The national Republican., 1862-04-21
RKTuarn Ylou JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

RHfuaxn Y1oH JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
We take the following from the NJ T. Eren-
ing Post Of Saturday evening:
"Ths United States steam transport Star Of
the South, Captain woodruff from Port Royal,
arrived at this port last evening with the fol.
lowing persons, who are refugees from Jack.
Or. James d. Mitchell, wife and two children |;
Rev. VIM. Hewitt, wife, hve children and ser.
want; John Clark, wife and two children; W.
?. Delaney, wife and three children W. r.
Fairchild, wife and three children; Philip Fra.
wife, two children and servant; Thos. Stevens
and wife, Mrs. Granger. o. l.. Keene and wife,
Mr.. Prock, Jesse Gardner, Mrs. Stevens and
one child, Misses Stevens, John Dowd. Gabriel
Hirsch, G. p. Devereux and E. p. Parker.
fugees and the evacuation Of Jacksonville are
derived from one OF the passengers:
When General Sherman issusd his proolams.
ton promising protection to the loyal people Of
Jacksonville, the heads Of the remaining fam.
Tsh DAY cf April i as the day for for an sIsction % Of
city ofioers.
Gen. Hunters order to Gen. Wright, to evac
uste the place Immediately, came on Sunday
the 9Th instant, and he made preparations to
on iii sSdnSsy Opr p sSs
for the loyalists and their effects.
The rebels, who had len the place, were
within three miles Of the city, four thousand
or I'VE thousand strong, and our piokets ex.
tended around to n distance Of two miles from
the city. Negroes and others came in daily
from the rebel camp with the report that an
attack would be made ut night upon the place,
and the spies carried back accounts OF the do
ngs Of the Federal forces and the loyal fami
lies.
Gen. Wright took possession Of the schooI,.
ers Anna G. Leverett and Msgnum Bonum, he.
longing to private individuals, and tho Govern.
ment schooner James q. Still, and steamers
Cosmopolitan and Belvidere, and embarked
ffteen hundred troops. with all their stores.
'ixty horses, thirty guns captured along the
river from the rebels, and about enc hundred
loyal families, with such Of their effects as
could be readily brought away.
"Three families (Samuel Fairbanks's, Mr..
Bailoy's and Swiss man's) preferred 10 re
main, hoping thereby 10 save their property.
The fleet then set sail, the Cosmopolitan going
to Fernandina 10 land \ portion OF the troops.
The schooner Lefierts sailed directly for this
port with few Of the people and their goods.
The remaining vessels went TO Hilton Head,
where the refugees, whose names are given,
were transferred to the Star Of the South, and
sailed for this city.
When the Cosmopolitan WAS vt Fernandina
Information was brought that u guerilla band
If rebels entered the place on the night Of the
evacuation, and murdered Fairbanks, Bailey
and tho Swiss, and carried away thoir wives
and children.
lost everything but the few effects they brought
with them. They are all northern born pon
pie, who have been residing for busn. M pur.
poses in Florida. They have gone to the AstOr,
st. Nicholas and Everett House, where they
will remain Till arrangements are made for
their return to their former homes ut the
North"
The New York Express reports more 10 de-
tail, tn. statements Of these refugees as TO the
temper and conduct Of the rebels, who I'm
brace, as II would seem, about sll the native
born population Of the vicinity Of Jacksonville
We quote:
"Mr. Fraser thinks the seceshers are so T ad
dened at the North that they are rapidly run
ming into barbarian. He says he would far
rather live In Russia than under the COnfeder-
alta States Government. He SCOTS at the idea
Of y servile insurrection vt the South, but
thinks the indolen' q Of the masters, with n
great deal Of ignorance, makes them wlful
domineering and bxrbarous. Previous TO the
arrival 0f the Unionisis, the seceshers con
| stantly levied forced ntributiOns upon the
Union men, ostonsibly for war purposes, but
the money generally went into private pock
| ets.n
This sort Of information is not calculated to
favor the theory that the Union can be recon.
structed at the South. without radical social
charges.
or much the same general description, is thu
following from u letter written at Newborn
North Carolina, April ., and published in the
Newburyport Herald:
I "The question Ia "ften asked among the sol.
diers W hat are We fighting for? II was told the m
that in North Carolina they would ind plenty
of Union men that would bid them welcome
but on arriving at Nswbern they found the city
deserted by all It's inh ,btants, with the exoep.
ton OF negroes and 4 few whites Of the poor
class, who say they are Union, for they dare
not be otherwise. The white inhabitants of the
State whom have seen are Of low character
and very ignorant. While At Roanoke Island
had good chance to converse with prisoners
from different Southern States, Of \ better
class, They all agree on one thing-that we may
whip them, but never can subdue them"