The Affair At Now Orleans

Dispatches lo the Associated Press. yVuahington. üct.'si. The fullowipg Intplligence is f rom the Khshmond &nq'iiter cf llie 15th: New Oklëans, Col. 14. - '1 he expedition of (Jom. Unllina consisted of I the Man nasas, tbe ron ulml innrine betering ram, with on e 64-pounder Dahigreon gun, the stenmer óulhoun, the flig-ship with onc .21-)oilii(iel' :;lii two IS-pounclurs Dalilgféeri gü'ñs, Chti eteamer Joy w i ;, : ■ , ; J: ; ■ , ! lei rifled; the steaitie'r Jfük3Ón iili : . inch C(liirr:bi..(-; th,; WeniTTCT ÜfeftffSn wrAi i 64t[ouijder, rnountt)d l)) P pivot, aiul fout; 8 '"'-l1 colyinbijucis, uid u 21pouuder rifled, Ti:c Htoiiinor TuneuroPíi with onc S-inuh columl-jad aiui a 31pounder riilo.l; umi lh vUqï PiqcbBi vvitli ono ü-ncíi culiui.hiati nil i'our CitiToüac'Ls. The b'ot-kadu haci ihe Rictiiuuiid, Viiicumtus, Pi'uble, Water. Wituti, umi thp scliooncr Joaeph H. Toono, iu ;ill liuy guns. Qn Frid;iy last, our ííoot turted Ur Fort Jaukson, the M;irmtss;ts loti'iing the yvay. The niglit mus intensely duik. md tho Mapassas r;in into a vessel, sdiking liur near the bow and euttiiig inlo her u)wards of twenty iet-i. App;illu,g shrieks were heafd abu;rd th doomijd ship. Signa] í-ookets wero Èred. Tliu eneiny beat U quaitof3 and a perfect iron haii feil upón und nrofiod tho Manassas, during whicb her maehinery bebaine deranged. 'ihe 'i'useainiü and the Watuon curne up witii five barges, whieh h:id boen cut foose and set adi'ift on thu -stre:iii). When thu mornirig carao ono of the Beet cómtnenpod to purgué tbe retreatiog enei)y, I and a heavy conMonadi::g bega o, wbieh ItlPtèd lill.,8 o'cFoe'k. Severa! shots Btr'uck ihti Riehrnond. Shots frora tho Yankee were biidly aiined, as they did Dpt (pach onc of our vesaels. When tlie arjng èndéd the ileet löturnud to thé city with tho priz-j.sehooner Jjoseph H. ïpore, loadeil with eoal, and which had been deserted during tho üight. A largo quahlity of lumbor wiiicb had been iritcn.ded lot Ihe con9truction of a fortifica (ion at the head of tbe pass-es was biirp.ed. Tho vessel suuk was not the Preble, bit the Viocenncs. Threo vesselu oí our espediti.ou arrived on Saturday night.