Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-13
NOTES OF rae VAR.

We cops from cur Southern exchanges the following
iNtcEesi,g articles:
TIE srRRLSDGR OF THE TJRTs BELOW EEW ORLEANS
Tee New orleans D-lsA, Of he lst inst., says:
TIC circum ances which led the surrsEde. of Fort
Jackson ai,,r s AT defence, most melancholy
and Notifying. We veil appreciate and symnaib
with tue feeling OF ind gallo. Gud dsEUt with which
tie senior eli lers those circumstances The hrst
Of ths. oiuss OF defeat ne want Of command
0rgar zIion and energy in our sqnadTon The command
refused failed watcG and jernd tie chaius aid
other otsTuc ions below tho io.is; they would not
even uLdgT tue protection Of tue u OF tn tort, per-
form .nis duty and enemy actually suee sd-d ~ cut
ng away tu,se obsTuc0us, which they could not Lave
6oIe II The eUrbna tad taken the pac thty Ssrs d
cd 10 tOke ia oTder % guard the chains Tde Louis
~ with IT. powerful bAtteTy was rendered OF % use
refusal vi tLt co nmandrr N c-hrge OF her 10
pace Ger III posid rt-phv might ave been G.u
ve where SIZE you'd tA'e eIshy sded the iIrGN
sud Ia the upiuou ,I, vieers 10 the foi
you'd pa veud Tue pasfeSe Of the JalEed State
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TIE ueGl delr qleucy Of the gu Iboais In failing
10 ep be rsrt lsGl,d A. o IS bis Gu was con
Isd he tort n vas pfoHpIy aud re. u4rly oore tn!
when the zlp- undertook IT, IL gr Isl, tglyc ed
Ga tue hight Thu slay) wien toe eieny eft cted his
81 ge il W.s entirely y.iIrd, though II perceived
10y the conn ,r6ant o. FyrI c .h4. the euCmy
pr,pairg iorCe pa sage. There va from the b.
-ilulng imer table want vi Eye EN-, giniLaion ard
.. eiyIuC he squadron. which, u-der proper CON-
usuc l. believed uI-t have al'lC arrested the pro
gtsss Of the enemy. UuctT thcsg cifcuIs aDcea
no: o. oashed that the men the fort became dpirt
o.. Bu' there was 10 Li x TO IsIy their open md
violent muBy. For Ihl' they ne.it universal denuncia
tion AID exrcr, ton WAS uug rome OF the enemy's
sIps hex passed the iOr ou; III IL good fgatlI
cJd Ou AID il TIE bad stood by Iheie IEosrs the
der oil the tqladrop would have been Kept ROE
pssel z aud the ruips wbica had passed would havu
oern ieit 10 isolated AMI peJous position.
Tne enemy hsd already fired hoao lll9 terms OF
surrender which Colonel Hisgns declined Capt. Poo
tet conmaud ug the moran e., be! written letter
acknorleJg ~ the bcroSm sJubbOrnuess OF the de
fence snd soliciting termination Of conflict, the re-
sult OF which Eas only QUESTION OF time.
This demand, toe secOud made b. him, showed the
enemys anxiety to brilg The Gshi 10 close. There
vas no fcGlry ia interpreting nc meaning end motive.
f vas cod and the commander OF tho fort Sc: to
,ork 10 T,u,r DAMAGE for naEal Of the csmb4t
Ia * Jects ol Of suca renewal Cen Duncan ssued
al if,sS compmeutng the gar5ou for s heroic perse
vcrancp thanking them for their riue oe, ioTiuds and
rsou,iou aud urging them TO iurher 'rs sld
fees. aud the result Eouid 20 glorious vioory. By
.oe atorcus means IL had bon communicated be
m that he CT had sureudsrrd that further resist
anc. would bs uuAyaIiug, aud that II the couHct
ccntau-d and the garrison captured, they would all b,
pu 10 ID sword
spiked some O. tie guus, dsmouuted hera sud ,peny
resisted and dtf d onty Of the tfors. Tneru
Vas one hoDoraol- exception to h5 disagree full conduct
Tla s. hsrys UaL nonIrIs country volu er c9mpa-
nv took no plrt In these mutnous proceedi G., and
we're uihful - tire sst. Every ohi'r Of ho garrison
scod bravely 10 bis post They we're all filed wish uof
,aiou a. the cor d. et Of the mcu who, lIng bonn
,rdment OF eight days and nights, bal behaved -
bravey and msliuy most noOle aud heroic dele: aa
"a, thus sued by he mast shameful sb,ndot N Mt o.
dary on the part Of The Tner coIdgc tosover,
" serves to brighten BY contrast tbs user OF tn,
,u-sge ~ devotion Of tue g,lIns COMMANDER aud b.
oficers All honor then to the eToic Du n, gg ns
aad their associates, Of the most Brilliant
Of this war