Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-22
Trcm tl9letiie Evening Jews, sth. The Capture of NeT Orleans-Iurther
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We have been fayorefby an o6icef'I the Con federare States navy, wo plrticiplte in the late disastrous scenes ut Nv Orleans, hth a minute accoun. of all that happened up to h occupation of the city It clears ? many pofs nqon which the public has been h he tuk. Finn memoranda taken from his lips wIrlcced t4iye as connec- ted history as we arc able ophose important events:
 Tho bombardmoriof Frs Jfkson and Philip commenced on thII7h Apnand was kept up day and nioht wthA5 ccssatie. The attacking 4otiiIa engaged ,nsisted ofight or ten mortar vessels and fourlem or tiltee rwar steamers. The fire was naintaina until 1frsday evening, the fort, maintainmcfhe fight vi the greatest gallan- t,Z.. On fine eytkns of t!I 24th, Gen. Duncan discovered prepa st0n in tf fleet to run the gaunt iet of fire and pis above U forts twas accom- p!ished the samleyeungf the following manner A wooden steaier was Bwed between two iron clad st amers, 9d withFis protection made the run. When ouIof ran 3boYe the forts, the iron shins cast loosaand retned for another, and in tA;s manner Il, .-.AalSseet Of wooden steamers passed up.
 To dispute the passf, besides the play from the forts, the Con.ed err. thad eight gunb0ats, besides inc louisiana aud krassas. The former was ca1n1nanded bv b,cItsh, and the latter by Lieut. WarIey. They andea desperate fight. The
 Manassas and io ina made a combined attack mon the ,teamef cop Of war Pensacola. The r,,n, raf, into Ter I, and immediately the Louis iona delivered beroadaide. Whether from the collision or the it's not known but the result was that the Pensacoalrost immediately went down vyith all on boar Her cOmple emenJ was 400 off cels and men.
 The Nianax now became the first object of attack of the ebcral feet The flag ship Hartford ran up at sbS Sange, and poured her broadside of DahlGreus ir her. The shot went through and through. iNoars, oak sides and all. The dis charge isatai. Lieutenant Marley ran her ashore on s,elging 1alk, ane her crew had just
 time to gethore when filling by the stern, she
 slid off ltelnks and disappeared in deep water The Loiana was the next object of vengeance, but she med impyegnable to the metal that had destroyee Manassas The balls of the enemy rlancefm her sd. like marbles. Commodore | tarrag b as very desrous to capture her, When
 the at ecane hopeless, she was blown up by her l own pe Q, the mOstet her crew escaping. The
 rest ofle Confederate ganb0ats were destroyed i vhenb Bout to fall into the enemy's hands. The l destron was complete.
 i Iue action, Con modore Mcintosh had his left l arnrl knee cap shot away, and his right arm l br,A He was conveyed to the city on the Con l feEte transport steamer Landis and placed in Dr. | Su's hospital. His recovery is very doubtful ] Ii Comd'g. T. B. Huger, of the c S soop-of- 1 wdcf}ae, received dreadful grapeshot wound in l flight thigh lis condition is very critical. 1 kl the action, the tederalS lost five yesses-the Jsacola, another sloop of-war. believed to be the Nmouth and three mortar vessels.
 Ef ourteen of the enemy's ships were now above Ae forts and the latter still unsubdued, it took 3lem all night to run up to the batteries, four sliIes below the city. At nine o'clock on the morn