Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-05
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From New Orleans


New DIRK, Sept. 3.-The steamer George
Washington, from New Orleans Sept. 26th,
has arrived. The papers contain nothing rel
alive to army movements The steam tug
Leviathan was captured at her wharf at South
West Pass by gang of rebels, provided with
a document from Mallory, the rebel secretary
of the navy, by which the officers and crew
were not entitled to pay, but authorized to
subsist and find their reward in punder.
Lieut.. Herrlck in the steamer Crescent soon
after started in pursuit, and was joined by the
| gunboat DeSoto. They captured sthe pirates
| after few hours chase. Ihe reported cap
ture by rebels of the steamer Calhoun is un-
| true, but on the contrary, she has DESTROYED
rebel steamer near Pascagoula, and captur-
ed another, besides severely Furnishing the
rebel battery at Grants Pass.
New Orleans papers of Sept. Goth state that
| the VIM. Penn, an English steamer, was cap
tured somewhere in the vicinity of Rio Grande
and brought to that port the previous eve
ming. She had on board, we are informed
one thousand bales of cotton. The U. S.
| marshal has seized for condemnation and for
TEXTURE to the United States as enemies prop
| erty the contents of ID. c. Johnston's hat
store, under the St. Charles Hotel; eight lots
OF ground, the property OF Greenleaf An
drews one lot Of ground, the property of AL
| bSlb w N1Silldlh' TWO lOlS OF GROUND, the
property Of VIM. f. Hodgkns; one lot of
ground, the property of Augustus Reichard;
and the household furniture, SC, of house
| No. 81 Carondelet street.
On the 18th there were one thousand bales
| of cotton in New Orleans market The sales
amounted to one hundred and fifty bales. The
Era announces that Judge L. H. Durell of the
u. s. district court, who is also chairman of
the city finance committee, has been appoint
ed by Gov. Shepley mayor Of New Orleans, to
serve during the absence Of Capt. Miller who
is now on visit to the north. Regular mail
communication between New Orleans and
Mobile is about to be established.
New YORK, Oct. New Orleans letters
to the Herald contain the following items -
Guerrillas are growing bold and numerous on
the Mississippi river. They have located a
three gun batteay about sixteen miles above
Natchez, from which they fired fifteen shots
at the steamer Julia, five of which went
through her, but she escaped. Some eight or
ten vessels have been fred into
The particulars of the capture of the British
steamer Sir William Pitt show that she landed
her Liverpool cargo of arms, &C., in Mexican
waters, and took on board some thousand
bales OF cotton, when the French authorities
ordered her 10 leave Mexican waters, which
she did, coming over to the American side of
the Rio Grande river. Capt. Rolands of the
gunboat Seminole very promptly sent two Of
fcers and number of men and seized her,
transferring her officers and crew to the Sem
mole as prisoners of war. The vessel was sent
to New Orleans. Capt. Hood of the British
ship Pilades demanded an explanation, which
he received from Capt Rolands in effect that
she had landed contraband Of war in American
I waters, and had contraband of war on board.
Yellow fever prevails at Pensacola. Capt
Spear of the ship Nightingale, and the sur
gem of the steamer relief, are dead. Several
of their crews also have died. The health of
New Orleans is excellent
A Berwick City letter to the Herald Us