Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-23

To her will soon be palm and wrong
| All night, above her lonely tomb,
The waters through that evening gloom
| Make murmnr at her silent doom.
| And moan
The Capture of New Orleans.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE SCENES ATTENDING
TIE ARRIVAL OF THE FEDERAL FLEET At THE
| CITY.
The New York Herald of Saturday morn.
ing contains voluminous accounts Of the bril-
liant operations Of our feet below New Or
leans, and of subsequent Incidents On ar-
irving at the city Of New Orleans, the COR
respondent continues his report rs follows:
THE DESTRUCTION OF TIE SHIPPING BY TIE
| REBELS.
The river was filed with ships on fire, and
all along the levee were burning vessels, no
less than eighteen vessels being on fire at one
time, and the enemy were firing others as
fast as they could apply the torch. Such
vandalism was never heard Of. The atmos
pherc was thick with smoke and the air hot
with flames. 1t was a grand but sad sight
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars uorth Of
property ,cere being aeantonly destroyed. At
the levcc, just by the Custom House, lay a
burning ram (the Anglo Norman.) The un-
! finished frames Of two or three were on the
stocks at Algiers. A terrible rain squal
came on, and after lodging around the river
for some time we came to anchor. 1t was
then o'clock.
The view from our deck was one such as
| will never in all human probability be wit
messed again. A large city lay at our mercy
It's lcvce was crowded by an excited mob. =
The smoke of the ruins of millions worth of
cotton and shipping at times half concealed
the people. While men were fastening up
the lcvce, firing ships and river craft as fast
as possible, the people were rushing to and
fro. Some Of them cheered for the Union,
,ohen they ,cere fired upon by the crocd. Men,
women, and children were armed with pis-
tolls, knives, and all manner of weapons
Some cheered for jeff. Davis, Beauregard, &c.
and used the most vile and obscene language
towards the good old flag. Pandclnoni.
um was here living picture. Order was to
them thing past and forgotten, and the air
was rent with yclls Of defiance.
CAPTAIN BAILEY GOES on SHORE.
At two o'clock Captain Bailey went on
shore, flying flag Of truce. to communicate
with the authorities. As the boat drew near
the lcvec the mob cursed the flag and every
thing pertaining to it. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that the naval officers
reached the City Hall. where the City Coun-
Gil, the Mayor, and Major. Genera! Lowell were
awaiting the arrival of our communications.
| THE DEMAND FOR TIE SURRENDER OF TIE CITY
| AND REPLY.
Flag officer Farragut sent word to the au-
thorities that he demanded the surrender of
the city of New Orleans, and assured them
of the protection Of the old flag" The city
being under martial law, the civil authorities.
Of course, could do nothing but Major Gen
eral Lowell, with all the pomposity he could
command. and with all the buster he could
make, said, "Slr, will never surrender the
CITY," lie was politely informed that the
city was in our power, and as much as we
regretted the wanton destruction of property
we would not disturb them, prorided they
made no demOnstrati0n against us. After
some talk Lowell agreed to evacuate the city
with his troops (from eight to fifteen thou
sand), and turn the city over to the civil au-
thorites, and that they might do as they
pleased. The interview was carried on with
dispatch and Captain Bailey and Lieutenant
Perkins, his aid, took carriage and returned
to their boat. On the route they were in
suited, pistols pointed in their faces, and all
manner Of indignities offered to them The
officer in charge of the boats--Acting Master
Morton--was the recipient If all manner ol
insults, but suffered no bodily harm.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OTHER REBEL RAM.
just before Capt. Bailey reached the levcc
the ram Mississippi came floating down the
river wrapped in flames. She was a terrible
looking affair, built to carry eight guns on
each side and two at each end--twcnty in ALL
Ten days more and she would have been
completed, and think she would have driv-
en- us out Of the river, sinking every vessel
VIC had. She rescmbled the Merrimac some
what, but | think she would have been more
formidable. The enemy attempted to tow
her up the river, but finding that we were
sending vessels to capture her, they set her
on fire.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CAPTURE OF the CITY.
A boat from the ship was along the lcvee
to seize all the steamers for transportation
purposes, and in the course of conversation
people report, that on Thursday night the
panic broke out in the city. and all the cotton
'cas brought out and set on fire, and the mob
could be scarcely restrained from firing the
public buildings and then the pricdtc dwell-
ings. 1t was night not equalled by any
thing, even in the French Revolutions
band ofdcsperadocs had charge Of affairs
and they were backed by Lowell, who, how
ever, denies it; but he is accountable for the
destruction Of property, as he set the exam
pie by firing his own cotton first A ram
lay alongside Of the levec. partially sunk, and
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