The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-05-10
The Victory at New Orleans.

Official Announcemenf--Ayrtrn Of III: Bearer
Of Dispatches al Fortress Monroe.
The following dispatches was received at
the Navy Department, on Thursday. from
Fortress Monroe:
Hon. Gideon Weics, Secretary Of The Nary.
have the honor to announce that, in the
Providence of God, which smiles upon u lust
cause, the squadron under Flag Officer Farra.
gut has been vonchsafcd a gloi ious victory
and triumph in the capture of the city OF New
Orleans, Forts Jocksun, st. Philip Levings-
ton, and Pike, the batteries bclo and above
New Orleans, as well asthe total destruction
OF the enemy's gunboats, steam rains, floating
iron-clads, fire RATS and distractions of
Blooms and chains.
The enemy, with their own hands, dcs-
troycd from eight to ten millions OF cotton
and shipping.
Our loss is Sc Xxi filed ana 1913 wounded.
The enemy lost from ,O09 to 500 besides
several hundred prisoners.
The way is clear, and the rebel defrnccs
destroyed from the Gulf to Baton Rouge
and probably to Memphis. Our flag waves
triumphantly over them all.
THEODORE BAILEY,
Captain and Second in Command Of the
Attacking Force oi'ths GunUpat Cayuga.
Advices from New Orleans report that all
Orleans, there is Il general bonfire of property
particularly ofcotton, II 200 bales of which
were burned at New Orleans.
AT Memphis. sugar and malasscs in large
quantities are on the bluff ready to- be rolled
into the river, and all the stock of cotton was
ready to be fired on the approach Of the
Federal feet.
The residents of the river towns were
rctrca:ing inward and destroying property
along al. the Southern tributaries of the
Mississippi.
The planters, in many cases, are applying
the torch to their own cotton.
The rebel Government has also boats run
ming up the river destroying great quantities
of cotton. Only one planter was found who
objected to the burning of his cotton.
Union Account of the Cap;u.e Of New
Orleans.
The U. S. gun-boat Daniel Smith, arrived
at Havana on the Both ult., from Fort Jack
son, with dates to the 9th ult.
The attack on the rebel forts below New
Orlcan, commenced on the 18th nit.
On the 23d, Commander Farragut, on the
U. S. ship-oi-war Hartford. with thirteen
steamers, passed the forts and Gen. Butler
landed fonr thousand men above.
The rebels lost eleven gun boats and the
Our forces took four hundred prisoners
We lost one hundred and fifty men, and one
gnn.b boat, the Verona, was sunk.
On the 10Th flag of truce was sent to
Commodore Porter, asking conditions tor a
surrender, to which Commodore Porter
replied. " No condiiions.''
Our flag now waves over the New Orleans
Custom House.
An American war steamer reports capturing
three rebel steamers and sending them to Key
West. Another rebel steamer was chased
into Bahea Honda.
Twenty mortar and three g1n-boats were
engaged against the forts, slencing them
after six days of incessant fighting.
The chains across the river were removed
by orr gun-boats.
The rebels sent fire RATS down the river,
but they did but little damage.
The US. gun-boat Verona and the rebel
iron-clad steamer Webster had a splendid
engagement.
The Webster ran into the Verona and sunk
her, but before going under, the Eerona's
crew poured in volley of eight guns so des-
tructive and crushing, that both the Verona
and Webster went down together.
Arrangements for the surrender of Forts
jackson and st. Philip were to be made on
the 9th ut.. the day after the steamer D.
Jackson left Fort Jackson.
The Ram Manassas WAS sunk by the United
States steamship Mississippi.
Our forces sent small boats to the fire RATS
and towed them out of the way before they
could do any harm.