Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-05-10
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, NO. 33.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE SURRENDER OF NEW oR1BAN,

The Correspondence Nth the Mayor Grace
y .ful but P,rtriotie Letter from FIG Officer
Farragut-- The Resfons Of the Mcypr.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 1 1861.
The following correspondence, taken from
The Richmond En9,ir1r, of yesterday, which
city it reached by telegraph, was to-day
received at the War Department. The cor
respondcncc is between the Mayor of New
Orleans and Flag Officer Farragut:
U. s. FLAG-SuIP HARTFORD,
OFF New ORLEANS, April 26, 1862.
To his ErcelIeacy, tie Mayor Of the city Of
NcSo Orleans.
SIR: Upon my arrival before your city,
had the honor to send to your Honor Capt
Bailey, U. S. N, second in command of the
expedition, to demand of you the surrender
of New Orleans to me, as the representative
of the Government of the United States
Capt. Baily reported the result of an inter
view with yourself and the military authori-
ties. 1t must occur to your Honor that it
is not within the province of a naval officer
to assume the duties of a military com
mandant. l came here to reduce New
Orleans to obedience to the laws of and to
vindicate the offended majesty Of the Gov
of persons and property shall be secured
/ therefore demand of you, as its repre-
sentative, the unqualified surrender of the
city, and that the emblem of the sovereignty
of the United States be hoisted over the
City Hall, Mint, and Custom House by
meridian this day, and all flags and other
emblems of sovereignty other than this of
the United States be removed from all the
public buildings by that hour. particu-
larly request that you shall exercise your
authority to quell disturbances, restore order
and call upon all tbe good people of New
Orleans to return ut once to their vocations
and particularly demand that no person
shall be molested in person, property, OF
sentiments of loyalty to their Government
/ shall speedily and severely punish any
person or persons who shall commit such
outrages us were witnessed yesterday by
armed men firing upon helpless women and
children for giving expression to theil
pleasure at tcitneSSt,ig the ''old tag"
am, very respectfully,
ID. G. FARRhGUT,
Flag Officer Western Gulf Squadron.
The RtPly.
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, !
CITY HALL, April 26, 1862.
Flag officer d. q. Fcragat, q. s. Flag
Ship Hartford.
SIR; In pursuance Of resolution which
we thought proper to take out of regard fol
the lives of the women and children, who
still crowd the metropolis, Gen Lowell ha.
evacuated it with his troops, and restored
back to me the administration Of its govern
mcnt and the custody Of its power,
/ have in council with the City Father
considered the demand you made of III
yestcrlay-of an unconditional surrender o
the city, coupled with requisitiOn TO hois
the flag of the United States on the publ
cjiticcs, aud haul down the flag that still
| floats upon the breeze from the dome of thi
! Hall. Ii becomes my duty to transmit It
you an answer which is the universal senti
mynt of my constituents no less than tn
prompting Oi my own heart, dictates to IN
on this sad and solemn occasion. The cit
is without the means of defense, and
utterly destitute OF the force and materia
that might enable it to resist an ovcrpowcl
ing armament displayed in sight Off
| am no military man, and possess n
authority beyond that OF executing tn
municipal laws of the City of New Orleans
it would be presmptuous in me to attemI
to lead IN army to the field, if had one 1
command; and know still less how to SUI
render an undetendcd place, held as this il
at the mercy of your gunncrs, and yor
mortars. To surrender such a place wei
an idle and unmcaning ceremony.
The city is yours by the power of brut;
force, not by my choice or the consent Of il
inhabitants 1t is for you to determine whi
will be the fate that awaits here. AS
hoisting any flag of our own adoption an
allegiance, let me say to you that the ma
lives not in our midst whose hand and hCal
would not be paralyzed at the mere though
of such an act. Nor could find in m
entire constituency so desperate and wrctcl
ed II renegade as would dare to protane wit
his hand the sacred emblem OF our aspir;
tions.
Sir, YOU have manifested sentiments whic
would become one engaged III n better caus
than that TO which you have devoted YOU
sword. | doubt not that they spring frol
a noble though dcluded nature, and kno
how to appreciate the emotion which IL
spired them. You have gallant people I
administrate during your occupancy OF tn
city-a people sensitive to all that can
the least affect their dignity and sci-respcc
Pray, Sir do not fail to regard their susccl
tibilities. The obligations which sha
assume in their name shall be rcligiousl
complied with. You may trust their homo
though you might not count ON their sui
mission to umerited wrong
In conclusion, beg you to understan
that the people of New Orleans, while unab
to resist your force, do not allow thcmsely,
to be insuted by the interference of such
/ have rendered themselves odious and CO.
tcmptible 10y their dastardly descrtion
our cause in the mighty struggle in whic
VIC are engaged, or such us might remir
them too iorcibly that they are the co
quered, and yours the conquerors. Pea
and order may be preserved without rcso
TO measures which | could not at this m
ment prevent. Your occupying the ci
does not transfer allegiance from the Go
ernment of their choice to one which TN
have deliberately repudiated, and that TN
yield the obedience which the conqueror
entitled to extort from the conquered.
Respectfully,
, JoHN L. MONROE, Mayor.
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