The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-05-16
IMPORTANT
NEWS.
COM. PORTER AT MOBILE.

(Va.) Express of the 9th publishes tho foi'
lowing:
MOBILE, May 8.-The advance of Com
modore Porter's feet consisting Of vessels,
is off Fort Morgan, and ten more are OF
Horn Island moving eastward. They are
firing occasionally, apparently feeling for
masked batteries. Our forces are confident
of halding the enemy in check.
SAVANNAH, May 8.-The Republican says
the Yankees were accommodating the river
and coast batteries all the morning with
gunboats and balloon. They came nearly
up to the mouth of Augusta Greek and
then descended.
AUGUSTA, May 1.-THE Mobile Tribune
of May 4, has dispatches from jackson,
Mississippi, dated the I'd.
The Delta of Thursday last, says bust.
ness in New Orleans is generally suspend.
ed; most of the banks are closed, and the
city every where presents a sad appear
ance.
The Postofice remains open, guarded by
Marines. The telegraph Offices are closed,
and railroad travel stopped.
The meeting at the Fort was caused by
the false news that the city had surrender
ed. The Delta says that $50 men mutined
and marched off to the enemy from the
Fort. One company stood firm.
In answer to the foreign C0nsuls Com
mander Farragut said he would give per-
mission to reach the city on flat boats, and
skifs, but no steamboats, could be allowed.
New YORK, May l3.-The advance of
the iron-clad gunboat Galena up James
river created the utmost CONSERVATION in
Petersburg. The fact that she had silenced
the rebel batteries at Dogs Point and was
approaching Petersburg, caused complete
panic there.
The Petersburg Egpress of the 9th says,
there is rumor that the Yankees were
landing forces yesterday at Burwell's Bay
or Smithfeld, and their intention will be
doubtless to march across the country, dis
lance some eighteen or twenty miles, and
take possession of Suffolk. This rumor
lacks confirmation.
The Lynchburg Vrgiuian of May 8,
says that Jackson was still at Staunton at
last accounts. A report was brought here
by an officer of the 18th Mississippi regi~
ment that q detachment constituting Ew,
clips army at Swift Run Gap, had been
driven in by the enemy and that battle
was pending:
We received intelligence yesterday to
the effect that our troops were falling back
from Green Brier to Bonsack's Depot, in
Roanoke county.
From the Atlanta Contederacy of the
4th indications point strongly to battle
coming off at Corinth at an early day,
which for magnitude of the forces engaged
will eclipse anything that ever transpired
in America. Our judgment is that the
Yankees have nearly 10000.
Beauregard is we'll nigh hanked on all
sides. He has an immense army, but not
60 large as the enemy. 1t were idle to con-
cede the fact that we have some fears for
the result. There is such thing as being
utterly overwhelmed with numbers, against
which we can provide no remedy.
CINCINNATI, May 13.-The Commercial
has the following Southern news:
The Memphis Aualanche of the 9th says
Geographic news from Richmond is pain.
fully significant. Mcclellan seems to have
been preparing the same fate for Richmond
that Butler and Porter got up for New
Orleans.
The Aoalanche of the same date says of
affairs in New Orleans:
Mayor Monroe and all the Aldermen
have been arrested for refusing to take the
oath ard were sent to prison.
Great distress prevails in the city, food
OF all kinds being extremely scarce. Flour
is not to be had at any price. There is
more of the federal force yet to be landed
and the river is full OF federal gunboats,
mortars and transports.
The A0otancbe says Congress and the
stampede had very depressing effect and
it is believed it foreshadowed early evacua-
ton of Virginia. The policy of evacuation
is nearly played out. We have precious
little more territory that we can spare.
The Memphis argus says the Confeder-
ate loss at Shiloah was 1000 killed and
wounded.
The Memphis argus in an article on gun.
boats, says thus far it must be confessed
our attempts with gunboats on the river
u1SC oCcu d UisSuStiuS uAAlc-tue people
know 1t, so does the Government.
The correspondent OF the Memphis Aval-
anche says thirty-three per cent of Bishop
Folks army was killed and wounded at
Shiloah.
The Avolanche of the 9TH inst, says we
have advices from New Orleans up to Sat-
urday, at A. M. General Butler has tax.
en- the st. Charles Hotel for his headquar.
tiers. The Evans House on Poydras street,
has been converted into hospital. The
jackson railroad depot was taken posses
sion of on Saturday morning.
The Federal pickets have been extended
out as far as the crossing of the jackson
and Jefferson railroads.
-Four gunboats and one transport started
tor Baton Rouge, Saturday morning.
Seven Federal regiments had been landed
at New Orleans.
All the newspapers in New Orleans are
still published there. A Federal censor is
placed over every Office to examine all mat.
ter and exclude what might prove inimical
to the Federal cause.
The Proclamation of General Butler
was handed in at all the Offices, and refused,