Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-08

Capitalization Of -Nsw Orleans Gen But
Ter Wikin Fsw Mles-H Comes via
Pentckartruin---F Farther Cos.cera;ns
Fort Macon.

Fort Macon.
FonTREss MoSnoE, Nav 1.-The flag OF
,rnce from Craney leland this afternoon
brought down an English nobleman and
several newspapers. giving the particulars
Of the capture OF Fort Macon. and some
additional particulars of the fall of New
Orleans. with other interesting items.
The Norfolk Day Book of this (Thurs-
day morning, says: No telegraphic mes
sageS were received last night"
The Wilmington journal of Tuesday
has the following in confirmation of the
tall of Fors Macon. telesraphel here yes
teriay:
We have Just learned that the fire upon
the fort was opened quarter before six
o'clock on Friday morning, and that the
engagement between the Fort and Federal
batteries WAS kept up until seven o'clock
that evening. when the fort became wholly
untenable and was surrendered as above
stated. All the guns inside the fort oppo-
site to the side attacked were dismounted.
nd all hut three of the guns bearing upon
the enemy's batteries were also dismount-
ell. The right and left thanking batteries
were more distant.
1t Turns out that the. report Of fifteen Of
our men having been killed in scont some
days since against the Apemy's pickets is
untrue. One man only MAS wounded and
none were killed. until Friday last. the day
al the attack or the tort.
From other accounts it is gathered tha.
dming the bombarimert of Fort Macoa
seven rebels were killed and great many
wounded.
Col. White and one hundred and fifty
men were released on parole by General
Burnsied
A Suffolk correspondent of the Peters
burg Express under date Of April Both.
says all were expecting to hear something
from the Merrimac this morning. but the
Norfolk Day Book is silent The Peters,
burg Express Of to-day says that many
minors were in circulation yesterday. a.
mong them one Of the evacuation of Mem
phis and Coriuth; also the report Of the
capture Of Wilmington. n c., by Gen.
Burnside.
Generals Breckenridge and Hindman
have been made Major Generals. and Col.
W. A. Beal Brigsdier General
The Richmond Dispotch of to-day says:
1.-THE panic on the subject o { a scarcity of
food is one of the most canscless imagina-
BILE. The road from Danville to Greenbo-
TO is rapidly constructing. and will open
North Carolina. Tennessee and even Geor
gia and South Carolina for supplies to
feed the whole State Of Virginia."
How causeless the panic above alluded
to is. may lie inferred from the fact that in
an adioining column of the same paper is
chronicled a sale of butter at $40 ~ ib
in the city market.
Six Yenkees seven domestic traitors
and one recent Confederate soldier arrived
at Richmond yesterday The former he
longed to an Ohio regiment. and were cap
tured in Bath county. Va
The following additional items regard
ing the fall Of New Orleans are all that can
be cleaned from the papers.
Com, Farragnt had proposed terms Of
capitalization to Mayor Monroe. which the
latter accepted. and the city Of New Or
leans was at last accounts hell by bat
talon Of marines from the Federal squad
ron.
Gen Buffers forces were within few
miles of the citv. having landed on Lake
Pontchartrain..
] Information was received at Norfolk
yesterday that Capt. Mcintosh. the sup.
posed commaEser of the gunboat Louisi.
ana at New Orleans. had been badly woun
ded. When or where was not stated.
From another source it was also learn
ell tast Captain Thomas Huger. supposed
| to be the Commander of the McRae. was
Imortally wounded in the same engage
ment.
New YoRK. May Ia special dispatch
to the New York Times. from Fortress
Monroe. says three or four rebel boats of
Scwall's Point to-day. appeared TO BE-
placing bu US to mark the channel
Gen. Prentiss and seven hundred Fed
eral prisoners had arrived at Salem Ala
THE officers we're to he sent to Talladega.
and the privAses to Montgomery.
Commodore Hollins passed through
Columbia, South Carolina. on Saturday.
en- route to Richmond. He is amazed al
the fall OF New Orleans. He states thai
there were one hundred heavy guns in pc
sition between Fort jackson and the city
that the gnnboat Louisians was ready
and waitiug-that Numerous boarding par
ties were organized TO capture the nationa
vessels at al hazards. and that the gun
boat Mississippi. though o1finisned, could
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