, 1864-02-20

va % surrounded T 6y N angrT and excited crowd
aa TEose eheeas % .o5 5en Davis and groaus for ".b
mid dieeosd wlthln iae building. Capt RaiIc
and his companion were duly presented to TIL
% %aayoI: ana courteous salutati0ns were exchanged
~ ha.e been acnt.r said captsin Bailey, sb,
~. 1apa'n FarIaest commanding the Unlted State
elevation Of the Flag oi the Untcd States over ID;
ns!9m t,x ms Hgafc tie Mint the rost oGec and th'
an not,': replied the s5,,or THE 1ni1,t,r,
comEa ander OF the city. bare 40 40 tAorIty t
eut7enacT It. md Would not do 80 II had. There
is , manlaI1 commander now In the city, 1 vii
sena LOT Nm to receive aad reply to your demand
+. a messenger was immediately dispatched
TOT General LoVe1ls who wad waiting in train
: with steam up, to convey himself and stad
ont OF the city. Polite conversation followed
between the officers and tue Mayor and afr:
sonle In brief. interim Gen. Lowell enter,
cd the Mayors otBse: -
II am General Lowell" said he. :. Of the army
1he T9n;ederats q States commanding this de-
Where Epon he shook haras with the Union
fcn ei5eyIF; GaPain Baiy repeated the demand with
General Ioyca replied hat he would not eurren~
ner tne CITY, ro1 a1lowi 1t TO be surrendered; thst
&c m hs TaeS b sps5o
s9ng e he could rouster soldier; he had marched
ali or his men cut Of the city ;had 'evacuated it.:
women anu children, they conid do co. 1t WAS 10
aSoid th,s that hc hid marched his troops beyond
cn me " IN in1s IT, PIT arge nnmEer eTen Of the w
defIna It, even AGAINST sheling. He did not think
he would be justified ia 50 doing. Hc woald there
lore Ieireana leave the city authorities to pursue
Ssptsa Esss oa ssd ia'n5 TER Rt0psei. pso.a,ng was
shell . sdcfenEsless town d!ed viii women and
fhA hal hH1 tn
tentiona towards New Orleans, and regretted *
tss9r s9e1g The Obstruction ot properly that dal-
-: :. xas aone BY ny authority. sir. u interrupted
It was then arranged that tho Union officers
| should return to the fleet, land the Mayor
would lay the matter before the Common
Council, and report the result to Capt. Fur
ragut. The naval officers were conducted to
the rcar of the building, where 4 carriage
WIS procured. and they were driven rapidly
| to the boat. Tie Common Council met, aud
the Mayor laid the subject: Of the interview
before that body, who passed q resolution
that the city was indeicnsibie, and that no rc-
sistance would be made to the forces Of the
United States: The Mayor sent the rcsolu.
tions Of the Council to Captain Farragut on
Sundny, the 9th Of April, accompanied with
an Insulting note, In which he declined to
hoist the American flags, as demanded by
Capt Bailey. The commander refused to
confer any further with the Mayor, and Capt
Morris, Of the Pensacola, the ship that lay
off the Mint, was ordered to send party
| ashore, and hoist the flag Of the United States
| upon the Mint. How, that flag was hoistea
by the brave sailors, how it was torn down
aftcrWnrd and dragged through the mud amid
| the executions OF thousands Of madmcn,
| and how VIM. B. Atumford suffered the ex-
treme penalty OF the law for doing the lnfam-
ous deed, is familiar to our readers: THIS
piece OF vandalism created the greatest fnd1g-
nation in the hearts Of Captain Far7agut and
found himscN SO beset with Contradictions
dctcd and insultcd py town TINT lay at his
mercy A few hours after these events Cen
tral Butler and ills army arriycd-
LANDING IN NEW ORLEANS.
Gen. Butler waited upon Captain Farragut
and heard narrative Of events lie an
nounced lis determination to land forthwith,
and Captain Farrasut notified tho Mayor Of
the resolve; adding that le should hold no
further correspondents with the officials Of
New Orleans. Gen. Butler directed the i'm
mediate decentralization Of. the troops, and
the operation began ut about o'clock in the
afternoon. The following was the order Of
the procession: ;:
Firet, as pr1oneer and guide, marched Licnten-
ant Henry Neizxl Of Baltimore aid to ihe J3ene.
as who was familiar with tho strerts Of the city,
and now rose from sick bed to c1atm the fuldl.
ment Of Gen Dnters promise that he and be only.
SHOULD G1tce The tsoops te the Custom House.
- Ne@t the drum eoIps Of the syst Massachusetts.
ho,fes having ret been larded, tle OF tho ;;lst
marching on each eide ofthem. Then Capt Eycretts
battery. The a!et Massachosats, ,undce Col. Good
preceded By the hne bapd Of the 9TH Wisconsin.
| nEd followed by that regiment, under Col Paine.
he sren That pese:t silence
words II shot were aEcd from hoase. halt, ar
1ett nn1ates destroy house; i fired upon from the
The crowd unless absolutely necessary for selfde-
fence. and then not without orders
At fve lhe procession mnxed 70 The music ofthe
lie pasements on each siae Of TIC troops, sras ai
Cling chiefly 10: get sight Of Gen. Butler. crying
GoS dsn Ii S aas5
S1fa aaasa sas sa'sSs9
Ss9sd Ho
who marched steadily On, .Iooking neither TO the
right CT tie LETT. And 60 they matched along Tie
past The farmers Hotel, closed and deserted now,
though alive with i've hundred inma.cs the day
before: along St. Charles st.eet to Canal street. and
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structure upon which the United s,atae had ex-
pended 70 many millions. Beaprcgard being the
The troops surrounded the edince; Capt Everett
poxted his artillery. as to comuaud the adjacent
streets; md Ger B1tle. ordered the a1at Sias.a-
O'Clock they were lodged ii The second s{ory, MAJ
Ing preparations for the evening meal, Strong
guards were then posted at at needfa1 points. Tho
the mississippi The 18th Connecticut, COL Dem
ing CneW Representative in congrrss), biyouackcd
uPon the levse, near @ the ship, happy to lis down
And thus was United States authority re-
established In the rebellious md coutum4-
cious Crescent City, never again, We trust,
while the world stands, to be disposscssed. i
GEN. 1r1LER wASTa HOTEL.
Quarters were required for tho Commanding
General and his stall. What could ,hsy be bnt the
St. Charles Hotel, vacated i've days before b. 8ea-
Losca- Major Strong and some friends were dls-
patched ear1y In the evening, to make the prelIm-
mary arEangements. They. found the building
gained admission to. the famous rotunda-bai-
room and elarea1art. scene OF countless "dlmcuE
tlcs' and chivals1c assassinations. There they
.asted The heis y wsses g ne repsd .s both ias
prietota were absent and as to his gising up the
eonld tie Se
do It. Tic declared that the walters would not dare
slt On them, nor cocks to cook tot them. pof
offered By the Jouag gentleman. with the utmost
pollteness Of manner. Major Strong replied with
equal suavity, that he need give 61meef no con-
name Of Gen. Butler they would venture 10 take it.
with Eccard to walters and cooks the army Of
occupation were chiefly men OF the Yanken per 4
suasIont> who were accustomed to Hait on them
selves, and could do little Of everything, FROM
cooking upwards. The young gentleman had no
thing iarther to offer, and so the st. Charles be-
came the headquarters Of tho army. The Genera1
established his headquarters In one Of the ladtes
paslora.
- An INTERVIEW AND 4 SCENE.
Gen. Butler sent word to the Mayor and
Common Council that lie had established his
headquarters at the st. Charles, where he
would be happy to confer. with them at two
o'clock. They came, accompanied with Mr..
sonle. During the interview, the following
Incident occurred:
AnAidde-Camp came Eush.ng into the room
and Eafd to Gen. 13ut1er: ... -,
"Gen. Williams orders me to aay, that he fears
he will not be able to control the mob
Gen. Butler in his scTerest manner replied, :
(, "Giye my compliments to Gen. Williams, and !
tell him, ii he finds he csnnot control the mob, to
open uron them with artillery -.
lhe AaTor and his friends sprang to their feet In
IsoC1t Ie that Gxacernl ~ evcIatn,ed the Nsyor