NOTES ON MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS. REPORTED CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. The following telegraph from Mobile dated April 25th was received in Richmond at o'clock P. M :— terday morning. 'When the news reached New Orleans martial law was put in full force and business was completely suspended. 'All the cotton and steamboats excepting such as were necessary to transport coin ammunition Sze. were destroyed at 1 o'clock to-day. The operators bade us goodbye saying that the enemy had appeared before the city and this is the last we heard from the Crescent City. 'This is all we know regarding the fall. Will send particulars as soon as they can be had.' If this news should prove to be correct it will be the most important of any since the commencement of the war. New Orleans is not merely the largest city in the seceded States but it is several times larger sult in giving us the entire control of the Mississippi. The latest authentic intelligence that we have from which left the mouth of the Mississippi on the 12th of April and of course reports the operations of our forces up to that date. A large fleet under the command of Commodore Farragut entered the southwest mouth or ' pass' of was great difficulty in getting the larger vessels over the bar at the mouth and about three weeks were consumed in the operation. The last vessel passed the bar on the th of April. The fleet embraces Cora. Porter's 21 bomb:vessels a description of which has already appeared in our columns. The principal defenses of New Orleans against an posite to each other upon the two sides of the river about two-thirds of the way from the city to the Gulf. The one on the west side is Fort Jackson and the other is Fort St. Philip. They were both built by the U. S. government and were seized by the rebels on the 10th of January 1861. Some of our vessels that first passed the bar were sent up the river on the 28th of March to make a reconnoissance of the enemy's posi tion and discovered that a massive chain
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NOTES, MILITARY, NAVAL AFFAIRS, REPORTED CAPTURE, NEW ORLEANS, following telegraph, Mobile dated April 25th, received, Richmond, o'clock P, M, — terday morning, ', news reached New Orleans martial law, full force, business, completely suspended, ', cotton, steamboats excepting, necessary, transport coin ammunition Sze, destroyed, 1 o'clock -day, operators bade us goodbye saying, enemy, appeared, city, last, heard, Crescent City, ', know regarding, fall, Will send particulars, soon, .', news should prove, correct, will, important, any, commencement, war, New Orleans, merely, largest city, seceded States, several times larger sult, giving us, entire control, Mississippi, latest authentic intelligence, left, mouth, Mississippi, 12th, April, course reports, operations, our forces up, date, large fleet under, command, Commodore Farragut entered, southwest mouth, ' pass', great difficulty, getting, larger vessels, bar, mouth, three weeks, consumed, operation, last vessel passed, bar, th, April, fleet embraces Cora, Porter' 21 bomb, vessels, description, appeared, our columns, principal defenses, New Orleans, posite, upon, two sides, river, two-thirds, way, city, Gulf, west side, Fort Jackson, Fort St, Philip, built, U, S, government, seized, rebels, 10th, January 1861, our vessels, first passed, bar, up, river, 28th, March, reconnoissance, enemy' posi tion, discovered, massive chain, science, scientific, sciences, mind, health, tech, sustainability, publication, lab, sciam, sa, scientist, research, american, experiment, education, discovery, technology, analysis, magazine, u.s., insights, developments, weekly, broadsheet, inventor, innovation, inventions, patented, industrial revolution, emerging, trends, monthly magazine, united states, engravings, curious works, paper, discover, Scientific Paper, Weekly Journal, Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, Manufactures, research, education, scientist, innovation, 19th century, vintage, america, Rufus M. Porter, 1845, journal, academic, newspaper illustrations, retro style, old-fashioned, media illustrations, victorian style, news, newspaperheadline, 19th century style, illustration, journalism
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