, 1862-06-20
Cbe Ttibune.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1862.
News from New Orleans to the / lth


News rom New Orleans to the llth
FROM CHARLESTON TO the TENTH.
NEW ORLEANS.
The Grenada {Memphis) Alppea5 has New Or
leans Tapers from the 7th to the 10ta inst.
We gather some Items OF news:
The True Delta Of the 7th is tame-appears
without any OF Its accustomed city and river
items, and does not contain a single word Of
remark about the condition Of affairs In the
city. In the advertising columns we find
au1nber Of cards from the military authorities.
The military commspdant iaEues an order to
the council directing .them to employ the
staTyins laborers" upon the streets and
1eYees. Butter calls upon all collectors to nav
up ut once. He also publishes a notice ID
which he eays that individuals and CO partner
ships who had Issued small bills hare given
ample security for their redemption. Hence
t'hol1crs are cautioned against parting with
them ut d sacrifice below their par value, and
butchers, boxers and dealers in provisions are
expected and directed to receive them in pay
mert from their customers, and the city will
promptly and duly redec III them
s!X 1ucc named Abraham McLane, Daniel
Doyle. Edward C. Smith, Patrick Kane, Geo.
L. Williams, ard Wm- Stanley, were con
denined TO be ehct on the 14th. They had
been liberated On parole after their capture at
Fort Jackson, mud the charge against them
WaE that " they Organized themselves in MILL
ta1y array, chose themselves anl comrades
officers, relying, Is they aTerred, upon pro
miEes OF PROMINENT citizens Of New Orleans
for supply OF arms and equipments. They
named themselves the Monroe Light Guard,
in LoEot Of the late Mayor Of New Orleans"
"Upion aBsocla1icn." The following Is one
OF the provisions OF the constitution:
ATT H. All the officers and members Of this as-
soc1ation s!iau take the following oa1h:
81: do eclemn1y swear Tor aaarm) That
ted Staes Of Amt rca, and sha1l support and naln-
tam. tothe best Of my abilities thu Union and tho
constitution thereof So HELP NE GoD.''
james O'Hana waa arraigned before the
provost marshal on charge OF having assist
I'd in the attempt to hang man named Hunt,
cn the day the federal flag was raised on the
custo1n-honsc. His mother, an aged and in
firm woman, was in the courtroom. He
was sent to the parish prison for one year.
The Dclta OF the 8lh says: "Commodore
Porter arrived last night from below, and his
flagship, which We understand is the Octo-
laEi, anchored opposite the first district. Two
Of the gunboats Of the tleet also arrived, and
Nc Understand that the balance Of the mortar
1fect, consisting Of some thirty OF forty sail,
are in The river coming up, and may be ex-
pected befure the city this morning.
lAA- AtAIGS -AA44df AlU QlAC4 EEutiEL4Cl
were sent TO Fort jackson Oh the 9Th. Mr.
Murray was the president Of the tree marke:
| committee, in which capacity he served wei
| and faithfully since the market was first cstab
| 1ished, nearly year since He will be missed
| by the recipients Of that institution.
HANGING OF wsf. 3. sICMFoRD.
This morning, ut an early hour, largt
crowd Amounting to many thousa nds, assem-
blcd on the north front of the mint to wines;
! the execution Of Mn1nford, the man who was
| CONDEMNED by the military commission to bl
| hau::td for tearing down the United States
flag, on the 9th of April last. The galloM:
was erected in front Of the portico, facing te
| the north.
| About ten o'clock the procession that con
Guctta the prisoner to the gallows came il
view. 1t consisted Of 4 squadron Of cavalry
| ia the van, comprising about two hundred
men. Mkt CAME The condemned in III arm,
wagon, accompanied only by officers OF thf
Cri:cd States. lie refused to be attended h,
| 4 clergy man; and as he passed through rht
vast crowd, sitting on his coffin, his coun
tcnance only expressed the fsuness Of dc
spair-
Arrived at tho mint, he assembled tile plat
ta.1'l aud 1nadc .spsech, Of which TIE hlv4
larepartd full report for :o-ulorro1's paper,
r Gr5~3 ec@!1..=1 ua 7ery qci==::l;-, a2a z;
Demonstration Of any kind was made. Man.
w:1c II opisslon that the eSz culiDn would 10
take 1,iate, bnt that tie clemcucY of the com
1ua1uhng gem raj would b: manifested in
I,art'on. aId large number elung TO this be
| Htt to the last mc1nent.
At precisely ten minutes before cIevc1
o'eltck the cord vas cut, the drop fell with
Ecgvy tEud, and all that mas mortal Of Nm
| B. Mum:ori dtugled between earth an
hcayc2.--N O. Dtlt4, stai'.st.
LATEST FROM yIcKsDrRG.
Tie TicIshurg Citize,, Of the evening {
tac 18th has been received. The editor In Ion
article condemns :hc opi2ian that Ficksbur
must Of necessity be surrendered, and says
TITS idea, which hints at preferences to sui
mission rather than fight, cannot be to
strongly rerrobated BY all good patriot:
whether soldiers or private citizens. We hop
tue determination of our military officers t
fight to the lest, wilb effiIien II and untlincl
lnElt carticd cut We arc sick OF snrrende
ing our noblest cities in the confe1era.y witt
ouf liz ht.
We have had enough Of it. 1t has a1read
! sufficiently afsgrnced us in the eyes Of tt
wtr:d abroad, without adding another to IL
:; Important List. Why should Vicksburg |
I given up rs long a5 we have the means TO
lend it: "New Orleans, Nashville and Mel
pa]s.' it is asserted, 'seould have been SO su
csss1u']y defended that the enemy never cou
Il &c succeeded in capturing either Of them
vi. kSours will never surrender, as long as
: is Eick=burg." tS,4e stands firm Is roc
ard bids defiance to he further encroachmer
III leat from below, she now waits the opp
: 'upii5 OF destroying the one coming frt
4 ab ..vc."
We take The following from the C;t;ass,.
We hear OF no movements Of the enemy
day, either atuyc or teloW tho city. Eve
thtng has been quiet this morning.
Our preparations to meet the enemy are II
aEsnnlug such 4 character that VIC feel p
/. t<ctly EASY of our ability to defeat the YanI
1icet that is now approaching this city fr
abeIe.
SOUTHERN EDITOR TELLING THE TRr
ABOUT GEN. DrTlEl.'s ORDER.
lfrom tic Macon, MISC, Beacon, june 4th.
great deal Of simulated indignation
tex u reused again5t Gen. Butler on accul
Of bis rather coarse order respecting
i.,dies Of New Orleans Now, while We
or cua,iI iI"fcd1y condemn the stJl lc of this prom
c1a1uen.,@- We cannot withhold our Gems
fro1n those ,.7dies who SO far forgetfuI Of t
mcdesty aud ,-~servc with which won
,r should always encir1.le herself, hare step
!, frcm the pale ct a11l5 propFicty, and
Il suited strangers in the 1e...Y streets Of tt
=; city. When this Is the case, woman aln
It sniject tlln1selles to censuIe, l. nos ms! n.
o. Neither time nor circumstances VII, shi
her from the inevitable consequence; Eh.t
Ecr Intentions are Insulting or othervise,
:, IS no longer invulnerable when that beauti
=, shield she holds before herself and cont
or or with strangers, is Withdrawn, for suspici
il, always attaches itself 10 such dcnonstra 10
" Is there any father who would wish to
~ bis daughter i!auating through the stree
and Insulting 1hosc in whnse power fate !
=. thrown the city Of his residencr; or % 1
contrary, Low woull confederate officer u
tLould a lacy, or woman, nith federal p
o. clivities. publicly launt tic stars and 5tri,
il his face, and use insulting expressions
the streets wherc his duty to his goyernm
g had callrd hi7s.
q Is it not better, is it not more conson
with the nature Of women, 10 shrink from
contact, all communications Of wlatc
claractsr with enemies and strangers and Il
Vii dica;c ltr sex FROM unworthy su5pici
and Insure protection tom insult and ahust
CATTtEE OF i YANKEE Dr WILLIAM T.. rASc
et Wcarc g1eG tc learn that the Yankee .
oT e1 oner, Armstrong, who escaped from his "a
oi in this city two or three nights since, was
e tused on Friday evening BY Hon. William
ass aSncey, and brought to town. He was
81 seen On ME. lanccy's plantation by q cou
q: Of boys, who ccnversed with him for SO
ca tinie- The stranger asked number Of at
RI; tlons, showing his entire Ignorance ot
= couLtrY. Tie, informed Mr. TauccE, who
~ ~ once started ont to capture him. Lenrnlue
lee had bcen seen near field of com, he pla
a. a. his DeEroes around it while he himself cnte
e the ficlt, gun in hand, and very soon fol
tt. The individual seated on the ground. The 1
ng gave bis name as Wilson, said that he
- | FROM West Point, and that lie had lost his =
couple Of negroes to guard him, aud then
/ cecded to question hin. Finding there
10 further use 1or couccalincut, he ackne
- edged that bis name WIS Armstrong, and
q IaLkee. HI was from New Albauy, I
! ard rrolessed to he sick Of the war,