The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-14

otiices Of the Provost MarnnaA.
| More Rebel Accounts from New Orleans.
Prom the Richmond Dispatch, May ~
Augusta, May ., 1882.
me jackson Nssis,jppiaa OF the Inst has
from New Orleans papers u Tussdsy Tbs authorities u
the city hold the last 10 stubborn and heroic 70
All tho guns OF Fort jackson we're spiked before the
surrender. Fort Pike svacaatsd, and everything II
| contained In Il Abandoned. t
Commodore FarrAgut sent . communication 70 the
Mayor and Council the 2sth ult complaining Of the
refusal haul down the Confederate &c.. and mott
10 them 70 remove the women and children Va forty
/ eight hours.
me Mayor convened the Council and they decided not
| ~ recsde from thor position
Tho louisiana nag still fCats upon the breeze.
Mayor Monroe noby replied to Farragt saying, "we
viii stand your bombardmsnt unarmsd and undeiende0
| q We arsn
Faragut on the 29th again addressed tho Mayor say
ngForts Jackson and St. Philip have fallen, and va
viii now proceed 10 raise the United States nag on ts
Custom House Tho Mayor must that IL ID respected
with all the civil power OF the CITY,"
The Eae7,9 Delta, Of "Wednesday says that ali Inc
Confederate ags n the city have been lowe ed and mat
federal naes now float from the public buildings, under
the protection Of the enemys guns.
All tho city papers are st published but are conansd
10 local topics The fedsras expect 70 take military pos
session Of the city on Wednesday.
Tho eommandant OF the French steamer, Milan cp-
IOsts New Orleans, notified Farragut that forty1ght
hours notice Of bcrnbardment ridiculous aSd de-
maudsd sixty days for the evacuation Of the city
Why che Missfssfppi Had 20 be Sunk .
from the Savannah RanuO lean, April 81.
As the iederas approached New Orleans the Mis-
sissppi the tele rah informs 10, was unfinished and
had be burned in order to save from the hands Of
the enemy. Had shs been complete federal vessel
could have approached the city It IL Understood that
tho delay OF the work occasonsd by the failure Of the
Etowah Iron Works IN this state, TO COMPLETE its contract
for iron bolts duo season Whose fault was ths9 1t
grave qncs will let Mark A. Cooper OF
propctors OF the iron works II for himself In
recent ioter on the subject 70 the Atlanta Ite0nce
The order for this iron for the New Orleans gunboat
received the 18th March last and is among the
lest orders have received We have shipped prompt
70 that order all the had hand, could make
to the exclsion u any body D order.
We have not made Il. First, because tho transpora
tion Of the coal at Chattanooga neglected Second,
because within the last weeks sixty seventy Of
volunteered and joined the army Consequently,
have been and standing still for lack Of men.
when the government officers shall find out that iron
cannot be made without men, and will detail the
need 70 work here we may supply their wants These
been reared up taught and trained 81 this
ENLISTMENT and We prefer them and know not where to
get others.
We have Multiplicity Of heavy orders for railroads
and the several months prior 70 tho in
question. These also are all suspended for the
cause. We have likewise many individual orders Of two
or three months Standing pos poned.
Istopped all the nail mechanics. which were paying
we'll, TO fill tho orders Tor gunb and gun carriages.
We have repeateily made requsitlon on the War De.
months ago, advising them of the condition Of affairs.
You viii see. there ore, that the responsibility Of de-
lay in competing the gnboats rests not the EtOwah
Works We hay been ia dy respond to the
Of the government for anything power TO furnish
In this have MT been guided by any selfish feelings.
We have rendered ourselves and oil have, any and
every form, according TO ability, In ancIpa-
tiou Of this contest. We have sustained notifying
pulses when the acceptance OF our offers would nave
saved the country millions Of money aud thousands Of
lives
The Eowah district, with rolling population Of two
hundred has rnshed ~ least one hundred and thirty
volunteers for the war, ami works stopped
that account. Very respectfully,
MARK A. COOPER.
The BOmba rim nae mt or the Forts and DC.
currcMces in the City of New Orleans.
IRON the Charleston Mercury Of May 81
The defence vi Nav Orleans rested upon Two forts,
Jackson and ST. Philip, few interior batteries above the
ors ana meet o. .wsn,y ooa. Inc strongest which
nine inch gun) and the Manassasra The LOUISIANA
carry ing eight large guns, aods complete tdave tShe
had TO bs lowed down the river and used battery
for the Large Wheels working In the Midds VI thu
boat with each other aud rendered her un.
manageable: she was an oak auk rooted req with iron.
icihOtd he k,aosutedg u TIE forts. The about
milo wide. and covered with heavy fog at night. The
naval extended miles up the river.
Exchanges Of bioadsdes and collisions continuous
asi but u tho t0nfeeJGe boats steam hulk, cs bui
aa, rsaed TO ne city. ana was burned and turned
sdrift
galveston steamer sank one Of the best Of the Yam.
kee gnboats after running into her three times. She
was soon sunk herself. Tho McRae CALAMITY
exchanging broadside for broadsids with two double
bank frigAtes. She was commanded BY Captain Tom
Huger. OF Charleston and was sunk. Hcr commander
iMe in Of the small boats, II Is supposed The Ma
nsssas, commanded by Lieutenant War ey, OF south
Carolina. disappeared but y was not known whether she
beteok herself Of the bay Jus, captured
sunk. lhs conduct VI tho Confederate navy WAS dos
psrass In the galsntry and devotion displayed.
n MIN The srsat Mississippi steam ram had JUS.
been launched = few days, and would not have
been really Ia operate for forty days more She was
carry Esnty guns Of the largest calbe Her projection,
RAM twenty feet Of solid timber " b. shod with
additional steel point She WAS three times As largo
and powerful tie Virginia, n.sAted beautifully, and
was going. All the naval officers who her say
that the finest ship Ia tho world, and that IL
conentiy asserted by officers ol high rank thai with
out gun she could have destroyed the Yankee heel
Was have been ready BY the lst II February. The
contractor Mr.. Mift, brolhsrin-aw Of Mr.. Nal
iogy. Tie woodwork was finished long ago, there
has great Anxiety anc npatence about the datoy
manner u completing tie iron WORK and machinery.
Tho people o. New orleans and the surrounding
try offered government its agents ali their me
chanicai aud wurkmen. Iuey were declined
until three days before the attack. Upt that time
night work had not been put upon the boat. $l00u0U
bounty time ole rod to the contract
get ready IN time. Reward s offered others.
Lowell SAID, the II citizens, that his
hands were tied, aud lie could do no than he
dong. Gov. Moore said that matters were gong
well aud usd TIE Guy safe He could do nothing.
The citizens osre money and labor 70 fortfy tho
between the city and the forts. but their offers
declined Al unnecessary. Three days tefore The 1t-
,saramce Of Tie Ya,.kre ships al Neo Or
siims by way II the CArroton Railroad, about DARK
leaving steamboat and PICKET Of soldiers that point
ietvs probably CAUSED T. Two days before the
VI tue city ercited croioi prepared D,
re app ard at e spyard in searA Of ~ cordctos ~
Ia Asrsppi iis was eone the Mississippi was burn
Cd and sunk by the authorities.
Our Informant that there feeling Of profound
ezIperaioss 6giRi n administrators IT, agents. The
people loei that they have boon systematically triisi
with and nced Whs, Me Idssee offers landed fuv
yiciiau pho essered km slot dolen BY ne crowd
Al xhosssd any stuis d fauor knocscd 6oa.,
as The feeling intense. All tho cotton
burned and all he tobacco, except that csime BY
the French government. The uodr dRd modsses
the city, prirlis .ropr.y IN inamnse quantities..
Much however, ON the plan the crop being very
10 ge Genera Lowell carried Oh by railroad tho
chnery Of the workshops aud iron mills and all the roll
ing stock OF the railroad The machinery il important.
and entities him credit His forces are camp OF
instruction At Jackson, Miss, protecting the railroad
where u crosses lesr river. he q nat sxposed % rem
Crs Beasrgard except AZ corps. His forces
said 10 be sboa, twsuty thousand strong. Twelve
ia foreign dsuaens IN New Orleans had organized
20 light defence OF New Orleans but declined soi,g o
u JigM ~ the C0nteds1ute cdae
Cowarlice Charged ON the Rebel Mia.
tnry Leaders at New Orleans.
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