Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-27
FROM MOBILE.
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ESCAPE OF GENERAL fihCRT.
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REVIEW CT gaE CARF IGN.
The New Orleans TINES % the 1874 contains the
70 loving in relation to the surrenior CT Mobile.
Gen. Candy established his hesdqrarters in the
Custom House, Gen. Granger comm auds tho De-
pa-tments. Gen. Vel ch commands the post.
Il is e>tim tied that from twenty 70 thirty thou
sand bales Of cotton have been captured in this
city Large quantities Of pitch have also been Sc
cured.
The city Il quiet and orderly. Many citizens are
anxious t. take the oath of allegiance, glad . be
relea' ed +, ON Rebel rule.
Deserters are arriving IN large numbers.
The Post Office will be Immediately opened.
The wharves and docks are in fine order.
The MavOr of Mobile formally surrendered The
city about O'Clock on the 18th inst, rendering
the services of the pilots to bring the feet safely
up TO tie city,
General Granger met a most enthusiastic recep-
tion up' entering the city. He remarked be had
never met so warm reception in any place before.
Three hundred guns, in good condition, and a
large amount of ammunition were captured.
Twelve hundred prisoners, sick and stIsGglers,
were found in the city, including two hundred ana
fifty officers. All were sent to Ship lslaPd.
The contents Of the Rebel Comn.isssry Depart
ment we're tnrned over to the poor of Mobile.
Thirty eight hundred prisoners were captured IN
the Spanish Fort.
Several Iebel gunboats were also captured.
The Mobile papers having suspended publication,
General Granger authorized +. U. HiDde, cores
pondept Of the New Orleans Times, to issue daily
paper, and lie has commenced publishing the Mobile
Dcl Ne1S.
The receipts Of cotton and sugar are light, and
there are no buyers.
A telegram dated New Orleans, 18th instant,
says
General Canby has issaod an order prohibiting
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10 Mobile. 1t Is reported that Kirby Smith dis
banded his army and that they hsye returned to
their homes.
The report that the gunboat lbervilIe was blown
up at Mobile by totpt do is unconf, med, although
ii e bio,mcr. Rover and the tin-clau No. az were
GestI o led. The Scotia, recent known as gun
BOAT, is sunk IN thirteen ieet Of ter, Six OF her
crew were ] st and wounded All the Monitors
e> oept the Cincinnati are up in front Of the city
Launches from the Monitors sailed u the river 81
captured blockade-runner loaded with ], 900 bal
of cotton.
II is stated on good authority that General Hurl-
burt wild relieve General q anger command OF
Mobile as soon as General Banks arrives at New
Orleans.
General Smiths corps on Friday at noon were
eleven miles above Blakely, en- route for Montgor
cry,
Metamoras advices to the Sth have been received
Cortenas and Menza are represented as having
about three L0OuSa0Q mcu. Oeu. bcnt q IVfct
against TEEN. 1t is expected the Liberals will at
tack Matamoras soon.
The following is from the Mobile correspondence
of he New York Tines
Yesterday morning, the 18th inst, portion OF
Gen Vel chs command went into the city by tie
shellroad, aud run up the Stars and Stripes on the
post office and custon-house. Gen. Granger ar
rived a short time after, and Gen. Candy and stan
arrived in the city short time after noon.
No unpleasant demOustr atiOns were made either
by the citizens of Mobile or by our soldiery upon
the eccupat. on of the naughty city. All the pub
lie buildings and stores closed, and the pri-
vate residences looked like houses OF mourning
Four newspapers Immediately suspended pubiiea-
tion-tbe Register, 7ri6WRe, Meas, and one other.
The interior Of the city is not injured in the least,
and the large warehouses on the wharves, mos. Of
which are filed with Confederate Government"
freight and stores, are unharmed.
Although many threats 60 burn the city were
made not q house, nor q bale of cotton, nor s.
pound of subsistence, nor particle OF war mate
rial were burnt o. destroyed. Numbers of DWELL
ines aud cottages the Shiny Hill and Whistler
reods we're destroyed some time ago, and mary
autifu villas and firms met the same fate IN or
der 10 strengthen the rebel forts west o. the city,
wbe.N Il was supposed We would make the attack.
All conditions of people are in eNueme want {,
the poorer c'asses of which Immediately besieged
our soldiers for something 10 eat. Tho for.s On
The west oC the CITY are the strongest works in the
SoIth There are three lines Of forts, the Interior
of which has ditch twelve feet deep and forty