The following articles are transcribed from Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization,  dated May 17, 1862:

 

Surrender of New Orleans

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          From Southern papers received at Fortress Monroe we learn the Commodore Farragut's propositions to surrender New Orleans had been accepted by the Mayor, Mr. Monroe, and the city of New Orleans was at least accounts held by a battalion of marines from the squadron. General Butler' forces have reached the city, having landed on Lake Pontchartrain.

 

The Correspondence with the Mayor of New Orleans

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          The papers have published the correspondence which occurred between Commodore Farragut and Mr. Monroe, Mayor of New Orleans, on the appearance of our mortar fleet before that city. The Commodore's letter is a blunt and sailor-like demand for the unconditional surrender of the city; for the hoisting of the Union flag over the City Hall, Mint, and Custom-house, and the removal of all flags emblematic of any other sovereignty than that of the United States. He requests that the Mayor shall restore order, quell disturbance, and call upon all good citizens to return to their avocations, promising protection to all such, but commanding that no one shall be molested for expressing sentiments of loyalty to the Government, or exhibiting evidences of pleasure at witnessing "the old flag" once more flying over the city. Upon this point the words of Commodore Farragut are very emphatic. He says; "I shall speedily and severely punish any person or persons who shall commit such outrages as were witnessed yesterday by armed men firing upon helpless women and children for giving expression to their pleasure at witnessing the 'old flag.'" The Mayor responds in an utterly absurd and bombastic communication, in which he admits the impossibility of resistance, as the army upon which he depended has deserted him; but he refuses to haul down the secession flags, and declares, in the name of the people, that their allegiance to the rebel Government remains intact despite the necessity of yielding to the conquerors.

 

Our Fleet in the Mississippi

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          Our correspondent with Commodore Farragut's fleet in the Mississippi sends us a large picture of the entrance of that fleet into the river, which we reproduce on pages 312 and 313. it will give the beholder some idea of the strength of the expedition - the largest, it is believed, ever collected under our flag. Our correspondent enumerates the fleet as follows:

          Flag-ship Hartford, twenty-six guns, Captain Richard Wainwright; Executive officer, Lieutenant J. S. Thornton

          Steam sloop Brooklyn, twenty-six guns, Captain Thomas T. Craven; Executive officer, Lieutenant R. B. Lowry

          Steam sloop Richmond, twenty-eight guns, Captain James Alden

          Steam sloop Mississippi, sixteen guns, Captain M. Smith; Executive officer, Lieutenant Dewey

          Steam sloop Varuna, ten guns, Captain Charles S. Boggs

          Steam sloop Pensacola, twenty-four guns, Captain Henry W. Morris; Executive officer Lieutenant Francis Roe

          Steam sloop Oneida, eleven guns, Commander S. Phillips Lee; Executive officer Lieutenant Sicord

          Steam sloop Iroquois, nine guns, Commander John De Camp; Executive officer, David B. Harmony

          Gun-boat Westfield, six guns, Captain William B. Renshaw

          Gun-boat Katahdin, six guns, Lieutenant Commanding George Preble

          Gun-boat Pinola, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding Crosby

          Gun-boat Cayuga, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding Napoleon Harrison

          Gun-boat Clifton, five guns

          Gun-boat Itasca, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding C. H. B. Caldwell

          Gun-boat Kennebec, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding John Russell

          Gun-boat Kanawha, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding John Febiger

          Gun-boat Sciota, six guns, Lieutenant Commanding Edward Donaldson

          Gun-boat Miami, six guns, Lieutenant Commanding A. D. Harroll

          Gun-boat Owasco, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding John Guest

          Gun-boat Winona, four guns, Lieutenant Commanding Edward T. Nichols; Executive officer John G. Walker

          Gun-boat Wissahickon, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding Albert N. Smith

          Gun-boat Kineo, five guns, Lieutenant Commanding George H. Ransom

          Schooner Kittatinny, nine guns, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Lamson

          Gun-boat Harriet Lane, six guns, Lieutenant Commanding J. M. Wainwright, with Commander David D. Porter, who has twenty-one schooners, composing "Porter's mortar fleet," each carrying a heavy mortar and two 32-pound guns

          The fleet thus far, therefore, consists of forty-six sail, carrying two hundred and eighty-six guns, and twenty-one mortars, the whole under command of Flag-Officer D. S. Farragut - Henry H. Bell, Flag-Captain.

          The Mississippi and the Pensacola grounded on the bar, and were towed by tugs. The Colorado was unable to cross.

          Of the Hartford herself, which is hardly seen with distinctness in our large picture in consequence of her being in the advance of the fleet, we give a separate illustration on this page (below.) She is a noble ship, and Commodore Farragut may well be proud of her. 

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