The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1862, Page 4

4 IMPORTANT FROM WEW ORLEANS. General Butler in Full Posses- sion of tha City. #IS PROCLAMATION TO THE INHABITANTS. All Peaceable Citizens to be Protected ‘tn Person and Property. . Arrest of the Mayor and Aldermen for Re- fusing to Take the Gath of Allegiance. General Butler's Movements Previous to the Occupation of the City. THE PLAN TO STORM FORT ST. PHILIP. WHY THE FORTS SURRENDERED. @ketches of the Naval Heroes of Tew Orleans. Details of the Evacuation of Fort Livingston. Interesting Letter from the Va- runa’s Engineer, Farther Rebel Accounts from New Orleans. Governor Moore 4nd the Military Leaders Charged with Cowardice. Protest of the French Naval Commander, Paes thoes What Jacob Barker Says of the Financial Crisis. &., &., —- ‘The Memphis Avalanche of the 6th inst. says of affairs ‘New Orleans that Mayor Monroe and all the Aldormea ‘been arrested for refusing to take the oath of allegi- ance to the United States and gent to prison. Great dis ‘reas prevails in the city. Food of all kinds is extremely ‘ecaree. Flour is not to be had at ang price. More of the ‘Union ferce is yet tobe landed, and the river isfull of ‘Union gunboats, mortar boats and transports. ‘The Avalanche of the 7th inst, says:—Wo have advices from New Orleans up to Saturday, eleven A. M. General Busler bas taken the St. Charles Hotel for his headquar- ‘The Evans Hovse,on Poydras street, has been @onverted into a hospital. The Jackson Railroad depot ‘was taken possession of on Saturday morning. The fe'e- tél pickets have been extended out as far as the crossing of the Jackson and Jefferson raiiroads. Four gunboats and one transp ort started for Baton Rouge on Saturday morning. Union regiments have been landed at New Or- Jeans. All the newspapeis in New Orleans are still pub Mashed, though a federai censor is pinced over every @ffice to examiie all matter, and extiade whatever may Prove inimical to the Union cause. 4 prociamation from Genera] Butler was handed ia to ithe newspaper eitices at New Oricans;, Dut they re- Tased to publieh it, whon a guard was sent to the 7rue Delta office who took possession of it, Northern priaters ‘were then sent for, and the proclamation set up aod worked off in the edision of tho 2d inst. PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL BUTLER. Hranquarrexs, Derantugyr oF tu: Grip, New Oxsztans, May 1, 1862. ‘Thecity of New Orleans and its envirous, with all its tntertor and exterior defences, having surrendered to the combined naval and land forces of the Vatted States, and being now in the occupation of the forces of the United States, who have come to restore order, maintain public tranquility aod enforces peace and quiet, under the laws and constitution of the United States, the Major Genera! Commanding hereby pro- @taims tho object and purposes of the govern mont of the United States in thus taking possession of New Orleans and the State of Lottisiana, and the rules anf reguiations by which the laws of the United State: ‘will be for the present, and duriag the state of war, en- forced and maintrined, for the plain guidance of ali good citizens of the United Sta‘es,as woll a8 others who may have heretofore been in rebellion against their authority Thrice before has the city of New Urleans been rescued from the hands of a foreign government, end still more calamitous domestic insurrection, by the money an) arms of the Unived States. 11 has of lato beou under the military ccntrol of the rebel forces, and aé each time, in the judgment of the commanders of the military forces boiding it, it has been found necessary to preserve order end maintain quiet by an administration of martial law. Svon during the interim from its evacuation by the rebel soldiers and ite actual possession by the soldiers of the United States, the civil sutherities have found it neces- ‘ary to call for the intervention of an armed body known ‘s the Furopeaa Legion to preserve the public tranquillity. The Commanding General, therefore, will cause the city to be guarded, until the restoration of the United States ‘sathority and bis further orders, by martial law. All persons in arms againet the United Siates are required to surrender themselves, with their arms, equipments and munitions of war, The body known as the European Legion, not being understood to be in arms against the Onited States, but organized to protect the lives and property of the eitizens, are invited Wo still co-operate with the forees of the United States to that end, and, 80 ‘acting, will mot be included in the terms of this order, but will report te these headquarters, All ensigns, flags, devices, tending to uphold any authority what- over, save the fings of the United States and those of foreign consulates, must not be exhibited, but sup. pressed. The American ensign, the embiem of the & Onited States, must be treated with the ut most deference and respect by all persons, ander pain Of severe punishment. Ali persons qell disposed towards the government of the United States, who shall remew the oath of allegiance, will re. seive a safeguard of protection to their persons apd jro- derty from the army of the United States, and the viola- don of goon safeguard wl be punishable with death. All persons still holding allegiance te tho Lonfederate ‘ates will be deemed rebels against the government of tho United States, and regarded and trested as onemies ahoroof, Ail foreiqners, not naturalized and ¢laiming aile- glance Lo their reapective governments, and not having made oath of ailegiance to the government of the Confederate States, will be protected in their persons and property, as heretofore, under the laws of the oited States, All persons who may have heretofore g'7e0 adherence to the supposed govermment uf (he Con feterate Stater,or been io their service, who eheil ley. own or di if up their erms, return to peaceful occu rtions, and preserve quiet and order, holding mo fur- Sher correspondence mor giving aid and comfort to ene wmics of the United States, will aot be disturbed im thew person of property, except Ho [ar under the orders of the Comimanding General os the exigencies of the public rer rice may render necersary. Keepors of sli public pro perty, whether § national of Confederate, such eollevtions Of art, librarten and museums, aa well as at NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET. THE VICTORY AT NEW ORLEANS. River Plan of the Scene of the Naval Victory on ths of April 24, 1862. c= = o™s WROA FORT cS” 9! 1 . 2 Ls & FORT JACKSON Ni \ Woops cur powniy\ \ MARSH | CAR! SA Hi BN) we RUNA SUNKHERE ' PHILLIP » POSITION OF THE CHAIN SUP20RTED.EY BW 5. HULKS_AND RABTS -4—Pogition of the fleet during the bombardment. C$C—Rebel flotifia, assisted by tron-oted battery, the B—Position of bomb flotilla, which during the engage- | ram and Gve rafts. ment ranged in distances from 3,010 yards to 4,100 yards Places of business. All the rights of property of what- ‘ever kind will be held inviolate, subject only to the laws of the United States. All the inhabitants are enjoined to pursue their usual avocations. All shops and places of amusement are to be kept open in the accustomed man- ner, and services are to be beld in the churches and religious houses, as in times of profound peace. Keepers of all public houses and drinking saloons are to report their names and numbers to the office ef the Provost Marshal, and they will then receive a license, and be held responsibvie for all disorders and disturbances arising in their respective piaces. Sufficient force will be kept im the city to preserve order and maintain the laws. The killing of American soldiers by any disord person or mob is simply assassination and mur- der, and not war, and will be so regarded aad punished. ‘The owner of any house jn which such murder shall be committed will be beld responsible therefor, and the house be liable to be de- stroyed by the military authority. All disorders, dis- turbances of the peace. crimes of an aggravated na- ture, interfering with the forces or laws of the United States, will be referred 1o a military court for trial and panishment. Other misdemeanors will be subject to the municipal suthority, if it desires to aet. Civil causes between party and party will be re ferred to the ordinary tribunals. The levy and collection of taxes, save those imposed by the laws of the United States, are suppressed, except thore for keeping in repair and lighting the streets aod for sanitary purposes. These are to be collected in the ueual manoer. The « rculation of Confederate bouds, «yidences of debt (except notes in the similitade of bank notes), ianued by the Confederate States, or scrip, or avy trade in the same, is forbidden. It has been represented to the Commanding Geurral by the civil authorities that these Confederate notes, in the form of bank notes, in a great measure, are the only anbstitates for money whicl: the people have been allowed to have, and that great distress would en! mong the poorer claases if the circulation of such notes should be suppressed. Sueh circulation, therefore, will be permitted so long aa any one will be in- considerate enough to recotve thom until further orders. No publication of newspapers, pamphlets or handbilis giving accounts of the movements of the soldiers of the United Staion within this department, re(iecting in any way upon the United States, intending in any way to inftuenee the public mind agsinst the United States, will be permitted, and all articles on war news, editorial comments, or correspondence making comments upon the movements of the armies of the United States, must be submitted to the examination of an officer who will be detailed for that purpose from these headquarters, The transmission of al! communications by telegraph will be uoder the charge of an officar from these headquarters. ‘The armies of the United States came here net to de stroy, but to restore order out of chace, to uphold the government and the laws in the place of the ‘pas sage” of men. To this ond, therefore, the ef forte of all well disposed are invited, to have evory species of dworder quelled, and if any soldier of the United States ehould so far forget bia duty or his flag as to eornmit outrage avon any person or property, the Commanding General requests bis name te be instantly reported to the Provont goard, so that he may be pun- icbed and bie wrongful act redressed, The manicipal Authority, #0 fat a& the police of the city and erimes are concerned, to extend 4s before indicated, is here pended. All assemblages of persons in the ther by day or night, terd vo disaster, and are forbidden. The various companies composing the Fire Department of New Orleans will be permitted to retain their organizations, and are to report to the Provost Marsha), 90 that they may be known and not interfered with in their duties, And, Gnally, it may be sufficient to add, without farther enameration, that all the require tents of martial law will be imposed so long aa, in the jodgment of tho United Statos anthorities, it may be pecensary: and while It #ired by these anthorities to exercise this g vernmens 7, sod after the usages of the past, {t must not be supposed that it will not be si public buildings, all munitions of war snd armned vensele, | rigorously sad Araly administered as the oceaston caiia will at once make full retorus thereof to there cesd All manufsetarore of arias and nicnitions of for it. By command of Major Genoral BUTLER. o# OPERATIONS BEFORE THE OCCUPATION. Tt was not until the squadrom under Flag Officer Farra- gut had passed the forts that General Butler saw bis op- portanity for successful co-operation had arrived, and he made immediate preparations for the transportation of his troops around into the bay in the rear of Fert St. Philip, of whieh a careful reconnoissance had been made by Capt. J. F, Comant, of the Thirty-fret Massachusetts regiment, and Capt. Charles Evorett, of the Bixth Massa” chusetts battery. The bay bad also been carefully sound- a by officers connected with the Coast Survey, on the United States steamer Sachom, and more partica- larly by Mr. R. E. Halter, C. S., flagship Hartford. PROGRESS OF GENERAL BUTLER. ‘On the 26th General Butler had got into the bay with the transport Mississippi, containing the Twenty-sixth and Thirty-(irst Massachusetts regiments, Brown's com- pany of sappers and miners, from the Thirtieth Massachu- setts regiment, aud the Sixth Massachusetts batiery. Captains Everett and Conant were dospatched up the river to Commodore Farragut, announciag Gon. Butler's readiness to operate in renr of the forts. ‘They proeseded to anarrow, straight canal, some mile and a half in length, to the rear of the Quarantine buildings, from which point they expected to proceed up by means of bay- ous diseoverod on a previous expedition; but they met on their way Lieutenant Boggs, of the Varuna, who was on his way to General Butler with despatches fom the Com- modore. Comparing notes, they returned, each to the place he started from. OPERATIONS OF TRAN®PORTS. On the 26th the Miami and Lowis arrived in the bay with fifteen launches, and the Miami took five hundred troops from the Twonty-sixth Massachusetts regiment, with Colonel E. F. Jones, and steamed toward the shore, which was approachable within about three miles. She came to anchor at that distance from the shore, and on Sunday morning, the 27th, the first detachment of troops that have yet, during the war, set foot on Louisiana soil above the passes, set forth upon their errand. They were accompanied by their Colonel and Lieutenant Weitzel, of General Butler's staff. It was necessary to row some six or sight miles along the indentations of the coast dnd through one oF two bayous,to the mouth of a long and parrow canal cut in © direct line from the Quarantine bulldings to the bay, dug for the use of fishermen and others. This narrow passage is not wide enough to pull through, and the current runs with great swiftness. It was therefore necossary for the mon to leave the boats and ‘tr them for about a mile and a half, wading to the waist in many places ip mad and water, With great difficulty and much toil tome 300 of the men were gotto the Quarantine in the Course of the afternoon, finding {t already in the posses. sion of the navy. ‘THB REAPY VLA STILL FLYING, ‘The rebel (logan were still flying from the forte; but there was little life to be seen in them, and the only signe of the enemy to be stem were ‘the stars and bars’ idly hanging to he fagstai, while tho small red fing they like to show, as typical of thelr being prepared on all oc- easions and under @ll circumstances to fight to the last drop of bleed, bung by their larger colora. Meantime, the Matanzas bad towed the Groat Republic around to the bay, sod the Ninth Connectieut, Fourth Wisconsin, Sixt Michigan and Twenty rst (adiona regiments, to- gether with the Second Vermont ory, were ready to take the fed. Tm MANO RROLAONNT, On the 28th, In pursuance of orders left by Gen. Butler, who had gone ashore on the previous evening, some five hundred men from Gen, Williams’ brigade, xeoompanied by the Goneral himssif, were placed on the Miarol, and Ianded in the evening by the same tedious means adopt. ed the previous day, It was Gen. iutler’s intention to Jand several thousand men, and attempt to ike Fort St. Philip by storm; but this was renitored aune: cossary by the surrender of the forts, brought about by \fear of the forces they suv landing above hem. ‘Thoy bad lost nearly ail thoir confidence whon the fleet o suecosefully passed them, and now to bein @ trap from which there | p At midnight om the 27th, sone | ho garrison at Fort Jackson rovoited, actus.ly | oth ne Tt Win on Morning | The ESS ee NNN ae ee ee ene SS Ho 48": Chalmette Batteries Silenced Friday Noon, April 25, 1862. ag YARD \ SSC AUCHTERHOUS . RP OINT REBEL DEFENCES ABOVE Works Built to Repel the Advance of Foote’s Flotilla and the Union Army, Nine Miles Above New Orleans. BATTERY 6. QUNS TMs WORK EXTENDSTO LAKE PONCHARTRAIN 2, “tog &200ng FORT MORGAI 29 GUNS fa xncan ounste “<SNV3THO ACIDE WATERS ~-SOM REFERENCES. 4A—Oneidn. | , D—Provttiys. B—Richmond. B—Pousacola. C—Hartford. a threatening to slay their officers if they were not allowed to depart in peace. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Higgins, seeing bis caso was @ desperate ono, thought discretion to be the better part for him, and let them go, when they merched out and up the river with theirarmws,and were made prisoners when opposite Quarantine by our troops, RITRACT OF REFORTS. The following extracts from, the conselidated morning s kept in the fort for the month of April show tn events of the week as they saw them. It ap- pears from the seme report that,there were in the fort during the siege six hundred and ninety odd souls:— Ave 6—A gonboas and steam slovp-of-war appeared io eight from Fort Jackson, and were fired at. April 11—-One private enlisted in company of sap- pers end miners, Company of St. Marys caoponiers ar- Tived yerterday. April 13—Seven vessel came up to the Point of Woods. One of them fired a number of shots at the forts and ves sols, and two gunboats opened fire upon the forte. Aprili@—Two mortar boats opened fire with great precision, and fired nine shots. April 1é—Naval engagement, bombartment of Forts Jeckson and St. Philip commenced, & mortar boat sad several oo opened fire at s quarter to nine o'clock A.M.; shelling continued until balf-past six P. M.—one killed, four wounded. Apri loa hy cansanies at half-past six A.M. and kept up all day uninterruptedy. Fire continued I night. ‘April 20—Shelling continued without intermission from ast night. April 21—Fire from” mortar vessels and gunboate con. tinued uninterruptedly. Apr)! 22 and 25—Shelling continy ‘April 24-—At half-past three A. M. four stoops-of-war and a number of gunboats made a dash to pase the forte. Some were disabled and sunk or driven back. Eleven or twelve gucceoded in passing. April 25-—-One private, of the Allen Guard, died this morning. ‘April 26—One private missing in Company D. Five Con‘etorate gunboats reported lying oear Quarantine, fly ing tlags of ae ads de April 27—At twelve ot nig) majority of the gorri- ton ad Port Jackson deserted. vd On the 26th the McRac had been allowed tw proceed to New Orleans with a fing of truce, bearing the wounced priseoern, and she returned the next day with letters to the officers and garrivon, which may possibly have had eomething to do with the foal surrender, At all events, the rebel fiag was hanled down on the morning of the g8th, and negotiations for n surrender commenced. Com. modore Farragut had sent instructions to Captain Porter w demand the surrender of the forts to the United States, and not to either branch of the naval service, The sur- render was demanded, and made, however, to the mor. tar feat, While negotiations were pending, the Louisianay lying at the time beside the Harriet Lane, the latter having J. K, Mitchell, prineipal rebel naval officer, and Charles Motntosh, second in command (both formerly of the United States Navy), on board, wae blown up by to the groat danger of the Harriet Lane, trary to all rules of warfare, Both the offeaders ac @ hold close prisoners. MILITARY DEFENCE. Col. A. P. Jones, of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts re. iment, being loft in command at the forts, General But procecded t Orleans with what troops could be xoared from (hose first landed, followed quickly by the balance of his forces in and about the river. On the landed a portion of hie men at Algiers, oppysite | ht tl laa = the city, Gen. Lovell having marched ts forces out om the 25th, and himself taken the care to join Beaurogard ‘at Jackson. General Butler visited the fort on the 28th, in company with Captain Porter, aud expressed himself confident of taken it in two days’ time. Heseemed somewhat chagrined that, after his preparations of so many months for this expedition, ali the ‘ighting and al) the glory should fall, thy far, to the novy. On the other hand, Captain Porter was correspond- ingly elated, remarking ‘tbat this was s happy day for him. Now, the mortar fleet have certainly worked very herd and faithfolly, Vor six days and five nights they kept up an almost eontinuous fire, many of the men going forty-eight hours without sicep, being constantly kept awake by the reports of their heavy mortars; and for this they should and will have fult credit, The forte were taken, virtually, when New Orleans was overpowered, it being then merely @ question of days as to when they would surrender, The appearance of General Butier in their rear only hastened ao event that must soon have taken plage, and their submission was made afier the mortar flotilla had mainly left the river, Wo endeavor to make these facts clear, that the public may uoder: tand and appreciate the true condition ef the matter. At the fist surrender of the forte Captain William B, Renshaw, of the Weetfeld, was put in command of Fors Jackson, which wae found in @ somewhat confused but still very strong condition, Water had been jet into the three diichos which surround the inner and outer works. ‘The citadel was a complete ruin; but beyond this Mile orno damage of any amount had been done by the eightees hundred or two thousand shells that had been Yarown into the fort by the mortar schooners. Most of the shell thrown went over the entire works, or fell wide, and of those which dropped in- side hardly any were ‘of any account,” as the con solidated gmorning reports, found tn the fort, show. ‘Ther no doubt that the cavom tee being in werking order, although two fet deep in water, and an uncom. fortable place to work in, and the barbetie guna being all in position—the place might have held out all summe cause of the eurrender, From below wo taken the works in the world; but the Yenkoo pluck that carried us past them put them tn our power. At the Quarantine I eonverred with » large number of priconers, deserters frou the forts, They were « fine looking, stordy set of men, worthy residents of the lowér river banks. Their clothing was somewhat vari: ous, nearly all weering sbirts of ® coarse material and colored in large and very glaring plaids, They were in. telligent and stout fellows, rather above than below the ordinary run of privates, and scomed quite willing to come back again to the old government. Several tokd mo that there was not @ private in oither fort that would not cheerfully take the oath of ailégianes, and Koep it after it aken Our Maps of New Ov fences. We give thin morning full acd aceyrato mapa of the LE A aE Ge se and Its De- forts and batteries on the Mississippi river, from thi forts to nive miles above the city, They show the rout taken by each civision of veaseis while passing the Torts an: where Genorai Butler boated his troops througt tht bayous and canals in the rear of Fort St. Philip, in the map of the Chalmette batteries below the city wili found the location of the principal pablic butidiags, thy navy yard at Algiers and the piace where the great raw Mississippi was built, and, in fact, every polys of ip terest in the approich to the Crescent City. ‘The works and raft above Now Orleans are also faith fully delineated, and will givo our readers aa accurate birdseye view of the ground over which the vietoriom fleet have now raise’ the good “old ting.” The motea@ reference will be found full and comprehensive. Evacuation of Fort Livingston. SYNOPSIS OF THE REPORT OF ACTING MASTER ly W. PENNINGTON, COMMANDING U srATEt SCHOONER HENRY JANSS, OF PORTER'S MORTAD FLEE?, ETO, ‘The Henry Janes appeared off Fort Livingston Apré 23, finding there the United States schooners Kittatin ‘ay and Geo. W. Mungham. ‘The schooner Orvetta els oame up afterwards. Acting Master Pennington was im formed that tho rebels in the fort hoisted the secessta , flag avery Sunday, and on that day only. On the 2516 flag of truco was discovered on the fort, and Aoting Mas: ter Pennington proceoded thereto in his first cutter, & beat from the Kittatinny accompanying, which, reaching the shore a few minutes in advance, hoisted the Americas flag on the ramparts of the fort. Six men, four women end five children, nearly all of thom residents of thy ipland, were present, From ono of the women, whose Anebaud was among the troops that had oocuplod the fort, much information was obtained. Sho stated that the sort was in cargo of Colonel Theouve and three bi dred and thirty soldiors in all, chtefly French Ttalians; that they were poorly clad, with but little & qt. Fort Livingston is about eight milos from New Orleans by whter. The Peo, which carried ti” ¢roops from the fort, was still up the bay, out a reach of the vossels. This steamer wis partly owned by the planters on the mainland, part of whom are Union men, as also are moat of the people on the opposit, side, The Temple,a small battery above Fort Livings, ton, was also evaccated, only two guns of amall sizé baving been left. At Fort Livingston there were foun¢ | cloven 33,founders complete, three 12-poonder howit 208, two S4-pounders, one eight-inch cotumbiad, now and painted red, one 80-ponnd rifled cannon, three Byate field carriages, 1,000 32-pound shot, seventy conical rhot!s, aud other articles of minor importance. ‘The officers’ apartments wore comfortably furnished, with abundanee of furniture and a large quantity of pa‘ per, which ¢ debi The fort is in good order, and the ordnance, &e., in good condition, It was left id charge of Aoting Master Harrison, United States Navyt whose boat was the first to reach tt. Colonel Theouve; anticipating an attack from the vessels, abandoned th¢ fort and set fire to it, and also fired a brig loaded with ‘cotton, ready to attempt to run out. Oneof the first aity of Angio Janata, whom Acting Master Pennington had previously known, and who was one of the number found at the fort, was to present him with eighty dollars ia Confedorate notes, which he stated was his six month# Letter from Assistant Engineer Harris, of the Varuna. The following letter is from one of the officers of the Varuna, whose‘hoble career was ended gloriously on the 2th of April, at the Quarantine station above the forts:e0 Uniren Stars Srzamer Pewsacota, April 27, 1862. Dean Beotaxr—We hoisted anchor in line of battle with the stoamers Cayuga, Pensacola, Oneida, Mississipe By Varuna,and three whose names I do not remember; longing to the second division—the second division 4aking the ezst side of tho river, aud the frst (to which the Varuna belonged) the west side. At two o’clock A. M. we proceeded quietly and care fully up the river, it being the intention of the Commo. dore w take the enemy by surprise if possible. We were all at our posis—the decks cleared for action. We bad not been underweigh more than twenty mh Butes when the rebels opened fire upon us of « very terrific nature—such firing as was never seen ‘Their guns were woll served, and would have done ci bo a better enuse. ‘The mortars and gunboats opened fire on the forts Graw their attention from us as we attempted to pass theriver, The fire of tae mortars*was terrible. The Deavens were full of shot and shell, tying in every di rection. Our ship (the Varuna) being @ very fast saller, led the fleet in passing the rebel forte, at the same & smell of our sixty-eizht-pounders. ‘don us asevere fico. It was thea we agood commander. And we bad one, bravest men that ever trod a quarter: manner board for ‘tho forte, ‘We werd met by seven made for our gallant — soeia gah achat eateiesialipeoe men 9 tigers to get out of ib one of the r doate tried to Santee eames in carryingaway our flagstaff. Our men heid on to the end, @, the rebels having the other end, the flag waq mene but, thank God, we ha@ mere below just T assure to look dubious when the other rebel boat came at us. we into het such a well directed fire that, while on fire she went down with all on board, to make room for an boat, which, in our disabled condition, proved too “much for us, our ship having and driven ashore six vessels of the enem! last vossél str: us about amid tried to board us, but was driven off with Our good sbip went down With her row cheering. The last gun w: walter Was covering oo, Notbing was sa’ what we bad on or backs. The wounded wero care of; bat the dead went down with the ship on whose devkn they fell. em ‘The officers sud men all unite in the loudest praise of our gallant captain. He is worthy tp every respect to the recipient of high honors, and have a place in histor} beside bis gallant uncle, Captain Lawronce, * Don’t gi up the ship.” Your adectionate brother, Assistant Euginoer, Ite of U. 8: Steamer Varna. Sketches of the Officers of the New Ore leans Fleet. Flag OMfeer David G. Farragut, who so gallantly die- tinguished himself ia the attack on New Orleans, wag born in Tennessee, and was appointed from that State, Ho entered the naval service December 17,1510, and consequently has been im it for fifty-two yoars. Heen- tered when only nine years of age,so that ho is new sixty-one years of age; but apy one not knowing his age could mot well be persuaded that he is over forty.” eight. Always cheerfol and affable, i» was highly respected. A man of great energy and (rethought none better suited to command an expedition ef 80 bolé and dashing @ character, and which bas resulted in se great a victory. Flag Officer Farragut was im the Exsex with Commodore Portor in the memorable engagemens Detween that ship and ‘two British sloops—Phwbe ang Cherub—off Valparaiso. AltBough young, in fact a mere child, he distinguiehed bimeelf en thas cocasion aod nar. rowly ercaped with bis life, His Inet command previoas te assuming the duties of Flag Officer was in the Brook. lyn, His total sea service i@ about twenty years; shore duty, thirteen years; unemployed, thirteen years, No man at the prosent hour ts #0 highly praised tor the successfal accomplishment of @ ¢uty with which he waa charged, Full of hope and of the means of carrying out bie plans, he willever succeed. ie officers and men love him and will follow whorever he will lead, knowing ‘that his career is on to vietory. Captain Theodorus Bailey, (he secend in command, and Yeading the second or van division, ant late in command Of tho frigate Colorado, gallantly distinguished fimseif im the passing of the forts aad the cavture of New Or. leans. He is a native of New York, aad was appointed from that State, entering the service on the Ist of Jan- wary, 1819. Yor forty four years he has uphold the Stare and Stripes ja the regular service, and haied down, or at least captured, the first Confederate flag tn the ongage- ment. We refor to the regimontal ing of the Chalmette Togiment, atCamp Lovell, Captain Pailey is a naval officer universally estcemed for his okill in matters of naval warfare. Socially bé is one of Nature's noble- mon—a Joy to thoto whose plossant lot it fa to be aaso- lated with bim, He has returned to the United States as bearer of despatches and for medical treatment, Quite a number ef the men and guns of the Colorado, the verse) he had the honor to command, participated in the evgayement, hut, strange to say, Bone of them wore in- jured by the enemy's fire. Tis officers and crew were vory sorry to neo their good captain leave them. Ail wished him God apsed, Third in rank comes Captain Henry W. Morris, com- manding the Pensacola. Captain Morris is alsoa New Yorker, and ontered the naval service om the 2st of August, 1819. His life has boon one of great activity, ‘and much credit te due hin for the sucessful manner in which he Brought his ship past the Potomac batteries last winter. Captain Morrin shows his years more than any of the captains on phe station; but, though beer. ing that mark, he is active, thoughtful and prudent. He fought his ship nobly and elicited the warmest encom uma for the rapidity with which bis guna were handted, Capt. T. T. Craven, commanding the Brooklya, ranks fourth, Born in the District of Colemdjo, bus dia. oA, ee ing and ~