New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-05
MEMPHIS REBELS IN A FRIGHT.
Savannah. will Never Surrender.
Gen. Hunter Advancing on Charleston
|cAPTURE OF a BATTERY.

WAsHfNGTON, Saturday, May D. loDs
The following was received by the Secretary OF
War this morning:
The Richmond Examiner Of May 9 contains the
annexed news items:
SAVANNAH Thursday, May !, leC2
dispatch from the Corinth correspondent Of Ihe
Republican, dated the 10Th Of April Gays that the
enemy have been re-enfo,ced, and are advancing.
There is heavy skrmisbiDg daily. Quite an affair
occurred to-day this side of Monterey.
MOBILE Thursday, May ], 1861
A epecial dspateb to TIE Mobile advertiser, from
Corinth on the 2C,h uIt. says that COL Scotts Louis
lana Cavalry, consisting Of two companies, had
driven out 4 regiment OF Unionists from Tuscumbla,
killing several aud taking forty prisoners. Ihe
enemy burned their stores, ard were pursued by the
Confederates. The result is unknown.
MOBILE, Thursday, May I, 1862.
The telegraph operator from the Bay St. Louis has
teeQraphed TO the Mobile Office that the stores in
New.O Orleans were being emptied of sugar aud mo-
lasses, which were thrown into the streets and the
river. The city was to have been formally surren
dered on the both ult., bat the time was extended
Some Of the enemys vessels have gone up the river
AuousrA Wednesday. April ao 1862
Tie Ner- Orleans Bulletin Of Friday says that r.
B. Renshaw, Confederate States Navy Agent, tele-
eraphed from Point Aabache on the 9th, that seven
Of our gunbosts had been fired, after being over
powered by the enemy. The Navy Department re-
ceived similar dispatch last Saturday, but It 10 not
known what boats referred to.
SAVANNAH, Wednesday. Apri 90 1862.
Letters received here to-day from the prisoners
taken at Fort Pulaski state that they are at Fort
Columbus, on Governors Island, New-York Harbor,
ali well, and kindly treated
SAVANNAH, Thursday May l. 1862.
General Lawton has formally communicated to the
City Council his determination never to surrender
the city. Tie Council have resolved TO sustain Gen.
eral Lawton.
MEMPHIS April %, 1862.
DIR. Foulkes editor of The Memphis AvaIGnche
has been arrested for publishing article c,lcn-
lated to array the planters against the Government.
CHAKLxsros. May l. i062.
TIE Uynionists have captured a small battery Of
two guns near White Point, - miles from Charles
ton. Gen. Evans has sent. force to look after the
Yankees.
SURRENDER or PORT MACON.
From Tile Wilmington IN. C.) Journal Of April
20 ~. have tho following details of this event, which
took place on Friday last, when the enemy opened
fire from strong batteries of heavy Parrot and other
rihed guns and mortsrs, planted within l,iVo yards
of the fort aud behind very high sandbanks, which
prevented their being by the garrison until the
lire was opened.
After eleven hours ire Of shot and sbell, the fort
was preached and completely torn to pieces. The
feet outside did no damage whatever to the fort.
Most Of the guns in the fort disabled including
all that could DO brought to bear upon the enemy.
Under the circumstances Col. White surrendered the
fort with the honors of war, the officers retaining
their side arms.
All the baggage of the officers and men was saved
Col. White and I55 Of his command were brought to
the main Cape Fear Bar yesterday (Aionday) after
noon on board the United States gunboat Chippswa,
where they were transferred 10 one Of our transport
steamers under flag Of truce. They reached town
at II o'clock last night.
The remainder of the men composing the garrison
were sent through the sound to Newbern. We pre-
sumo they are all on parole. The loss on our side
was seven killed and Is wounded, two Of them
mortally. The latter two were left in the fort.