New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-23
BUTLER ON PORTER.
THE GENERALS STORY OF TIE CAPTURE
OF NEW -oRLEANs.


SIS REASONS FOR BELIEVING THAT fohnGH
IAN AWAY FROM DANGER EXTRACTS
g. FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS 10 PROVE
HIS CHARGES OF oowAHDlog.
Boston. June so.-eensrsi B, r. Butler has sent
The Herald letter OF several columns IN wh'oh
no ende.yors TO prove his charge of cowardce against
Admiral porter IN connection with the capture OF
Hew-orieans. General Butler says:
In Q speech made In Boston. on the LIST OF Nav
Witch ssSs due o. AGaSs % stated
hai Ms eficers apd crews all heroes save one
IN oesr o. high rank who ran away: ,,, rne spcEG S
s.st.msnt quoted was shown to Admiral Porter. who
there were three officers who failed to take their
shaps psst the forts who eensured by Farragnt
0 S s.A. Ue' the sad rss
M rot Awe awe you sss s the
isms man !! do '-New.York Sun. May 4; Washing
lon Critic May L. .
n.s q g. ss s @
rome oher battle mixed up with that OF orleans
probably the battle of Mobile '-tBoston Herald May
Th.s. declarations q Porter being brought to ny
iacts on the day after the passage of the sorts;
Ss rebel de.tlns battery Ioaisisna. aed 70 the river
bank. Gathering W all his mortar boats and steam.
Sa az 81 s be- SSa sns
fast he could By The Head d., Of the %hsI Passes
large PORTION Of my troops lay a. anchor IN sailing
VESSELS unable to move, calling out to those on
s ss sousns ns ao%n upon 0 Us With the
selves out Of here as fast as you can I'm sd
10 &c soldiers who thus left by hlm to the ds sts
@ them imminent Sss from se xss s ss far as the
assd ef Se Passes Pilot and Csa,a1cd there
~ 10 he net
bring back any OF his mortar boats ! dla nov ga
% = had hs gone se sSSna pD S dns my
men Il quarantine. 1--we miles above Fort St Philip 50
% ,ss ' Este met Captain Bosss outside he hav
ing been twenty SIX hours In an open oSa bt Sasf
fS IN a. eetsing by the forts that he had gone
UP TO New Orleans leaving Two guroo ths ssnc was
tine. letter to Porter. telling him inc ssH'0' ""'
ipclosed with the message.
DID PORTER SAIL AwAYf
~. sole ouestion between myself and Porter Is
"A be mr. his flagship and the rest OF the mortar meet
sail away from the neighborhood OF the forts where
fhey were stationed by Farragut, down 10 inc .lo'u
of the Passes or out TO sea- and remain 'nero ior
considerable time till Porter believed IL sale 70 eau.n
IN the forts declared that could prove my sM.e
sses and II Of Which absolutely ,al;S speech
ron snow.'ntSasSingto star, May 9; ,, IN tvD.
The Boston Herald says made wi this eh MS
Wisso~t knowing whether It was true or not ., -
sccond There were three officers who failed 10
tsas sir ssp psm 1sS Of the officer who away
Rave no doubt General Butler means the same man
Sn.WashIn pton Critic, May 4. -.
Answcr%There was no officer who ran away save save
pbrter or those under his orders charged .ra nsn
es.sr and there was no snch one there VINO couiu u
away other than Porter himself so he well Ano" ""O'
{ meant
PoRrRR's THIRD REPLY.
al have w my possession letter %r'.oh !" ~.
Gideon WelIes after the capture Of the or's' H'1"
ing me for my efforts, and saying tns@ ou' ~. -,
exert,ous Admiral Farrssut could not nave 'ap'u'N
Nsw.orloAns." washington Post May o.
A,ver-To make Welles's letter All answer 10 inc
.har,s OF YOUR running down 70 the Passes seot'S
+. vsry Lame defence First, because "epes was
not there and did not know anything about me ui5,or
except what you wrote him sesoSd' eessse uom
Sn~s own fsisS aud bombast.e report, written o sna
..sd ws YOU . Tsre have a. P ssts~ that letter
ron Rsd ropcrted him the real facts wa,c e %S
~ hsa the day esnS Ssa been reSed
nat YOU had then run away win al yo o.,r Trss
down % PILOT Town where yo1 wrote o yrur report
ssSS sssSp RaVss stesd Pilot Town Tns
you nearly thirty miles from ne sen mpe yS two ron
sI.d Ssy rem Soea Tho North Right be tako"
dieter Q wess O of Apr II ali al assT Have it; the
a.ts s aSed L.eu.enan, Gerdes Of the ssoe"m say;
s. report s G sss the =. on
having brought Captain Bogss win nun IRON WeIlns
puticr.' And you ADA 20 9pu' s4rIne tho news
ssA pc sss ;, .n; 7% DS
Tf r. SAYS s While at o
s ostb al Apr he was 'comforted by the appearance
s ss ,5 ySu sohess om hs s'
that YOU were writing your letter twenty I'VE mile,
q ns fsTs a%Se IN Him T the fact
sent the mortar feet down tho river iSr goo an 'hA
'01 ssn ' publishes %silss e, , Tha
shows you cannot tell the truth about Inc Inc lss
sVs n rat ssy cu as You say It does for
siou. Admiral F.gui could not have captured MeT
tSs %sy Of The capture Of New6EloanS as II WA
captured Read the article in The Century W. W.:
sSSs y ,sresry RRS Sss ~ YOU viii nd yor @
s.sat exhorns bin . not to run by Sw the 'Or
Weilcs thanks you for what you said yonr mot "a
choonss had done whs F,sE9t VA IA ps; S sS 1s
VIZ him and Fsrrsgut that those vessoi
T s0r TE s T TSSy mortar S% sm W
dd not throw bombs: had been PLACED by you IA
scn pS 5. s by the fire e Of tho fort Of this
speak directly.
u,rLpR's ASswER TO poRTER's FOURTH REPLY
Your fourth reply is:
aSow ~ I had been running away. how could IN
forts have surrendered to me- and is 1t likely that u
sncr,arv Of the Navy would have congratulated US
u. b.S been guilty Of cOwardice 77(Wsshington sta'
May 6.
Answer-Not IL be knew It. Besides you ran ava
on the Gath and stayed away until the 2'th and 100
the surrender Of the forts on the 2Sth aier INC me
~ mutned and surrendered themselves to the arm,
Won mad had time to run away and run back agar
aut we viii consider this matter further a. we ~ or
Your next replies to my charges had better be cor
sbdesod together They are c., ,,. uo,
General Butler could not possibly have mean
ma hecause nv ship was OF those which pssbe
IA forts as did all the resto-iBoston Herald. NAV
. al was in the front of the bght'-'"ashinS'o
roi, s.Y e g. ,et, the Immediate ne,shborheoa
the forts until they surrendered -(Bos'on horai'
Nay o,.,,v MAYER ,s,, the nelrbDorhood of tn
II AID not 70 down to the head Of the Passes
TnsTer lin your Official report Of the 25th {
Anil Won say when the last Of fairaguts vesses az
! LIN