New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-21
EVACUATION or JACKSONVILLE Bx
UNIOE TROOPS.

By ths arrival OF the Star Of the Sonb already re-
ported. we have the following lsrcnlarr fetPeo""s
ne refugees and The evacuation u JacksonNHe A'oN
one of tie refugees:
When Gen. Sherman issued his proclama'lon'
promising protection to the loyal people OF 'aeA'o.
vile the heads OF the remaining families called pup
lie meeting, and appointed lie 7h day yof APFi Us ''
aay for on election Of city officers.
| Cen. Hunters order 70 Gen. Wright evacha'e
th place immediately came on Sunday the ota II es
md lie made prepaHions TO eyacuate o:i h0nd'y'
,,u. DELAYED tie evacuation till Wednesday, 10 pro-
ye traispoyta;iou for the Oyalsts and their eeSis
Tle Rebels who bad lett the place were WITHIN
three III. &c the city, t,O0 or 5hOO strong, ana on
piclets extended aroand 10 a distance OF TWO inLss
rom the tiiy. Negroes and Others came IN daliy
rom the Rebel camp with The report that mi atlack
wOnid be made az night UyoD the place ana tue
spies carried back accounts OF lie doings oi ihe Union
forces and the loyal families.
General Wright took possession OF the fch0oners
anna &. Ieyerett and Msguum BOnum, belonging
10 priv ate individuals, ana the Government schooner
James g.. S'iil and stgmers Cosmopolitan ana Bel
vdere, and embarked tfteen hundred troors, with
all thcir sioIcs, two sections Of Ransoms Battery,
with fny on sixty horses thty guns captured along
tie river f.om The Rebels, and about one hundred
loyal families. with Guch oi their ELECTS 80 coud Dc
readily brought away.
/ Three fsniiies-Samue' Fairbanss's Mr. Pailey's,
and q Swiss an's--pro ebed % remain, hoping
thereby 10 save thoir properly. Tne ieei then aes
saii, tie Cosmopolitan going TO Fernaidina TO li
portion Of Tie troops. The schooner leiiers sailed
directly foT ths pOri, Dllh lew ol The people ana
/ .toir gO0ds Tho remaiuing yessvs went 10 INTO"
Head, where the reiugrcs, whore nines are gave %,
were transferred 10 the Star of tie South, and eaed
ior IBIS city.
Whn tie Cosmopolitan was L, ternsndiua III
formation vas brought that guerrilla band OF Reb-
tis entered the place on ;ho night oi tho evacuation
and lurd RED Fpirbauks, B,iley and the Swiss, aud
! carried away their wives All cblidT-D Il.
The refugees who CGus 70 this city have Loot eV'
ery aing b4t the iow iecte they brought with lem
hsy are all Norihrrn-lcrn people, ho have h' en-
residing for bususss purtcss in Florida. IA y
| lave gon- TO the Astor 81. Nicholas aDd Ever Il
/ House where they viii remain tiil arransemi Ms
ars mad, fOr tb.r r,iurn 10 their former homes al
! tba North
I'D FOR TIE REFJGEES FROM JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA.
! ~ o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a meeting was
Leli at The Merchau.s Exchange 10 deyise mears for
raising funds 70 defay tie expenses OF the refugees
n.Jacksonyills Fla, who reached here the day
previous by the steamer Star OF the South. Simeon
Baldwin, President Of the Merchants Exchange
Company, presided. Aldre6ses were made by a
number of gentlemen ana resolutions adopted sym
pathi1ing with the refugees a Committee OF " hich
Moses Tay lor il Chairman Was appointed y receive
subscriptions. These Unionist refugees are IS IL
number, snd here in city utterly without means.
Though they had means ana position in Jacksonville,
they bad 70 fee for their ives, leaving al they had
to the plunderng hands OF the Rebels. Tie object
of r,ising money Is to enable them 10 reach their
former places OF residence in the North.