The following is transcribed from the New York Times, dated May 4, 1862: 

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          After a bombardment of eleven hours by two Batteries of mortars and one of Parroit guns, Fort Macon, with its garrison, armament, provisions and stores, was surrendered to Acting Major Gen. PARKI, commanding the Third Division of Gen. BURNSIDE'S army, on the 25th inst. The casualties on our side were one killed and two wounded; of the enemy, eight killed and twenty wounded. Gen. PARKE's preparations were all complete on Wednesday night, but the command to open fire was not given until Friday morning at 5 1/2 o'clock, when a shot was fired from one of the 30-pounder Parrott guns. Shells from the 10-inch and 8-inch mortar batteries followed, and the firing on our side at once became regular and uninterrupted. The fort replied with its first gun at [???] o'clock, and continued to fire by salvos of three or four at a time until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when its pieces were silenced the white flag was hoisted. The gunboats Daylight, State of Georgia, [???] and Gemsbok took part in the engagement of sailing in an ellipse, and firing by turn, but the heavy sea which run prevented their doing any service, and they soon withdrew beyond range. The Ellis was also present in Cove Sound, but her single gun was [???] inefficient that she did not come into action. Gen. BURNSIDE arrived on Thursday, with two armed barges, and witnessed the bombardment. The fire of our batteries dismounted thirteen guns and [???] up the [???] and rampart in the most effective manner. The highest praise is due to Capt. MORRIS, First Artillery, who commanded the Parrott gun battery; Lieut. D.W. FLAGLER, Chief Ordnance Officer, who had charge of the 10-inch mortars, and Lieut. PROUTY. Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, of the 8-inch battery, for the accuracy of their firing. Of 1,100 shot and shell thrown by them at the fort, 560 struck the worn. The guns of the fort were worked with skill and courage, but the sand-hills of our petition afforded complete protection to the men. The hoisting of the white flag was followed by a conference with Gen. PARKE, and a suspension of hostilities until the following morning. During the night the proposition for surrender was communicated to Gen. BURNSIDE, and in the morning articlesOf agreement were signed. The garrison surrendered as prisoners of war, were released on parole, and were allowed to take their private effects with them. The officers retained their side-arms. These were the terms originally proposed by Gen. PARKE, but refused by Col. WHITE, commandant of the fort. The surrender of Fort Macon gives Gen. BURNSIDE a port of entry, with secure anchorage for his heaviest vessels. It gives the Government another of the stolen fortifications, with 50 guns, 20,000 lbs. of powder, shot and shell in proportion, 400 stand of arms, a large store of provisions, 430 prisoners, and 30 horses; it releases a portion of the blockading fleet for service elsewhere, and insures the intention of this district of North Carolina. Gen. BURNSIDE, in a General Order congratulating Gen. PARKE on his victory, commands that the name"Fort Macon" be inscribed on the colors of the Fourth and Fifth Rhode Island Regiments, and the Eighth Connecticut Regiment. The command of the fort was offered to Capt. LEWIS O. MORRIS. First Artillery, after the surrender, but declined, and Col. RODMAN, of the Fourth Rhode Island, was placed in a barge of the fort.