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a note to Mayor Monroe, on account of the surrender of General Duncan and the forts. Duncan was put ashore by the enemy on his parole, and the cheers that rung from the lips of his fellow- nti/ens showed that IK- had secured a fast affection in their hearts by his gallant defense of the forts below. I have been told that the t Hited States flag has been raised on the City Hall this afternoon, but not having been down town since 12:30 o'clock, I cannot tell. There is nothing further to note for the day.

May 2, 1862, 6:30 P. M. There was very little of interest occur- ring yesterday, except that all the morning the Yankee boats were landing our soldiers and officers from below, having been released on parole. Everything throughout the day remained as before, only that the mayor earnestly called upon the citizens to help the European Brigade in the maintenance of order in town. General Paul Juge Fils deserves great credit for the manner in which he has kept the city from being a scene of riot and bloodshed. On yester- day, the ist day of May, about 3:30 or 4 P. M., the Yankee trans- ports hove in sight of the city and went up to the steamship landing and tackled alongside of the wharf. There were six or seven of their large ships and steamships loaded down, literally covered and crammed with their troops, looking for all the world like lumps of sugar covered with flies. The steamboat Diana, too, which they had captured, came up loaded with Yankees. She disgorged her crowd of them on the levee, as did the steamship Mississippi, of Boston. The former held a regiment of Wisconsin troops and the latter about fifteen hundred New England troops. Among them I noticed there were a great many foreigners Irishmen and Germans, Hessians fighting for pay. Some of them went to the Jackson rail- road to take possession of it, and some went to the custom-house. May God preserve us from these ravening wolves intruded upon us.

May j, 1862, p P. M. There were two or three thousand more of troops landed on yesterday from the Yankee transports. It seems that at 10 o'clock Thursday night (May i), General Butler sent sev- eral of his officers to the True Delta office, with a request for that paper to publish a proclamation of his. None of the editors were in at the time, and the clerk informed them that " the editors not being in, he could give no definite answer." They left and did not return any more that night, but early next morning presented them- selves, the editor being present, and requested that he publish the proclamation. He refused to do so, as he would thereby render