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The Daily Dispatch: May 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he gun-carriages burning as she passed. About 10,000 bales of cotton were burned in the city, and perhaps 1,000 escaped the flames. A large fire was seen in the city Friday night, but what it was could not be made out. We append Mayor Monroe's proclamation to the citizens: To the people of New Orleans. Mayoralty of New Orleans, City Hall, April 25, 1862. After an obstinate and heroic defence by our troops on the river, there appears to be imminent danger that the insold now threaten the city. In view of this contingency, I call on you to be calm, not with submissiveness nor with indecent alacrity, but if the military authorities are unable longer to defend you, to await with hope and confidence the inevitable moment when the valor of your sons and of your fellow- countrymen will achieve your deliverance. I shall remain among you to protect you and your property so far as my power of authority as Chief Magistrate can avail. John T. Monroe, Mayor.
The Daily Dispatch: May 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], The stampede at Bridgeport. (search)
the guns of Fort Jackson were spiked before the surrender. Fort Pike was evacuated, and everything it contained abandoned. Com. Farragut sent a communication to the Mayor and Council on the 28th ult., complaining of the refusal to haul down the Confederate flag, &c, and notified them to remove the women and children in forty-eight hours. The Mayor convened the Council, and they decided not to recede from their position. The Louisiana flag still floats upon the breeze. Mayor Monroe nobly replied to Farragut, saying, "We will stand your bombardment, unarmed and undefended as we are." Farragut, on the 29th, again addressed the Mayor, saying: "Forts Jackson and St. Philip have fallen, and we will now proceed to raise the United States flag on the Custom-House. The Mayor must see that it is respected with all the civil power of the city. " The evening Delta, of Wednesday, says that all the Confederate flags in the city have been lowered, and that Federal flag