gunboats Sciota No l, KineO No. 3, Itas-
ka No. Z, Katahdin No. g. Things went
on very quietly until the feet reached a
point nearly opposite DUnaldsonville
when force of at least two thousand
guerrillas sprang from behind the leveC
and fred upon the boats, at the same
time opening with four pieces of artil'
lery On the first discharge one man was
killed on gunboat No 3, two on board o
the packet-steamer st Maurice, and th,
packet steamer General Williams wa
disabled by a ball in her machinery.
The gunboat Sciota, at the time of th
attack, was in the lead, and nearest th
0 shore, and, most melancholy 10 relate
Q Lieut.. Charles II. Swaysey, Of the L. S
o Navy, who was standing on the wheel
Q house, was instantly killed. This catas
Y trophe has spread a gloom over our flee
% and among the army officers ashore. TIL
attack was dastardly, and for an Office
. Of the presence and accomplishments 0
Lieutenant Swaysey to be thus sacrificed
% has caused a bitter feeling that will b
o hard to allay. 1t will be remembere
v that the gallant Swaysey was the Firs
70 Lieutenant on board of the United State
y gunboat Varuna Captain Boggs, whic
% fought so valiantly at the taking Of FOI
Q Jackson. In that fight, after the unite
. fire of the rebel fleet had killed or drive
o our men from their guns, Lieut.. Sway
q sey, assisted by Captain Bogg, assisted il
% firing them, and continued this conduct
q. worthy of Hull and Decatur, until III
3, Varuna was sunk There is somethin
n heart sickening in recording the deaf
of this officer. II he had fallen in a fai
y field, in hot blood, while performing hi
duty, we would weep, and yet be comfort
u ed with the fact that he gave up his Ill
gloriously struggling with brave 70
but TO be assassinated, we can hardly r.
concile ourselves to the fact that be is r.
&c ally dead Lieutenant Swaysey was
native Of Taunton, Mass, and was NJ
questionably one of the most promistr
DO officers in the navy, and his death, fro
% the sullcn growls ! bear about headqua
90 ters, may make the rebel Van Dorm
proclamation literal, that "there shall
81 no inhabitants living within seven mil
of the river bank.
On Wednesday morning next, Oct 81
be ihe parolcd rebel soldiers IN this cit
20 who enter their names ia the proper boz
to De exchanged as prisoners OF war. w
d. sent fo Baton Rouge or some 9th
point on thc river. here 10 be turned o'