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THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. WHOLE NO. 9362. ; NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1862. ee | CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. ;(23::S55 a fei) inw the banda of the Union breakers, rading the <% peropets, lo) ing platforms for additional gun#, repatring Forces in the Southwest. Brilliant Achievement of the Union Military and Naval Forces. ba 9 This is also a casemated fortifertion, situated at the Rigoh thee or North Pass, between Lake Borgne snd Lake Pontchartrain, and commands the entrance to the Lake the ‘natn chunnel te the Gulf in that direction, It od condition when it wae selzed by the Slate horitl «bot tt bas since been streagthenod by pubeth: tuting column and sercoart howitzers for the twenty four pounders with wh ch jt was in part armed. Itcost pearly five hundre’ tongand dollars, is caable of mounting forty-nine guns, apd can garrisoa threo han- dred men, By the reduction of this fortification the Jake is male open to our feet, and the parssce fr clear to Take Port, which is situated ia the rear of New Orleans, distant ten miley onty six miles from Carrotion, to each of which pio a Mino of rilroad. . POOR RAD RELL OR A ALONE AA DRA IS soidiore? arters, building a drawbridge and completing All the Forts on the Lower Missisippi Captured. Tremendous Destruction of Property in New Orleans. wecwtto cndition, bat at ed. It was inten ort an armament y-pine twenty-four pounder guns; but the state re- enced the vember end substituted columbia’s and how- ttzers. Itcest four hundred and forty-seven thousand! dotlars,and can acgommodste a garrison of three Huns red mon. re had po Tbe Probable Capture of the Iron- Clad Boat Louisiana, : The Rebels Run Off with the Fifteen Millions of Specie Said to be in the Banks of the City. eee THB STOCK OF COTTON AND TOBACCO. TOWER DUPRE. "This work of defence was built to command Ube navi” gation of Payou Dupre int» Lak Borgne. It was in good, order when jv the hands of the government, but had no armament, Tho rebola have given it eight columbiads and a suticient number of men to make them effective, TOWER AY PROCTOR’S LANDING. Tots waann unfinished work cn Lake Borgne, atthe end of (ho Moxican Gulf Ralirond. We have no dircet dformation equcerning it, but presume that tt has bey, Drought sniiciently near completi-n to adiwtt of proper armament, THE CITY BEFORE ITS FALL, ety Rory kee DESPATCH FROM GENERAL WOO! Fontneas Mownow, April 27, 1862. Mow. B, M. Stanton, Socretary of War:— A fugitive black, just arrived from Porte- mouth, brings the Petersburg Express of yes- terdey, which contains the following des- aga Moons, Apri) 25, 1862. ‘Mee enemy paseed Fort Jarkeon at foer o'clock yester- ey morning. When the news reached New Orleans the ‘emetoment was boundiess. Martial law wee pot in full ‘Berce, and business was completely suspended. __- All the cotton and steanrboata, excepting euch as were Recensary to transport coin, ammunition, &c., were de- moyen, Bteus o'clock 10-day the operator bade uo ‘good bye,” saying that the enemy had appeared before the «ity, ‘Tals ie the leet we know regarding the fait, W.)) send Particulars a0 soem as they ean be hed, ‘The negro bringing the above reporte that the rebele have two fron-elad steamers nearby sompleted, and that {t fe believed the Merrimac ‘will be ont to-morrow, JOHN B, WOOL, Major General. BATTERY BIENVENCE Te near the entrance of Msyon Bienvenue into Lake Berga, ind commands an important approach to New _ 4 Orleans. At the commeneaniont of the year 1961 It had PY ean ees zo nuns mounted, bit was iu good onndition for thei: re- DAY Of = Sars eeption, It has aince been fully armed and a breast | BAY OF ~ aT\he = mt ‘oid ohh high briek wall built avound it. JOSCPHS PASS Cyt a JAAND THE MILITARY MOVEMENTS PREYIOUS TO THE CAPTURE. ‘There have boen several tinportant military move ments from time to tims mate by G-neral Batler’s foreee Uhat doubtloss have roatly tended to this tunpor” tant result, -1t will be remembered that Biloxi hadi doen taken possession of by the Union troops, apd still} Inter the eaptare of.Pass Christian by another esction of General Butier’s carps. These movements have, doubt-! less, hac much to do with the present evccess of ovr forces. A Ship Te'and setter vs ao_vun onst., whtea roached’ Hoston April 26, states that General Williams? brigade! Jct there on the 2d instant for New Orleans. ¢ We shail, however, hava to wait for our adviose D, Golf and Atlantic for full particulars of SHIELDS Bi Ferricans rayne Of tne Vea mnitant 1-46, foliowine ‘Thera i9 @ weil eutnentier.cu report m sown tnua' ing that tho loderais bive entirely ovacuatod they ferent roints on the Aiesiseipyi coast, _} Christicn, &e. 24 Doubtless, if true, the object of the evacaation wae Fog the purpoze of carrying on the fight nearer home, © ~ THE REBEL SOLDIERY. ‘Thai there fa but Jittie true sympathy with the Non, even with thy military of New Heriot: | evelly understood from the following paragraphs :— , BUSPATOR FROM ERAL McDOWELL The ‘yhole number of muskets in New Orleans ia y a aim i Seventcen hundred and one, The First and Secoad bt! saint udes of volunieors (or Home Guards) and Boauregard’ Dapanrucee oy Tae Rarranannoce, } favori'es, “Lee Knvans Perdus,” wore da theeliy April 27, 1862. our fof-rmant left. ‘The city militia, with the First Bon. BM. Stanton, Secretary of War:— Secon brigades, have been ordered into camps of in Dhave returned from the wir: u—this order incluaing all male whites bets , Just amp opposite th :os of elghtoan and forty-five, When formed Proberickeburg. I was told tho Richmond Luo or drill and revlow all abseatoes aro panied Wy 4 Brawn “er Seon 00a fine of three dollars and forty-cight hours? eonfinement saead ip 6 in fa tho parie& prison, Tho militia are boing armed by; - tewn, announcing as follows:— Governor Moore with pikes fiiteon feet long, having fors midabie spears attached. ‘The militia 2 New Orleans, with the First and Secona; Drigudos, amount inthe aggregate to twenty thousang thernejority being Germans, who have been heard 4 they will not Gght. Qn a second refusal to dr! decisred ‘‘alions,’? and confined to prison nuance of the war, The stores throughout the city are clored every afternoon in order to afford ample time for dy illing the men. ; THR CONFEDERATE SOLDTERT : ‘The bert drilled as well ne the best dressed regiment tm New Ovieans is the nogro regiment, and prominent among, them can be seen “Old Jordan,” who 1s captain of Com? pany A. Ail the officers of this regiment are colored.’ Our informant says that the rebel offlcers and privates WOW ORLEANS TAKEN, Great destruction Of property, cotton and steamboats, Bieamboats enough saved to take away the ammunition. Great eonstercalicn of the inbabitapte. ARVIN McDOWELL, Major Genera), THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON, . Warmserow, Apri) 97, 1962. ‘Washington je wild wib rejoicing over the intelligence @f the capture of New Orieane. Tho radicaia ave raiber Gownrast at tbe rapidity with which Union vivtories are eebteved. \ ADEN WITH PITCH & T Sees THe RIVERO ‘who -aine vader hia notice are the most drunken, demor+ wew ORLEANS BEFORE {TS FALL. aiize! set he evor baw, Mostof the officers were drunig ail the time ho was there, D. M. Hildreth, proprietor of the #. Chorles Hotel, haa a company called the Hildreth Guar, and je om adjatant in one of the Louisiana regi-, menus. Jamo# 0, Nixon, proprietor of the New Orleant Cres. n!, is a Heutenant colonel in Soott’s cavalry company. HOW “'BEAURKOARD'S PETS’? ANSWERED MIB REQUI-| SITION. 4 Tho “daring chivalry” of tho South ts strikingly ex~, ‘emp ified ta the bearing of Henuregard’s pet eompany om Phe following occasion: Peavrecard, through a totter transmitted by bis sta soryeon, Dr. Choppin, demanding an immediate reing foroement of 5,000 mou from New Orleans, informed the ‘We gather togetuer jn one article a number of facia, leaned from very Jato Southern papers, which show ‘the state of feeling In Now Orleans before ita captor; te miserable condition of He citlzens under the severity @ the reve} military rule; the strenuous efforts the rebels Rave for some time beow making to defend the city; the Steamboats In port, acoording to the latowt advices, and Pe progress of the fight ae farasit bee become known Bus, The eompliation wit be foced swteresting, to wiew of the glorions and gratifying intelligence that bas Jam vow reached us. POINT GTEAMBOATS IN PORT AT NEW OnLEANS, SERORINSONS imititary of that elty that they mast bagten to Ootiumbue, We give below the names, copted from tho invert New Fx x, tasty ss #’CHEVAL atonce, as that point was the coniedacate key of the Miselv-ippi. The First and Second brigades ware there- upon called oat, and Beaurogard’s letter was read to then vy Governor Moore; bat with the exception of abet three huadred, they rofused to comply with a 1 OF THR PORTIPICATIONS AROUND WE" ORLEANS. There aro masked batieriog on either wide of Se ricer @rieana papers, of the steamboate that wore ja tDas ports f . SF F NR VG Raa ASS A LOUTRB ome of which have doubters beou destroyed by ihe 4 . Wy) S BAYOU SARA AND cOAsT Lave. —— UNCATH EAS T PASS to Baton Rouge, Williemeport and Bayou Sara. men Iberville, Captain WISOUTH EAST FASS GOALE OF MILES WAV, Se ee &. ¥. Gross. extcnding wight miles. ‘These b.tterios aro built form of triangles, base to base, Tho rebels have chains across the river, which are held by rafts at ‘end, and then anchored, They alse have rafts PROPLES’ LINE. ‘Senniog from New Orleans to Port Aéams, Bayou Sara, Age, . . yng ae z ATTARAPAS Linn. Seamer Lafourobe, Captaio J. y, Brown, Parsports by an inspector, wil! De toate with fammarity. | stated above, can be fouid in the following mélitay | Gulf of Moxico, Thie ie also a strong carcmated fort, . Me D, crder im POFFO} spentine in readiness to use against the Steamer General J. L. Hodges, Captain Ruben Slade. SI x . with turpent Meaning from Now Orleans to New Iberia and interme 4 Seamer llovrer, Caplan WeW, Withuabury, Proves Meant, Fes Aine iol bila scalar ina intended to mount one bundred and Afty gune—thirty- | of tho Union, by floating them, when set on fire, in 7. D. Bine, » 5 Stoainer T. W, Hoborts, Captain W. C, Wilsca, CYPRIEN DUFOUR, pry one of which were intended to have been barbette. When | imity to the Union fect, | or Mary, ‘A.M. Broce. “ Stoainer Mary T.. Ceptain A. Dui Provost Marshal, Second distriet, Hrapquanrens Lovisiaxa Mitre Within about nine miles of the elty of New Orleang, the otd battle ground of the last wor with England, jo & fortifieation extending from the river to the lake au the Mexican Gulf Railroad, This fortification ts wullt a ridge, and after it crosses the Mexican Gif Ratiroas | geized by the rebols it was not complete, and we haveno Steamer Colonel Terry , Captain Thos. Moore, } - ys - reason t believe it hae yet ite fall armament; but it has, — 1, No cotton oan hereaftor be shipped from n- THE CEN’ NEW thority over the people that there is but Hittie doubt that | gsrior of the State to any point on the Missippi river for | Bevorthelces, been eonsiderally strengthened by tho State = re haba STATE: OF, when they, the latter, saw the Union troops on the way, svorage or sale. hs ‘ee a autaoritios, and its compl tof barbeite guns placed rs Ds 2. All colton shipped in contravention of the foregoing For some titse New Orleane has been sullring under | ‘0 ee agntnet thelr oppressors aad helped to cantare | 0, Cris Ueder, after tale dale, will bere: hipped | Poche. 18 oush the Uti eet etree wea. Fort the offecte of «dreadful state ef anarchy. The Provost | °°" Bt the expense of the owner to enme point in the tnierior, | A0#lare, and i capable of holding #ix hundred mon. Fort Peining 1a eke So groat was the oppression of the robel military au- | AD’. GReL's Ornon, New Onunans, March 12, 18: ‘tand White River, Meamer Nativual, Captain l’. 0. Montgomery. LOWER MIGSISBIPP) LY Ru to Memphis, ‘Tene, Meamer Joho Walsh tain Save Appiegaie, Steamer Alonzo Child, Captain ——. Ferdinand Konnett, Captain ———, Goidon Age, Captain ——, Balie Robinw'n, Gaptaie'G. wn, io G, Prince of Wales, Captaa wath Bieamer Magnolia, Coptain ——.. RUNNING TO TENSAS, MACON AND BLA! 5 @eamer Morning Light, Captain Hugh Biicer ata DUNNING ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND b Witt THE MalLnoAD. Sreamer A. G. Brown, Captain Shaw. Besides the above are other lines of steamers renmiug fuom Now Orleans to Mobile and other Deints, (the cameos Warbich we are unable to give at prosent. Crnuovaae LINR, from New Orleans 10 Opelousas, Capenia G0. Pickeres Cappg. Marabale bave bad to reguiate tue price of food by mili. tary law, uel a tariff wae officially prorulgsted on thy ‘Mtb of Maroh, sigued | y the following:—P. Boule, H. M, Rpofford, Crprien Dufour, HM. D. Ogden, N. Tropaguier,, Provost Marshals. The foilowiag general order proved that every one was forced to bear ane that tere were oo exemptions from milttery dety — GENERAL ONDERS—HO, 12, Braoquantens, Deraxtitant No. 1, Convenes te BTATRR OF AMERICA, Rasp New Onu@aye, Meroh 19, 1869. eroafler vo oxemption, from tmillitary duty will be aoe ed ire manent ite in the case of nainors or sone plysioally unable \@ do eervive. Applications for (he release of those engaged upon work for ee soy ernment must be m: to thia department. tn the form pepe al from the ownera or foremouct the Shops, shen a0 order will agued (0 the cemmanciny omfeor p ey Ae which the a; int belongs to granta leugh of a certain number ‘days, whien can ooly be by & al vent Sartertadcte Gyeucmaee i Sor on ry ; xO, Pronery, assistant Adjulant Coven oO eee: Praciamations were ese calling fort oid brags irony coppertbelle and ether metals,” even to ‘oid sug kot. Hes end grate bare,” showing the drenafui nnifis the revels had $0 resert to for the purpose of Obtaining the materiale for carrying on the war, Citizens wore ferbid. en to travel, and gho following order states thot oaptnine of steamers art otbere who tnke away pasven. Milton Anna Perrit, Captain Jnmes LOWGA COAST LINB. fo Fort Jackson, Fors Philip and.the ewer Sanpire Pernt, ptm 4 Grae, oe, ; ‘Dina, (pia! MM. Radovien, AW ONLERWA AND NATORRS LIND, Bnaing to New Grldane, Natebox, Donaldeyiite ana. sa. STOCK OF bee! AND TOBACOO AT na Picayune, March 16.) ‘ecaipts 1,150 bales; leat year 22.150, or 1, 26,033; last yeur, 171 Woek's exports, &c. 1,1 exports, &c. 26,497 bales; $85,030 to Great pons Malema Stock om hand Sept. 1, 1861 199,470 iuciuuing Faported to date and in trauslt ‘Stock on hand not cleared exolusive bile none, Total exporta, a0 } last year 19,576. Statenvn' 6 small’ sale, but e tin sransivy, 11,204 ted, Stock, 1¢,110 hbde, F ame HOD Nay Crigane Tebow 4p approval of hey] Thy eange of tag amyl epi of eutyou te tye sity, 0. ir Corton—-We hear of only on were some ether megotiations pendin, Nomina stock, exglusive of amow bales. ‘Tonaceo, Nothing 4. Commanders of brigades and regiments will eco that thie order in riga'y enforced. 5, Major General John L. Lowis, commanding the “tate militia, will insue bis orders accordingly. By order of THOS. @ MOORE, Governor and Commander. in-Chief, M. Giuvor, Adjutant and Inspector Genera), THE REBEL DEFENCES OF NEW ORLEANS. THE OLD UNITED STATES FORTIFICATIONS, We have cortain evidence now that Commodore Parra gut's yuadron, which includes the mortar fiset undor command of Commodore Porter, ie before New Orieana, and hon already brought the CreseengCity age'n within the folda of the Union, The ebjoct for which ihe expedi- ton saiied having been accomplished readers tho subject no longer contraband. In yiow thereof, twill not be unin. teresting ba the public to take & glanee at nome of the more formidable works whieh were placed by the gov. ernment, before the rebellion broke out, jn the vielnity of Now Orleans ,for the defence of the city. Boat les the earth fortidentions which were thrown up dy the rebels on either bank of thé river below New Or- leave, and of which We have no knowledge beyond the fact of their extetonee, there are eight distinct forte and towers now @tanding in defense of the eity, whieh ore dencribed ae follows: — PORT JACKSON, Fort inckeon i om the right or weet bank of the river, immediately opposite Fors 6t. Philip, and about twenty. byewes from the hoad af thie pammen lending into the ‘emerges atom rwarap, whore it is Interrupted, and age! cormences on the other side, where the Louislana racd ‘course formerly was, extenting to the jake This fortts fication mounts forty-two guns, several of which werd spiked one night by the Union soldiers while the seit re] nels wore ‘ton diaty,”? a Within abont four to wix miles of New Orleans, ni Algiers, which Ia situated on ® road bck of the river,) two forts are now built, Inrge enough to hold frony twoive to Ofteon guns cach, There is an Intrenciument thrown up opposite the Mint, en the levee or bank of tha. river, moanting one gin, bus foor gune eam be worked wiity there. ¢ ba pe fivo miles above the oity, are two fortis xtanding across to Kennerville, thence to the ajiroad, ton miles from the ity, aod om to the n aa oeerner Moore, when called upon by the Commoq Counoit of Now Ofloane in regard to tho defensewer the city, stated to them that “ho dit not Know what to do. in the matter, ag he wae not competent to BL the posts tion he held.” ‘Bt. Philip and Fort Jackson #o completely command the Missivetpp) that no vease! could pase them while they re- mained im operation. FORT ST. PHILIP, This fort ia situated on the left or enet bank of the Mirsissipp! river, about seventy miles below Now ur- leans. [tis a yory strong casemated fort, and, with ite one hundred and Afty guus, commands the navigation of the river, Jt was bombarded in 1815 by the British yos- nels-of war, at which time {¢ was commanded by Major Overton, uncle of Thomas Overton Moore, the present Governor of Louisiana, The rebels have put some re. pore upon it,and heave substituted ten columbiads for the same number of the old guns, besides otherwise strongthening ite defomeibie position. It bas lower and an upper exterior Metiery, mounting twenty-cight cach, The goyertiment paid for te constraction two hun. dredand four thourend dollarv, and ite arimament ovat one hundred arid two thousand more. It is capable of garrhening six kendred men, and no doubds now ountains at lenst that cyber, FORT LIVINoeTON, * — ‘This large fort ie ettuated on Grand Terre Island, at the THE PROGRESS OF THE FIGHT. mouth of Barrataria Bay, and commands she approach to Hew Orleans by thé bayco of the dame, Iie near the |. ™* Nllowing nscabtamussiicN ai ipccsee Seat | fight:— nite of the celebrated old Lafitte fort, The work stood e for a numberof yeare tn ag undniabed state; but attor | THR SOMPARDMENT OF XBW omaane— snore MERI oe the rebols celal 16 they fished tt ae far ao their means tram the Petorsi , Sida qrould permit, aod gave it a gorrison of not lees than three ome CTU “ve és an Hundsed mem, ‘The forp ig large and capable of mounting

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