New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-01
OUR FLEET BEFORE THE CITY.
THE TROOPS not YET LANDED
ALL TIE REBEL GUNH0ATs BURNT.
A FAMINE AT NORFOLK.
DEATH OF Nh, LlSCOLpS BROTnER.ll-LiW.
Fonrny, moxpor. Tuesday, Aprilao, !

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vi. B.LrI,.o.s Wednesdly, APhl 81. loDz )
4 fac Of truce from Norfolk to-day brought down
tie wife iud family Q; Parson Browrlow, and also
the vile Of Couere.sman Maynard. The party, con-
sstn, Of four iadies $50 gentlemen, aud six children,
are all from Teuuessse. They bring the report that
Ill ;be Union families Of Jernefsee bave been Or
dered by proclamation 10 leave within thiry'siS
ho,ls. Eighteen hGndred Union men lett for Ken
tuclsy a week ago friday. OF Iariy oi four hun
drei attempting 10 leave one Hundred had been
killed.
There cen he no doubt Of tie capture Of New-Or-
leans. Tie Southern news IaPeIs speak OF 1t IN the
NOS. dismal sIaiu, aud demand that The mystery Of
the surrender Of TIE city shall be explained
| The NortoA. Day Bo0L, in al editorial, says;
"Uis bv fer the most serious royerse of the war.
II aress future priv zion 20 all clFes O soce y,
but most 10 be lanened of all j. threatens ocF army
Supplies"
The raising Of meat, aud corn, aud wheat. instead
Of cotton and tobacco s eaDes.y recommended ey
the dsconsolaie editor.
| The Richmond D.ipof-i Of yeec-lay says:
"When the eremys 6'ot arrived opposite tho
/ cfv aud demanded is surrender Zen. t.oVei Ie-
f.ed aud fell back to Ctup Moore, after destroying
all the cotton and s'olVs.
I - q iiDN~Ntul NF-ffA fNNf-t'il lIi W. ''f'~+f
preven. her falling into te hands Of the enemy.
Nothing il said about tie Louisiana, but i l. sup
Do.ed that she YVES rcutled. l. was Iumored Thai
rne was sunk az the fret Ire.
/ Camp Moore is at Tangipaha, IS miles FROM New
! Orleans, on the Jackson Railroad.
Tie following aIe tho latest dispatches in iodays
pafer.: .,o-,,,,
Tho Yankee Commodore Farragat promised tho
Secretary Of he Mavor Of New-OHeaus, who
yi.'i ell the feet bv q flag of truce. % rake r.
nowed demand for the surrender Of the city, but be
.a- not done 30 up to THIS hour, . o ei' *.
Of. O4r sLip, the IcRae, cau.o uP from The forts
unfer n ..sz OF truce with forty OF cur w0undcn
She communicated with the Union hsgship' but the
result ID unknown.
"The rumor that Fort Pike has been evacuated
and blown up il uu'rustwo1hy.
/ UIn a conference held with one II the Umon
oilccrf, aner the corIcspondcucs bctVteh mayor
Monroe and Com. Fur1gnt, the oiicer lcii, derai
ing that he would shoot down the nag on the Clty
AN if il ,yas not hauled down, aud he actually
brought lis chip within range but las NOT hied thus
far. -. r,
war are below, and win enter their protest against
sbellIug the city.
Of proyisi ns and u'nmunnion
&" The city il remarkably orderly, but the excite
neEs is intense, and the ethnS o. hnn,lal2h osep
RicuroaD' Monday APih -, ~,
The following d4patch was received TO day by
hdj. Gen. CooIer from Gen. lovel: So,
"For,s Jackson and st. Philip are still in good
condition and IN cur hands. TIE rteamers Louisiana
and NrKae are safe. The enesnys icet are a. the
div but ttey have not forces enough TO occupy It,
/ Ihe inhabitants arc standby loyal ...,
/ The for;a on Lake PoutchaFtrsin were al evac
uated on the 18th inst. We have sustained conrid
cradle loss in suppies and dlsmoHilnR but not de-
atfoyiug the guns At Fort Pike, all tie buildings
were burnt, including The Telegraph oleo. Tie
opsrator has gone he limits OF the city to opon a
Office II possib!e.
. All The eunboats on the Lake have been burned
hy our own people. The Mobile boatr nilman,
Brown, and several others sre running troops Sores
and ordnance 10 ManacaOck after which We lear
they viii be burned.
1The Yankee fleet were returning again 10 Ship
Island"
In a local paragraph Tie Norfolk Day Book.
under the head Of "Markets," mentions the very
small supply Of edible, exposed for sae, and says Ii
has become question OF grave moment ~ to where
and how the people are 10 be fed.
The death OF Samuel B. Todd, brother Of MIA
Lincoln, ia announced. lie died Oh the battlefield
and from the effects Of tho wounds he received at
Shiloh in tho action Of April7
TIE Clarisst0H Mercury says that "nine schooneis
left th. city on the preyiou, Saturday to run the
blockade The Guide, Wave. and Two others were
taken. The crew of the Guide were landed on
Gbbes Island on Wednesday. On Friday, they
were seen by our pichets, and fired Oh, under the
supposton t@klhey were Yankees David hauner
Of Augusta w killed. The threo other vessels
were sent TO Port Royal"
The gunh0at Nj. Vernon arrived ffom the biocAade
Of Wilmington on Sunday night. She left there the
jamestown and Victoria. Tho Cambridge saiied
hence for Wilmington on Sunday.
The MI. Vernon's boilers are detective, but rhe
will return to her station in few days. There Il
bu. little news.
Fort Caswell il being strengthened by The Rebels
in expectation of TN attack.
The schr Kate, from Nassau, was captured ny .no
NJ. Vernon about two weeks ago, while attempting
10 run the blockade.
Il is reported by flag Of truce that the herElnac
has steam up. 1t expected in Norfolk last nign'
that she would come out today. Sic nAs not mide
her appearance, however.
II 10 now raining.
One hundred of tho Vermont wounded soldiers
leave tonight in the steamer Richard WelIing ior
New.York, via Chesapeake Bay and the canals.
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rOY JEE ANn MAJOR REVERE,