The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-03

WILMINGTON, April 20.
Fort Macon surrendered Friday, 25th,
after bombardment of ten and hall
hours. Batteries were planted behind
heavy sand banks. The preaching hat
terry was 100 feet distant, and mortars
l400. The garrison was allowed the
honors of war; officers retained side armss
Reports from the south.
Fort Monroe, May /.
A flag Of truce from Craney Island this
afternoon. brought down an English no.
bleman and several newspapers giving
particulars of the capture Of Fort Macon,
and some additional particulars of the
fall of New Orleans, with other interest
ing items.
The Norfolk Day Book Of this Thurs
day. morning says no telegraphic messa-
ges were received last night.
The Wilmington Journal Of Tuesday
has the following in confirmation Of the
report Of the fall of Fort Macon, tele-
graphed here yesterday: !" We have just
learned that the fire upon the Fort was
opened quarter before 6 O'Clock on Fri
day morning. and that the engagement
between the Fort and the federal batter
les was kept up until 7 o'clock that even
ing, when the Fort became wholly unten-
able, and was surrendered rs above sta
ted. All the guns inside the Fort oppo
site to the side attacked, were dismounted,
and all but three Of the guns gearing up
ON the eaemy,s batteries were aise dis
mounted. The enemy's central battery
OF preaching guns was within l 100 yards
of the Fort. The right and left flank
ing batteries were more distant. It turns
out that the report Of fifteen of our men
having been killed in scout some days
since against the enemy's pickets, is un-
true. One man only was wounded, and
none were killed until Friday last, the
day Of the attack upon the Fort. From
other accounts it is gathered that during
the bombardment of Fort Macon seven
rebels were killed and great many woun.
ded. Col. White and $50 men were re-
leased on parole BY Gen. Burnside.
A suffolk correspondent Of the Peters
burg Express, under date Of April so,
says all were expecting to hear something
from the Mcrrimac this morning, but the
Norfolk Day Book is silent. The Peters
burg Express Of to-day says that many
rumors were in circulation yesterday,
among them one Of the evacuation Of
Corinth /; also the report of the capture
Of Wilmington, N. c., by Gen. Burnside.
Gems. Breckenridge and Hindman have
been made Major Generals, and Col. W.
A. Read Bfigadier General
The Richmond Despatch of to-day says
the panic on the subject of scarcity of
food is one Of the most causeless imagin-
able. The road from Danville TO Green
boro is rapidly constructing, and will open
North Carolina, Tennessee, and even
Georgia and South Carolina, for supplies
to feed the whole State of Virginia.
How causeless the panic above alluded
to is, may be inferred from the fact that in
an adjoining column Of the same paper is
chronicled ssle OF butter at $40 per
pound, in the city market.
Six Yankees, seven domestic traitors
and one recusent confederate soldier ar
rived at Richmond yesterday. The form
or belonged to an Ohio regiment, and
were captured in Bath county, Va.
The Richmond Dispateh Of yesterday
records the execution, IS spy, on the
29th Of April of Timothy Webster. Mrs.
Webster, who was arrested with her hus-
band, is still at Castle Garden. Webster
i said to have been the first spy yet exc
cutsd BY the rebels. What if the Federal
government should commence hanging
spiesf
The following additional items regard
ing the fall of New Orleans are all that
can be cleaned from the papers. Com.
Farragut had proposed terms Of capitu-
lation to Mayor Monroe which the latter
accepted, and the City Of New Orleans
was ct last accounts held by . battalion
Of Marines from the squadron. Gen.
Buffers forces we're within few miles OF
the city, having landed on Lake Pon.char-
train. Information has been received at
Norfolk yesterday that Capt. Mcintosh,
the supposed commander of the gunboat
Louisiana. at New Orleans, had been badly
wounded, when or where was not stated
From the same source it was also ascer.
tanned that Capt. Thos. Huger supposed
to be the commander of the McRae, wal
MORALLY wounded in the same engage
ment