Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-05-10
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.
PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT VICTORY
ATNEW ORLEANS.

We are permitted to make the following ex-
tracts from q private letter, from the Assistant
Pavmaster and the Clerk Of the VEruIs, to their
brother In this city. The extracts are from the
part of the letter written by the Paymaster's
Clerk, Frank Fitch:
GAS the large vessel came down us, one
shell from one Of our guns killed and wounded
twelve men on her, who were working her rifled
pivot gun forward. Out Of over one hundred men
on her, they don't claim TO have twenty survivors.
81 YOU Judge of the terrible effect CT our guns.
AS soon we settled her the other one started to
run, but II was no use, abe could not outrun
cannon balls. The large vessel struck US twice
with terrible crash, and the small one once.
Their shells had killed three and wounded nine
or ten men. We were set on FIRE by them twice,
snd were rapidly sinking. You may imagine
that IL was getting desperate on the Varuna about
that time. Some Of our men sung cut they can
sink US, but they can't make us haul delUH tds
fog In spite Of fire, shot, and everything else,
cur men fred their guns till the water came up
around the gun carriages. Charles and had
stripped for the fight that Is, We had taken eff
coat and vest: 90 we saved nothing, net even a
coat. We could not desert the poor gallant fell
lows who were wounded. Therefore could not
save any clothes DR.. Bruce, Charles Francis,
(Master- alarms Charles and myself, got them
out Of the hold as soon possible; but none too
soon, for by the time we had the las: one the
berth deck, our ampatatiOn table was floating
erou nd the hold in FIVE or six feet OF water.
1 saw we would not get all the wounded saved
by BOOSTING them up through the main hatch on
the cot by block and tackle, 30 1 took one poor
ftllow on my back, and carried him up the fore
hatch on the spar deck. ] then ran back and
got another and helped him up. We have the con-
ISOLATION Of knowing that although we saved moth
Ing for ourselves we saved every wounded man.
Amer we got the wounded On the spar deck; the
water was running over the berth deck. | waded
back into the ward room as fast as could run and
unlocked the cafe and got out the quarterly pay
ard receipt roll and all the money belonging to
the Government. Without the pay roll we would
have endless dttculty In making a final settle
H~nt with the crew to say nothing of ever 80 Ga
saved
In rev hours after the battle we started I'D 10
New Orleans. We anchored 20 or % miles below
the City till morning, when We moved up TO
tske the batteries just above English Turn, four
or I've miles below the city. As We came in sight
ofthEm they showed no Aeg OF sign Of life, and
looked Ike they were deserted. But they could
not fool rs In that kind Of style. They let &c,
quite ciCse before they cpsn ned or ~; but vi en-
they did, thew did Il win a vengeance. Their
slot Sew all around Us, over US, and many hit rs;
but when he Hartford got up so she could bring
her DrCs9side 70 bear on them, she silsnCed one
81 tE"ic batteries in very few minutes The
battle Tas hot while IL lasted. but we silenCed
botr batteries IL 20 or - minutes, and scot
sp'king party on shCre TO spike the guns. There
were ten in one AID seven in the other. The bat
teries were right opposite each other. After the
battle we moved right On up TO tie city. AS soon
az they saw we had taken TIE two batteries they
set IRE 20 Che shipping and steamboats, and set
them sdTifi 10 bum us up, II pOss ole. IL was a
terrible sis at 10 50 60 sh ps and steamboats,
all on fire at once, and drifting dcwn the nver,
The flames rushing up the rigging, roaring and
cracking al IL all PandenOniUm had broke
loose.
when we got abreast Of the city, the Com
InaRder demanded Its surrender. They answered
fkat thsY could not rule the mob, but that they
were totally az our mercy, &c.
April 27.-Te-day we went I'D 10 attack and
take the 1cAtiOns Just above CsrrOllton (sbout
nine ten miles from the ciiY)
We moved up with caution as the works were
y MT fha ahoIa Ead
had enough Of our d = hting to do them some time
80 they concluded not TO a hit, but broke their
Yun-carriages, act fire 10 them and left. They
Ieft 20 in one and in the other, besides good
many that were not mounted. We all think we
lave done pretty big thing the last week.
Run chains, tre RATS, two forts mounting 1.-THE
rebels admiD 20 big guns, sunk eleven out OF
thirteen gunboats, taken the batteries below the
city, taken city Of $50 900 inhabitants garrsoned
by fifteen or twenty thousand soldiers, taken the
two extensive Notifications above the city, de-
stToYed their famous battery Of 70 guns which,
u they Lad succeeded in finishing, would have
held the Monitor stout tug, TO say nothing Of
IT, nfiV or sixty vessels they burnt, &c.
April 2S.-Gen. Butler and staff have jus. az
lived there was a great deal of cheering when
lie made Eis appearance. We also have some
prisoners just arrived. | have Just been talking
10 one " no was on the large steamer that butted
Us 80 heavy. He says they went into the battle
with lO7 men, and all that got out were some If
teen or twenty. He says the slaua hter caused by
and that we killed and wounded 20 or IS out Of
lU1 men, and that we had just well killed all
of them, Is 70 that for the wounded nearly all
persisted In the flames. He says he thinks we
made the same kind Of work OH the other vessels
I'VE attacked.
NAVY YARD.
The tug Clyde and the steamers Piedmonte.e
and Yankee, arrived at the Navy Yard yesterday,
but bring no news Of Importance.