VHXi PRESS, PUBLISHED JDAILT (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BT JOHS W. FORNEY. OFFICE. No. 11l SOOTH FOURTH BTRBKT- the daily, press. Ekihteek. Cents Per Week, payable to. the Cartier Nailed to BobMrltwra out of the City at Eioht Dot, lam Febljruh. Four Dollars for Six Months, TwoDon lakb tor Tran Months—invariably in advance for the time ordered. 49" Advertisements inserted at the uaual ratee. Biz Unaa constitute naquaro.. • „ THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Fork Doll am PBn 'iJnntM. In advance. DRY GOODS JOBBERS. JQA.WSON, BRANSON, & GO;, If.W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS.. (501 Market Street,) JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH. AND GERMAN DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &C. We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to our wettraasoited' stock of.. FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS, , Vhioh we will sell' at the very lowest market price. Wo pay especial attention to tbe largo Auction Sales,, .and Buyers’ can find Goods in our Store, at much less ithan coet of Importation, and as cheap as they can be •found anywhere. "T. Ri DAWSON. J. G. BOJtOAKDNER. 0. BRAN3ON. apl3-36t • Xj. HALLO WEB L 1863. DRY GOODS. HOOD, BONBRIGHT, 4 00., WHOLESALE DEALERS IK FOREIGN A.ND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, STo. 435 MAEKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, The attention of the TRADE is Invited to their larra i3fcoek of STIFLE AO IMCI GOODS, Among which are choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins, Madder . . Prints, . De Latnes, Ginghams, Lawns, and SShwest Ststjes Diiinss Goods. MEN’S' WEAR 111 GREAT YAHIEIT. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. tthlfl-2m JJAVID ROGERS, No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Importer and Jobber of MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, . LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &0. mh2s-2m» gPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE <6 00., ■tS-2m N 0.835 MAEKET STREET. gPBING, 1863. YARD, GILLMORE, df: 00, Importers and Jobbers; of SILKS AND ■ FANCY DRY GOODS; mOS. Ml CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., . Bare now ores, oI THEIK OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DBRSS GOODS. SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &C. Alio. A fall assortment of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. ,RM . BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. SPRING. 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, * OO.J (SacoMßor* to Abbott, Johne*, A Go.) &o. 117 MARKET, and 534 COMMEBGB Street#. PHILADELPHIA. WPOKTBEB AHB JOBBERS OP SILK FANCY DRY GOODBj Qrt« how open ft LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK DRESS GOODS,' Adapted to the Season. Also, a Fall Assortment In WHITE GOOl|jb RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES. CASH BUYERS Are partlenlarly Invited to examine our Stock.- fel3-tf GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. 4-4 French Chintzeis at 31>£c.'■ : Jaconet Lawns at 12Kc.: ‘ . . Black and White Organdies at 25c.. H. STEEL & SON, Nos. .713 and 715 North TENTH Street. TpD'WIN HALL & CO., 26 S. SECOND -■-i street, will open This Morning the following lots of GOODS at a great reduction from the prices at which they have been selling: /Glossy Check Silks, at $1; / Fancy Silks of various styles: . . Superior quality Summer Poplins, $1.12K? ,: One lot of Fine Mode Alpacas, 37>£: One lot of Figured All-wool Delalneß, 373£; • ' One lot of Neat-figured Challies, 37. J&; / One lot.of Black and-Mode Delaines; Three lots of Fine Organdies; .. Wiih many other additionar lots of Goods at VERY BEDDCED PRICES. 7 apl6 OHARPLESS BROTHERS Offer by the package, at the : Lowest rates ol this teason, Pacific 1200 and 1400 Lawns, Manchester Spring Le Laines, Pacific > .do. Prints, Do. do. De-Laines. CHABPLESS BROTHERS. KJ Mode-colored Silks, Foulards, Cheeked Silks, India Silks, Mantle Silk*, 1 Black Figures,- >?'•''. Bareges,: Challies.. Imperatrice; Poplins, Organdies, Chintzes, : Zephyr and Barege Shawls. CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. pLOTHS. CASSIMERES, AND TEST- INGS. ' • Cassimeresforßoys. • Casssimeres for Young Gents. Cassimeres for suits. r* Cassimeres for everybody. Cassimeres, mixed and plain. e . Cassimeres. striped and plaid. : : Cassimeres, Black and brown, . ■■■■;. At JOHN H. STOKES*. ar>9 70» ARCH Street. SPRING CLOAKS. NEW CLOAKS* NEW CLOTHS, SPRING SHAWLS, HOOP SKIRTS. Cloaks ready made or made to‘order. Large stock of Cloths to select from; •. L&dies’Cloakings at the right prices.: NEW CASSIMERES. Boys’Cassimeres, The new colors.-. Gents 1 Fancy Mixtures, _ . . 6*4-Coatings. . hoys Clothing ready made or made to order. Large stock Cassimeres to select from. Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres. ' •' WILLI AMSVILLES, WAMSUTTAS, Wide Sheetings, Flannels Linens, Towels. . Muslins and Woolens at WHOLESALE. . COOPER & COWARD,. aps S. 2. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. T U O K E R’S PATENT SPRING BED, •■ v ; Patestbd JuLY SaSSd. , Universally acknowledged for Neatness, Comfort, and: Durability to be the Standard Spring Bed. . Theabovoare manufactured aa a tor •mL2s'3m No. a SEVERE Block, Boston, Mass, PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY. APRIL 28. 1863. ®'-jj tIP 11 ss. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1808. ARMY OF TEE POTOMAC. More Trials—Humors—General Corcoraa— ; CaTalry-Dcstitutlon of Nn* tire Vlrginians-Sutlers: their Charges, nxid their Trials—Paymas ters In Hie Army—The 118th Pennsylvania (Corn Exclinng’eV.Coloncl Prevost. Uamp, April. 25. I enumerated in my last a very few of the incon- • veniences i*> which army correspondents are sub jected, and, if my memory serves me, I very rashly accused theweather of; being, by great odds, the most intolerable inconvenience of all. Allow.me to remark here, by way of note, that it is assuredly as tantalizing to luiow that there is.nothing tojreport as that there is something, but that you cannot get hold of it, either by reason of; impassable rbads-or want of transportation, or an .attack of intermit-; tent, or some other obstacle equally insurmounta ble. Then, I submit that it.is.disagreeable to have continually dinned into your ears reports of battles just fought, and victories jußt won, within twenty miles, and to know that, by publishing these, r you may be establishing for yourself a Muncliausenish reputation, and, by refusing so to do, laying your self open to the charge of “ want of enterprise.” A. little incident will Bhow you better what I meani To-day, at 4P. M., a friend hailed me : ' ‘ “Have you heard the news?” V : “No.”' . “Corcoran hashed a brilliant little thing of it down at Suffolk. Captured two full batteries and over six hundred prisoners.” “ Where did you gain your information?” “ From Colonel Blank, of the Blank-ty Ninth. He heard it at brigade headquarters, from General T.’s adjutant general, who was at General Hooker’s when the telegram was received from the War De partment.” An hour later CaptainP., of the Blank-ty-third drops in for an afternoon smoke. “ Lucky thing for Corcoran', wasn’t it?” “Yes; report says he captured two batteries, and nearly a full regiment of infantry.” - “Captured—your grandmother. He merely es caped'annihilation by the skinof his teeth. : He’s on his way back to Fortress Monroe.” Enter Lieutenant Q.., of the Blank-ty-fourth :. •. “Bad news from Suffolk: General Corcoran was killed yesterday, and his brigade cut to pieces.” ‘ J ° “Why, when did you hear this?” says the Cap tain. ’ “Hear it? It’s common talk. Hear it every where. General B.’s staff were talking of it when 1 left ; his commissary got it from General Hooker’s > headquarters, where he happened to be when-the news came.” V-.--', ••• , -■ And now there is little to be heard in camp except, • General Corcoran j General Corcoran’s brilliant achievement j General Corcoran’s brilliant achievement magni fied;' General Corcoran’s narrow escape j ’ General Corcoran’s death; General Corcoran’s just punishment for the killing of Colonel Kimball. . ‘ Then there is a .rpmor that! our cavalry,- under ■ . Stoneman, have taken Gordonsyille; that they have: been intercepted by Stuart ; thatlthey;are oh the road ‘ back; that they have loßt'all their provisions j that they are on their way to Richmond; and that they have a thousand prisoners! ' ' : ' • > DESTITUTION. ‘ Are you aware'that Government is now feeding 1 and clothing about twelve hundred, destitute men, • women, and children within the limits of this army ? Among the adults, there are many, no doubt, who ' are disloyal at heart; but the great majority are Unionists. This section, you will remember, elected a Union member to the Virginia State Convention in 1861; but the dishonest 'servant betrayed: his con stituents, and voted for disunion. ;; , The condition of the residents licre is deplorable. Their farms, once productive, although poorly man aged, now lie waste. Not a rod of fence can be found within five miles of where I write", unless you ■ cross the river. Their horses and cattle are gone, they have no money, and all that ia left them is to beg or starve. Three months ago I stopped for a >' : drink of water at a house occupied by a woman aad five children. They had subsisted for two days on'* a half dozen “hard tack” left by a straggler. jOn* the same day I heard of another family whb living on the inner bark of the young pLnp. rfappily , lor the poorwomen and children, there is now ample provision made for them. . , SUTLERS, THEIR WARES, THEIR CHARGES, AND THEIR TRIALS. These necessary evils, the sutlers, arc among us in goodly numbers, and, next to Government contract- :; ors, make more money than any other clasß of people in.-the country. Thanks to the watchfulness of General Hooker, theyrare allowed to sell articles which are injurious to the'human stomach jV and each one of the tribe must register his name on the books of the Provost-Marshal General before he iB allowed to sell a dime’s worth. One sutlerto a regiment, one to a.divisiori, and'two to a corps, is - the allowance now, and woe to that unhappy wight - ‘ who would overrun the measure. .' ■ : A sutler’s tent contains articles whose names have ’ for initials all the letters of King Cadmus, his alpha bet: apples, blank books, cheeße, dentifrice, ex tracts, figs, gloves, hair oil, India rubber, and jelly, down to Zylobal samum, wherefrom you may select only when your purse is weighty. For your choice of apples you pay one dollar per dozen; of cheese, fifty cents per pound [ (not avoirdupois, for this name’ is good French, and has an honest sound); ofbutter, sixty cents per square lump, supposed by veteran warriors to contain sixteen ounces; and of gloves, hair oil, tooth-brushes, pipes, and ; matches, isuch prices as would almost startle a resident of Rich mond. It maybe that these travelling merchants, arejustitiable in charging exorbitant prices for their wares. They.run great risks by flood:and field. Their chartered boats are overhauled on the Poto mac by rapacious mariners on the qui vive for contra bandists. Their choicest conserves are laid open to the atmosphere so deadly to canned peaches. Their trunks are suspected of harboring ardent spiritß. Their boxes are searched for aqua viiai. Everything iß unpacked, uncorked, unsealed, unwrapped, untied, unscrewed, and uncovered. Much is consumed by the officiate and their attendant acrutiriizers. Per chance a solitary bottle; of that mysterious “S. T. 1860, X” panacea for all the stomachic ills that flesh is heir to, makes known itß presence by that odor of Santa Cruz which endearß it to thirsty patriots. Alas, the poor "sutler! He. must lose his pickled - oysters and his pocket-knives. To him, henceforth, his fine-tooth combs and concentrated milk must be strangers. The law has been broken,'and he must pay the penalty. . Among the landsmen he runs still greater riskfl. : On the march he is waylaid by stragglers, who offer - !bad money at the wagon-tail, while other stragglers steal from over the dasher. Sometimes the sutler must Btand by and see his vehicle upset, his’; goods , stolen, arid his horses driven off, by men whom he has, perhaps, fed a dozen timeß.; In camp he must have a guard; over his property, and the provost marshal always keeps a careful watch over 'Mm,* -Let the sutler sell a drop of anything stronger Hhan; lemon syrup he is placed in durance vile for a week or so, Mb whole stock is seized for the benefit of—— whom it may concern, and the offending itinerant is at length sent, under guard, to Washington. He must not return to practise his calling. He must remain in the States, subject to draft. PATH-ASTERS—THEIR ARRIVAL. Several paymasters have made their appearance lately. The Pennsylvania Regiments in the 2d and 3d divisions of the 3d. corps have been paid up to March Ist. Those in the 6th corps arc all paid to. the same time. Humphrey’s division of the sth corps, composed entirely of Pennsylvania troops, has also been blessed with a near view of the pay master. Major Holman is.now paying the regiments in the Ist brigade lßt division sth corps. In this brigade is the Corn Exchange Regiment. THE 118TH PENNSYLVANIA-COLONEL 1 PREVOST. This regiment is no win fine condition. You will' be pleased to learn that the return of convalescents, from Alexandria, and the recovery of nearly all the Bick in regimental and general hospitals, has brought , the “Corn Exchange?’up to a fair standard. There have been but few desertions at any time| and now, I believe there are riot ten men. absent who cannot be satisfactorily accounted for. The officers speak : highly of the men, who, if their record'at Sharps- 4 burg and Fredericksburg is worth anything, well deserve the praiee they receive. I have had the pleasure of meeting, among other officers ofjthe r 118th, Major Herring, the ever-gentlemanly soldier; Captains Sharwood, Hunterson, Crocker, and Don nagan; Lieutenants Kelley,*Binney, (now on Gene ral Niell’s staff),'and Be Buck, all of whom are in good health andspirits. Colonel Charles M. Prevost arrived a few days ago, while his regiment was on picket. He was re ceived with great fervor by the officers, who went to . meet him, and on the following day waß greeted en thusiastically by his men, who had heard of his arrival while on their way from the river. The Colonel is still suffering fromthe effects of the wound he received at;Shepherdstown, butspeakshopefully of his ultimate recovery. That he may be soon able to endure the .hardships of the field is the earnest desire of all whom I have heard speak of him: for Colonel Prevost is a good man and a brave soldier; to know him is to respect him. CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. The rain no longer falls in drops. It descends in im&ieriseglobes, like mock oranges. It makes the mules droop their, ears, and the trees bend their . heads. "Distracted contrabands tryln .vain to keep the rain from Lieutenant E.’a or Captain B.’s soup, ■’ now on the way to the weeping mess-tent. Mounted ' orderlies show ; only the tips of their noses from a - mass of india-rubber poncho, like :so many bull’s eyes oh a black ground waiting to be shofTt.'' The ball ground is a mimic Mediterranean, and the? Sanitary Commission’s tent, on the hill, is another Noah’s Ark. It rains. DHU. General Bragg’s Report of the Battle of stone River. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier Bays that General Bragg’s official report of the battle of Stone River 11 censures General Hardee for general: mismanagement, and reflects severely upon General Breckinridge; indeed, that such is Its remarkable character that it mußt necessarily bring about a court of inquiry-in the premises.” A letter from Bragg’s army about this report says : . “General Breckinridge is charged with total in-, competency, and blamed with themtscarriage of the battle: General Cheatham with on the field, in presence of the enemy General Hardee is censured with slowness ana inaction}. General McCown and command with disobedience of- orders; General Folk’s name is not mentioned in the report; Generals Claibourne and Withers are complimented. The highest tribute of praise and honor is paid to General Withers and command, awarding him the credit of having saved the day by the courage, discipline, and soldierly bearing of the officers and men of his division.? 1 . •- : This, correspondent:says: “Oh, Bragg! you, will be damned for telling the truth.” TEE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 1 Missi'sßirn River, near Vicksburg, April 21,1863. The news of our failure before Charleston has had a very depressing effect on the Army of the South* west, but I think the running of the blockade before Vicksburg on the night of the 16th inst,, by Admiral Porter’s entire iron-clad fleet, will produce a reac tion, that in its results will cause a, better feeling to exist, not only in the army and navy, but in the en tire nation. Our army and navy have been depressed for [a long time, and for no other reason than that the God of War has declared against us lately. One great victory, and the animation of two years ago will result. It is not the size of the rebel guns, or that the rebels have more courage and strategy than we have, that we . don’t succeed, but it is because they have no politics save the one idea, Secession, and because they have no bad whisky. Whisky, at certain places has been the cause of our failure, but reports have made the War Department believe otherwise. Whisky caused one general at Fort Pemberton to float untrimmed trees and logs down the river, to break up a rebel raft, but instead of de stroying the raft, it only rendered it more powerful, and when informed of this fact, General Whisky re plied : Well, if it don’t destroy the raft, it will make the rebels think we are doing something; for, said he, there is nothing like the moral effect a pretence possesses. The Missißßippi river is falling rapidly, and in its fall, I-think, will be of great; advantage to üb, espe cially ns we have no more canal projects on foot. I have ever entertained the opinion that high water waß a. disadvantage to us. A few days will demon strate the fact. ~ . - The gunboats Chillicothe and Cincinnati have both gone up to St. Louis for repairs, the former being very badly damaged before Fort Pemberton, and the latter in the Steele bayou expedition; The Chillicothe would have been one of the of iron-clada, but that the contractors slighted her tur ret and her machinery. It is thought, down here, that with the monitors of Admiral Dupont the forts of Port Hudson and Vicksburg could be easily taken, and that in so Bhort a time that they could be back to Charleston in one month from the date of their departure. ~The cotton excitement is about over, down here, after having destroyed two or three military cam paigns, the reputation of several generals, and a host of lesser military geniuaeß. Admiral Porter, in his Steel-Bayou expedition, turned over enough cot ton to the Government to build a monster iron-clad, and so did Captain J. P. Foster, of the Yazoo-Pass expedition. • At this rate cotton will soon begin to pay for the building of iron-clads. , - 'Mississippi River, near Vicksburg, April 22, 1863. ':I wrote you in my last, that the fleet of the ever ; moving -indefatigable Porter had run the blockade of Vicksburg. I now have to inform you that a large number of transports also went at the time the “turtle-backß” went, and that out of the whole number we lost but one; small.wooden trans port, By this movement the indomitable General Grant was enabled to occupy New Carthage, in Louisiana, and below; Yicksburg about eight miles, I now feel very confident that Port Hudson will soon betaken, and quickly, if Admirals Porter and Far ragut uriite.m the undertaking* but, certainly, even; without this union, and without the Help and aid of Admiral Dupont’s. monitors, should the latter join the Mississippi squadron, it would render the open ing-arid 'navigation of the Mississippi river an in fallibility, and afterwards increase the naval . forces along the coasts of the Gulf, add those of the At lantic. "What direction the army of Gen. Grant would take after our success I cannot surmise, un less I take it for granted that we capture the whole .rebel forces engaged in, and before, and around the -works ofcYicksburg. they evacuate they would hardly go to Texas, and I don’t well see how . they could join the forces opposed to Rosecrans. - The unsuccessful reconnoißsance of our iron-clads before Charleston has again eet the croakerß to work, and now we hear fearful;forebodings of British intervention, and especially since that'un fortunate and nonsensical affair of the Peterhoff, Commodore'Wilkes is abused by the army in out rageouß language, and before they have ever heard Wilkeß’reasons for his conduct. - About now two years ago it was my luclc to be steaming- up the Mississippi river, from Memphis to Oafro. _ Then all was the bustle and animation preparations, and you could then see at great bounds the gigantic commerce of the Father of v Waters giving away to military parades, and the; shrill whistle of the steamboat was then being replaced by the noteßof the fife and drum, and the implements of war, instead of becoming plough-shares and pruning hooks, were made to lend their efforts to ramparts, and the terrible on slaughts of Jove’s dread encounters. Tsventy months afterwards the whole distance from Cairo to Mem phis presented one vast field of war’s desolation, except where occupied by the various. fortifications, and truly everything looked horrid in the extreme. -Now the thing is changed, and steamers ply up and •down the river with their former wonted reckless ness And temerity, and woodwards again begin to present their jagged fronts, instead of thoseof Mars, and planters are sowing peacefully, without let or hindrance, and will, this fall, gamer a full harvest, and hold it undisturbed. Prosperity has taken the place of waste, and the Mississippi river, from Cairo *”to hear yicksburg, is once more herself again. \F. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. [Special Correspondence of The Press. ] Nashville, Tenn., April 23. GEN. MITCHELL DRIVES THEM OUT. The following order has just been promulgated, and will be rigidly enforced. You will perceive that all rebels must quit, or become loyal. The Na tional Government has been throwing grass some time—now come the stones: Headquarters United States Forces, , Nashville, Tenn., April 21, 1863. The sympathizers with the existing rebellion against the United States Government residing m this city and vicinity, apparently considering the dictates of their, political sympathies as of more force than the obligations imposed upon them by their residence and protection within the Federal lines, the general commanding at thiß post orders as follows: I, All white persons overthcagcof eighteen years, and residing within the lines of this command, who do not, within ten days from the publication of this order, subscribe to the oath of Allegiance or non-, combatants’ parole, and file with Col. John A. Mar tin, provost marshal, bonds, with sufficient securities for the faithful observance of such oaths or paroles, will be required to go Bouth of the lines of this army* by routes to be designated by the military autho rities. k 11. Parties who-have already subscribed to the proper oaths or paroles and bonds, and who have not been guilty of acts or words of treason subsequent to the taking of such obligations, are exempted from the operation of this order. •-111. Forfeiture of the amount of bonds, given as above, and of ail other property of persons violating obligations taken in accordance with this order, together with such other punishment as may be.de creed by a military commission, will follow, any violation of the requirements of such oaths of pa roleß. iy. All persons whe are unwilling to subscribe to the' obligations herein ordered, will report their names and places of residence within the ten days specified, to Col. John A. Martin, provost marshal. By order of Brig. Gen. ROBT. B. MITCHELL. John Pratt, A. A. G. GENERAL STEDMAN. This distinguished fighting patriot) who has been in command at Triune for the last three months, arrived in this city this evening) on business. GENERAL NEGLEY. Major General Negley has received still another brigade into his division) making it one of the largest and finest in the army. This gallant Penn sylvania soldier has made his mark in the West, and is greatly beloved by the whole army. . Nashville, Tenn., April 22. A DECIDED CHANGE. The change of sentiment in the past two monthß has bceh most decisive indeed. Many who were disinclined toward the Federal Government a short time ago have voluntarily taken the oath of alle giance, and given heavy bond for its faithful ob servance. The number of people who took the oath and gave- bond* last, week was seven-hundred, in cluding one woman. The number who subscribed to the non-combatant’s parole was about one-twentieth of the above, mostly women. WHAT' WE WANT. There are several things which the people, of Nashville desire just at present. The first is the re turn of Governor Johnson ; secondly, they want to see the Army of the Cumberland victoriously move South; thirdly, they desire the facilities of trade with the North, and transportation for their goods; fourthly, they want a provost-marshal generalship established here. “ALL QIJIET.” Probably this is one of the moßt important places in the country—in the way of rumors. We are con stantly having fights at, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Donclson, Clarksville, Gallatin—all imaginary ones, however. - BANISHMENT OF TRAITORS. The following-named citizens of Nashville, having been guilty of overt acts, in violation of military rules, will be immediately, sent beyond the lines of this department, and disposed of as hereinafter pro vided. Any of these persons who shall hereafter be found within this department shall be treated as spies: The following are to be sent to the military prison at Alton, Illinois, to remain during the war, or until released by competent authority: John Rodgerß, James O. Haines, J. H. Whiteman, Felix Young, William Scruggs, Larkin Harrington. The following will be sent north of the Ohio river, to remain during the war, or until permitted to re turn by competent authority : George W. Darden, W. H. Ewin, George W. Fall, Bruce Buckner, J. W. Horton, C. \V; Hammer, Frederick Harris, J. March, v J. C. Coleman, James A. McClure, Daniel Dupree, E. Driver, John E. Ramaye, William Heenan, Jesse Stephens, J. A. Rose, Thomas Betts, Mark Young, Jacob Young, Henry Apple, Dixon A. Allison* Jas. H; Brentley,. William Higgins, John C. Andrews, Patton, Henry Parr, James Peacock. The iollowing will be sent through the lineß South by way of Vicksburg: - A. Cheatham and family, - Hardy and family, B. Douglas, Thomas :D. Fite, J. Forbes, Josiah Femis. John E. Gleaves, William A; Gleaveß, G. W. Hehdersbot, James Kyle, W. J. Marr, J. G. Marr, J. G. Malone, W. M. Murfree, R. C. Hollins, A. W. Johnson, Isaac Nicholson, G. M. Fosg, Luterville, James R. Bruce and wife, WVB. Briggs and wife, Harvey Atkins, J. W. Baker, Dr. Hudson and wife, j; C. Wharton, Mrs. James A. Yeargin, Miss Betty Mlnwy-Mrs. Anthony, Camp, Mrs. Tin dall, Miss Clifton, G; Thomas, Henry Frazer. O. A. Thompson, A. G. Adams, John Arnold, Thomas Henderson, Lemy Armstrong, Felix Demoville, William J. Bryan, Thomas Barnes; Thomas Bucha nan, WvF.Briggß, R.-S. Bingham, C. J. Cheecey, Thomaa Roberts, W. B. Dutch. B. C. T. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. All Quiet on the Nansemond.—List of Killed and Wounded in Recent ShLrmlsl&es—ln telligence from North Carolina—Return of Our Troops to Newbern—Scrloua-arid .Fa- tal Affray at Gloucester Point, &e,~ Fortress Monroe, April 23, 1863.—List of killed and wounded at Suffolk and on the Nansemond liver, April 19: Clancy, private 99th N. Y., wounded in leg; Jacob Menz, do do, mouth. . April White, private 167th Pa.,wounded in face and neck; Marvin Watrous,sergeant 89th N. Y., killed; Jehiel Smith,? private do, killed; Charles Fiehfdo do, wounded in left thigh; William inter, do do, arm; O. M. Yarns, do do, foot; E. B. Tompkins, do do, arm amputated; Chaa. Weaver, do do, thigh; Oharleß Purdy, d 6 do, leg. Also, five rebel; prisoners of war wounded, admitted in the hospital at Suffolk, 20th. r J April 2ist.—Frank D. Jerome, private, Bth Conn., killed; John. Sawyer, do. do., wound, chest; John T. Bidwell, Lieut, do. do., hip, flesh; Wm. B. Post, private, arm and leg. ?• •« It is estimated that the rebel loss is at least eight to our one in the late attack on Suffolk and Nanse mond river. The battery captured from, the rebels on the 20th instant has been removed to a place of safety, and can be turned upon the enemy to good advantage, when required. ; - The steamship S. K. Spaulding, Commander Howes, arrived this P. M,, from [Newbern, North Carolina. - , She reports that all is quiet in that department, and connrmß-the previous report that the enemy have all left, and that Gen. Foster has returned again to Newbern, having taken upwards of fifty . prisoners. l ' l . l Fortress Monroe, April 25.— The navy despatch boat Philadelphia was sent from here, to-day, for the . navy flotilla .on the Nansemond, with coal, to supply them with, and prevent their leaving the river for the purpose of coaling up. s Humors have reached us that our pickets were driven in on the Nansemond this forenoon, and there are indications of more skirmishing in that di rection. Major General Dix, with three of his staff, left at three o’clock this afternoon for the Nansemond river. • - Fighty-llve patients arrived this evening on the steamboat City of Hudson, Capt. Martin, from Suf folk, .transferred to Dr.-Gilbert’s Hampton hos pitals, sick, some wounded. Y orktown, April 25. —There is no news at all here. Yesterday, Geo, W, Johnson, a private of the 4th Delaware Regiment, stabbed a colored man, named James Holland, at Gloucester Point. John son is arrested. The negro died immediately. . ( Washington, April 27.—The latest intelligence received here is up to noon yesterday, when all was quiet on the Nansemond, above and below. Refugees report that the recent attack on Suffolk, was in the character of a grand foraging expedition. It appears that there is the beat possible understand-- ihg between our - land and naval forces in that di rection. DEPARTMENT OF TEE SCUTE WEST, Details of the Battle of Patterson, Missouri —Brilliant Behaviour of the Militia—Re treat to Pilot Knob—Tlae Losses, &c. St. Louis* April2s.—'The Republican of this morn ,ing has some interesting details of the affair at Pat terson. You will remember that; I have sent you Colonel Smarts’ prelimuiary report of the affair by telegraph several days since. The Republican says: tl "We are put in possession, to-day, of further and fuller details of the late action between part of- the 10th Cavalry, M.-S. M., and the rebels..under Mar maduke, at Patterson, in Wayne, county. That regiment, under Colonel. Smart, of Louisiana, Pike county, held the town, and were about 460 strong at the time of the rebel approach, which was by five dillerent roads leading into the’ town. ■■ Colonel Smart, . knowing that the force was much superior to- his own, determined to evacuate, • and accordingly loaded up his train of eleven wagons with the public stores, and moved out towards Pilot Knob. This waß accomplished about half .an hour before the enemy came in.” v> . ‘ THE FIGHT. McOonneirwas left behind at the moment of evacuation, with a rear guard of fifty men, for the purpose of observing the rebels and retarding their, advance. The Major proceeded to destroy the town, a small village of fifteen houses, and an inconsidera ble quantity of forage, which the departing wagons could not take/ Fire .was applied to the forage and buildings, and ten men detailed with axes to cut trees acroßß -the road. The rear guard then prepared to follow the main body, when tne enemy’s advance, consisting of the 2ist Arkansas, about four hundred strong, r- under Colonel Giddings, and Colonel O’Kane, the latter, of General Marmadiike’s staff, entered .the place' in pursuit. Skirmishing at once commenced. The Major’s men were armed, besides their sabres, with five-Bhootingcarbiheß, ; ana betook themselves to the barri&des, composed of the felled trees and fence rails. When the' enemy, through . superior numbers, attempted to flank them, the lat ter retired to other barricades, built by half the force • which was kept acting iif the rear for that purpose. This form of resistance continued for three hours and a half, and over a distance of about eight miles, to Stony Battery, a narrow canon, two yards wide, extending about a mile through high and rocky hills. RETREAT TO PILOT KNOB. The Federate here made ,an obstinate stand. Meantime, a separate force of rebels, taking a dif ferent road, succeeded in getting.to the exit, or up per end of the canon, but were driven away, with a loss of about ten men, by Colonel Smart, who then continued his retreat upon Pilot :Knob. A third body .of rebels, however, succeeded in getting in McConnell’s rear.- Having nor chance to ex tricate himself, except by cutting a way through one or-the other party, he charged the one confronting him. 4The hazard was too extreme, though; for suc cess, anil in the effort his entire command was killed - and wounded- or taken, -probably a few escaping into the brush. . . * , , THE REBEL LOSS. The rebel loss was also severe, numbering thirty or forty killed and- wounded. Among the former were Captain. Sappington, of St. Louis county, and Captain Bledsoe, of. Butler, formerly -a member of the Legislature. Captain Johnson, of Wayne coun ty, waß: mortally wounded, receiving a sabre cut in the head and aball*through the Btomach. Two lieu tenants, who were Texanß, were albo wounded, one of them severely. Colton Greene, formerly of St. Louis, was among the rebels as colonel of a regiment; albo Captain Sheridan, who is on Marmaduke’B staff; Captain . Moore (son of Dr. John S. Moore, of this city,) who has likewise a staff positiohj and others. Mfljorl Timothy and other officers and soldierß, together with secesh citizens living in the vicinity, were intent upon ihaving McConnel hung, but they were prevented by Marinaduke and his staff from carrying their design into execution. The cause of their intended violence was some offi cial act of the Major as provost marshal for the dis trict of Southeast Missouri.Marmadukete friendly interposition proceeded from the fact that he was once a school-mate of the Major. Colonel O’lCane was once in Major McC.’s custody, when the latter was assistant provost marshal in. St. Louis. UNION LOSSES. Colonel Smart loßt but one man in his retreat with the main body to Pilot Knob. Major Woodson Bkirmished some with the enemy, but lost no men. The Federal lobb was as follows : OFFICERS WOUNDED. Major McConnell in left shoulder ; Lieutenant Shaddock in neck and stomach ; Lieutenant Brad ley shot in hip. NON-COJIMISSIONED OFFICERS AND < PRIVATES ; .The killed numbered eleven ; names not yet ;ob tained, except Campbell, acting as orderly for Major McConnell. SAME WOUNDED. The wounded men, twenty in number, including Orderly Sergeant Draper, severely; Privates Bar ret and Rosser, also severely. Tne casualties re ferred to were in two companies of the regiment— namely: Captain Herring’s, Company E, and Cap tain Rice’s, Company I. PRISONERS. The only men except the wounded who fell into the hands of the enemy was Orderly Sergeant Richards, of Company I. . Tie waß paroled • with Major McConnell, and returned with him to Pilot Knob. The wounded .prisoners were placed in houses by the rebels, in the vicinity. of the spot where the action'took place. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO. The Rebel General Fegram Reinforced— General Aaboth Suppressing Treason and Arresting Deserters—News from our Out posts on the Kentucky Border, &c. - Cincinnati, April 27.—T he Gazette has a despatch from Kentucky, stating that Pegram is again in command of the rebels, and largely reinforced. It waß expected they would cross the Cumberland, and advance into the State by way of Mill Springs. Tills, however, needs confirmation.. General Asboth, commanding at Columbus, Ky., haß issued a stringent order to the provost marshals to arrest all persons who Bhall in any manner ex press sympathy for those in aims against the United •States Government. When arrested they shall be entitled to a preliminary examination, and if proved guilty: of • disloyalty, or, expressions of sympathy for traitors, or aiding deserters, shall be forwarded to the military prison at Columbus. ; Officer* and soldiers arresting deserters will be justified in shoot ing aify person who may interfere with them while discharging their duties. Camp Wolford, Somerset. Ky., April 25. Matters remain much as they did two weekß ago. The rebel pickets have been guarding one side of the river and ours the other. Wolford’s men indulge in frequent reconnois sances, and capture from five to ten rebels dally. - There have been no reinforcements of consequence received by the rebels; and it is believed to-day that they have fallen back beyond Monticello. The impression is that Roßecranß will give them all the occupation they need, and the forces former ly threatening will reinforce Bragg; Montgomery, with some 300 cavalry, is marching up and down Big Creek Gap and London roads. Captain Slough, of the 44th Ohio, has had several skirmishes, and inva riably defeated them. . In one instance he attacked their whole force with eighty-three men, and drove them from London to Williamsburg, capturing several, killing one, and wounding seven. The rebels retreated in confusion to Boston, and, after a day or two, returned to Wil liamsburg, where Capt.xSlough is. prepared to re ceive them. Wotford’a regiment is being paid, and from being the poorest, they will be the richest in a few days.' I am told it will take $150,000 to pay them. Scouts this evening announce that about four o’clock, thiß afternoon, the rebel pickets for fifteen miles up and down the river, suddenly moved, and. bidding our pickets a'farewell, rode off. Wolford is not certain whether it is a ruse to conceal some evil intent to.coax him to attack, or if it really fore shadows a retreat; of their forces. In any case he will not be caught napping. Tlie Original Copperhead* [From Benedict Arnold’s Proclamation, to Ihe Citizens and Soldiers of the United States, issued Oct. 20, 1750.] You are promised liberty by the leaders of your affairs, but is there an individual in the enjoyment of it, saving your oppressors 7 :Who among you dare speak or write what he thinkß against the tyranny which has robbed you of your property; im prisons your botib, drags you io the field of battle, and is daily deluging your country with your blood ? your country once was happy, and had theprof fered peace been embraced, the last two yearsof mis ery had been Bpent in peace and plenty, and repaid ing the desolation of a quarrel that would have set the interests of Great Britain and America in a true light, and cementedtheir friendship. I wish to lead, a chosen band of Americans to the attainment otpeace. liberty, and safety, the first ob jects in taking the field. What iB America but a land of widows, orphans and beggars; but wbafc need of argumeuts to .Buch as.feel infinitely more misery.than; tongue can express? I give my promise of most affec tionate welcome to all who are disposed to join me in measures necessary to, close the scene of * our affliction,’which must be increased until we are'con tent with the liberality of the parent country, who still offers us protection and perpetual exemption from alb taxes but suchaß we'Bhall think fit to im pose upon ourselves. - BENEDICT ARNOLD. THREE CENTS. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. Defeat of tlie Imperial Army before Puebla -Successful Resistance of the Mexican Garrison, after Three Days’ Fighting— The French Storming Columns Repulsed, in Several Sallies Official Despatches from Generals Ortega and Comonfort. MORE REPORTS OF DISASTERS TO THE FRENCH. [Froin the New Orleans Era, A’prillQ.] indebted to Mr. Kinney, United Staten vice consul at .Monterey, for the following: confirmation of the report that despatches had been received announcing the defeat of the French at Puebla: United States Consulate at Montekkv, _ .. _•* • April 3, 1863. To the Editoi’B of the Era: The Government express arrived here last niffht. bringing news from Pnebla of the repulse of the French forces, after three days’ fighting. I send you the BoUtin extra, which contains the official despatches. As this goes by special express to Matamoros, lhave ho time to make you any translations. This news is generally is undoubtedly true in the main. This news created great excitement. Though in the midst of the ceremonies of Holy Week, to-day being Good Friday, the enthusiasm of the. pe. pie knew no bounds. The PljW-a .de Armas was crowded with ashoutinginunitude,^an.d;.theringmgofbells, the firing of rockets,, the.saivos^Wr^a'rt’.Uery,.demonstrated the perfect the‘occasion JivFurther'partlcttlars are expected in a’day or two/ If anything occurs to vary the complexion of - ■ J - -Yonrs, obediently,' M. M. KINNEY, United States Vice Consul. REPORTS RECEIVED ’EY THE MEXICAN MINISTER AT WASHINGTON. [From the N- Y. Tribune. .1 WAsniNdTON, April 26.— At length we have authentic accounts of the events that have occurred at Puebla since the French commenced active operations.' The dates are from the city of Mexico to April 1; - ■-/ • -On the 20th of March, the French'attempted to throw their whole force upon General Cornonfort, who was oc cupying a position on a liill some miles beyond the; French advanced postat thebridgeoverthe river Atozac,, on the road to Mexico, but Cornonfort, getting wind of their intentions,had marched away with his whole force, ; and th* French, baffled, resumed their positions around the city, devoting particular attention to the establisu rnent of fortifications on. the side toward the city of Mexico. For a week there was skirmishing.of the character and results of which the following letter from General Ortega to General Cornonfort, telegraphed to the city of Mexico, gives a full account: - • • - - March 24.—Tbe enemy has finally decided to attack Puebla, but not with the bayonet* not by marching his serried columns against us, but by doing us the honor, of opening a formal siege, and putting in praotice all the rules of scientific ; warfare. -It is three days since the cannonade commenced on one side or the 6ther t alth.oagh. with little activity. To-day the : fire has been/more livelyi especially on our. side, with-a view to preventing the enemy from planting his batteries. Toward evening the enemy commenced to bombard the forts of Iturbide and Morelos, called also San Janvier and Parral, situated on the side of the city of Mexico* Our mortars replied with such effect as to prevent the enemy from doing any thing all that day. The cannonade continued feebly ail night." ■ ■ : • To-day the shelling has continued on both sides. -The cannonadin g has been resumed, with the addition of fire from the sharp-shooters of bott,armies, in consequence of ! cby orders that eighty men.armed with rifles, belong ing to the Legion of 7 the North, iu garrison-in San Jan vier, should use their guns, and that CoL Auza, who commands Fort Morelo*, Bhould post riflemen of the Fifth .battalion from Zacatecas upon all the rises ofgroundout side of the forts and near the enemy. - We have lost few in killed and wounded. Theenemy ias suffered much more than we. He has been dis lodged from all the positions which he : occupied until' to-day by our forces, which have made sorties from the forts. '• - : • The advance posts of Colonel Anza have driven back th ose of the enemy, who strove to possess himself of San tiago; The forces of Morelia had the same good fortune in driving back the French at San Martin, and those of Guanjauato have treated no better the. advance.pickets and the had marksmen, who thought they.had rendered themselves masters of the eminences upon one of the flauis of the fort. To-day a section of the forces of Durango has driven the. French from Agua Azel. Some Zouaves have sur- . rendered, and three others threw their rifles away, which have been, picked up by our soldiers.' The inva der acted with extreme prudence, and aslhoseact who have to do .'With a disciplined army. The enemy has to day occupied some houses in the St. Matias quarter,' but has been obliged to give them up and demolish them. You can declare to thf Central Government, that if we lose this town in consecutnceof the vicissitudes of war, the enemy'will have conquered nothing but a pile of ruins, became the garrisomhas decided to defend to the last extremity the forts in tbe suburbs. Tell the Govern ment, moreover, not to regard these words as rnodomon-; tade, but as the true expression of the : sentiments of the army. As regards confidence and morale, we are in the best condition; The 'stores; are open despite of the con-; tinned fire on both sides. A Mexican sergeant has been takeg. prisoner. I have'ordered that the traitor’s mark be put on his face, and that'then he be released. ' The nation should be enabled to know her; good:and bad citizens; * f*:.* '* March 25, The firing has been actlWctaring the night. I just learn that the enemy is preparing to attack the city. lam going to arrange for its defence.. March 23, 8 A. M.—The courier has not yet gone, and I add this postscript. "At 11 o’clock last evening the ene my had a strong column of attack behind his parallels, and certain signs ofan intention to make an assault were remarked in his camps. I made preparations to surprise him, and ordered firing to commence, with' a view tosee what the hostile-'camp was about. .He replied with a very active fire,’which he has kept up till this moment. The centre and the west of the town begins to suffer from the bombardment. ; .The morale of the is perfect. Xasfnight and to-dav we" have some misfortunes to ; deplore* but a very small number of them, if we con sider the very active fire.of the enemy. Gen. Ortega’s letter of the 26ih, in which he gave an account of the battle that took place on that day, has already been published. On the 23th of March another attack was made on the Fort of, San Janvier, which was alsofrepublished. The following is Genei’al; Ortega’s official report of this battle: • :•"..•-•■•• Saxta Clara, March 29 1563/ (Received in Mexico twelve.minutes past one o’clock.) : Citizen* Minister: The generals in-chief of the Army oftfceEasi sends under date of the 2Sth, the following: ; To day, at W* o’clock in the ’morning, the enemy as saulted fromliis most immediate'line, the Fort Janvier or lturbide, and attacked this fort in a vigorous and vehe ment manner on its front and flank, his columns reach ing to the very base of the fort be attacked. It must be -understood that the parapets of tbe bastion had been de ; stroyed in a great part by the fire of the enemy’s cannon and bombardment. The enemy supported his assault' by a very heavy fire of ni'tillery, having concentrated-on this fortress and that of. Morelos, defended by ColonelAuza, allthebatte rus which had been planted.: ; - At2>£ o'clock in the morningthe columns of the. enemy had been repulsed, having been saved only by the dark ness of the night and the proximity of Mb parallels, which, in a skilful and hold manner, lie had constructed witn extraordinary labor. - Soon after, the fire of the can non of the enemy was silenced by our artillery. The enemy also: supported his assault by bombarding the ''•city;-..-.-v.--'?/';••.•>■ •’ .At this time, :in the proximity of the fortresses already mentioned,; are heard tbe groans of the enemy’s wound- : ed, but I have ordered that no attention be paid to them until to-morrow,, for the reason that the works >of the enemy are but about fifiy or eighty, yards distant. Tbe battalions third, .fourth, and fifth, of Zacatecas, which ' contributed to the defence of San Janvier, on the left side of our line, and those of Morelos, lost 32 men hors de combot, killed and wounded, including in the list cat» gory two majors and four other oflicers, and also fitly killed and wounded of the first battalion of Guanajuato, half a battalion of tbe Misto of Zacatecas, and a half of the other battalion of the same division of Guanajuato, which forces resisted tbe attack in a heroic manner.- I don’t know the loss in killed and wounded of the di vision under the command of Gen. Negrete, he himself personally having assisted in the defence of the fort on the left, nor do 1 know the loss of our artillery .which conducted itself heroically and brilliantly. That of the fortresses of. Corman, Morelos, San Janvier, aud Santa Arita was-in action, and five batteries, whkh were planted outside of the walls, v belonging to the artillery ofYeraCruz, Zacatecas, and Mexico. There was no ne cessity of using the reserves. Which are under the com mand of Generals Berriozaoad X. Love and Alatorre, nor a great-part of that commanded by Gen, Negrete, who were ail ready. • In the same way- General Mejia was ready with his brigade to assist at the point where he was needed. -Our cavalry, commanded by the active and valiant General Ohoran, was ordered also to be placed in antici pation in a convenient. manner on one of the flanks of the enemy, but not to make any movement unless ex pressly ordered, which directions were strictly carried ,OUt. ' v . • / The army of the Government greets, through me, and i congratulates the Supreme Magistrate of the nation upon this fresh triumph of oiir arms, in which-the brave Colonel Smith, principal director of the fortress of San Janvier, bas!won so muchjglory. OBTEGA. --•In transmitting the preceding report, I congratulate the Supreme Government upon this newvictory. . .'COMONFORT. . .On the 29th of March the French made a third attack, and were a third time repulsed. The full particulars of this engagement have not been-received, nor has the official report yet arrived." . Finally the French concentrated ; their whole artillery upon Fort San Janvier, to which they had hitherto de voted their whole attention.. Being made of . adobe, it viasunabie to resist the concentrated fire of shell from rifled cannon, and was at length rendered untenable and abandoned. Gen. A. Ortega, however, succeeded in removing all the artillery and ammunition. . The fort was little moie than a heap of ruins when" the French possessed, them selvesjof it. It is noteworthy, that all the French assaults were made after dark. Of this battle Comonfort, with 8,000 men, .was a silent spectator. The French loss in the whole number of battles aud skirmishes ,is believed by the Mexican to be much larger than their .own; and one letter says that if they lose as many men in assaults of the other forts, before capturing them, as they didin the assaults upon fort San Janvier, they have not enough, their whole force being from.2o.oGo to 25,000, to take a third of the works.by which the city is de fended.' -w .On the Ist of April Comonfort'telegraphed that he heard heavy/ cannonading. in the direction of the forts of Santa' Anita and San Pab] 0,; forts adjoining- San Janvier. The result of theifighring of this day is unknown. * •• The Mexican authorities, military and'civil, ‘are still confident of being able toTcpulse the enemy. They speak of the city as impossible to take, its fortifications being very strong, consisting of those unaa sailed commanding the others, whiclimust be’taken se parately, and the fall of no one involving that of the others. Beside these exterior lines of-vrorbs there are interior lines of entrenchments and build ings,: &c.,.such as convents. . One letter thus, sums up-the eventofthe siege: The Preach, after fifteen days’ siege and several destroyed one fort built of adobe. It is Impossible that they snail have men or energy enough to capture the city, ;a6 every defensible placewill be deiended to the last,and. the soldiers will see every'house fall to ruins-before abandoning it.. . . ; ACCOUNTS FROM VERA CRUZ. THE REPULSE OF THE FRENCH CONFIRMED—COXTKAnic-' TORY. NEWS ABOUT THE TAKING OF PUEBLA—REPORTED Subsequent defeat of comonfort—proposal to sur ; RENDER PUEBLA, &C. [From the New Orleans Era, April 19.3 The correspondent of the Havana Prensa, writing from Vera Cruz on the Ist of April, fully confirms the repulse of the French by Comonfbrt, in their attack upon Puebla.' :He says: . : V The first thing of importance to communicate of what is said here about movements is that the French made an attack upon a. position occupied by Comonfort, which, commands Puebla, but were repulsed by the Mexicans. ; After all this, the Vtra Oruzano publishes that the important heights of Guadalupe and Loreto, which coin-: mandPuebla, had oeentaken by the French, and that: the Mexicans exploded two mines which they had pre pared in the Cerro Guadalupe, which converted the - proud fortress into aheap of ruins, and tha-c during the’ action and the explosion General Forey, commander-in chief of the French forces,-was wounded. Bat this news has not been confirmed. According to another letter from Mexico, dated the 27tb, General Forey had completely cut off the division of Comonfort. \ < Alii can say to you is that as yet it is not known that ;the French have entered Puebla, notwithstanding they are in its vicinity, aad probably will have succeeded in taking it by the time this letter should have reached its destination. ‘ : TheP««sasays: The ■ premature news of the taking-, of Puebla to which our . correspondent refers is given by iheEcode C'owiemo.ofthe 26th, in.the following terms: A letter received from Foledad announces that Paebla has been taken. The explosion of two fortified convents, which it became necessary to take by assault, and which had been mined, costithe French army many men. It is said General Forey is slightly wounded in one of hisaims; •••: : .; v : The. rancheros- announce that as they came along the road from Orizaba and;Cordov2/salutee were being fired, and the greatest demonstrations of joy and jubilations were being made. ; • f 4' The curate Juvelli, of the Soledad, who arrived.iusfc as the convoy was leaving, has confirmed the news al ready received by private letters. ■. vv-BDBANTST. AMAND, Commander.-in-Chief at Yera Cruz. >‘..V LATER.' • . We find in the Havana papers that a French vessel-of war had arrived from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the sth, which, the: 7>tarfo says, confirms the news broughtby.au English steamer, that General Comonfort had suffered a misfortune. He was on his way to Pntbla to assist Ortega, when Gen. Berthier-gave him battle, v • General Ortega had sent a flag of truce to General Fo rev. offering to capitulate under conditions. The Gene ral-in-Chief of the French army refused to accede to any, terms of capitulation whatever, demanding the uncon ditional surrender. • _ , . a . , The Ayuntaniienta of Puebla sent a commissioner to General Forey, to request him not to destroy the city, and a.deputation of ladies called upon him for the same said the .French general promised that he' would not discharge a single gun against the place so long as any other means remained to compel the surrender of the Ortega made a sally at the head of fifteen thou aftud men to cut his .way through towards the capital; but he encountered such powerful obstacles that he was •compelled to shut himself up again within the walls of Puebla. He met with considerable fosses. Previsions were so abundant in-Vera Cruz that.they are sold to private persons at "the lowest kind of prices. Transports are carrying surplus supplies back to France iu large quantities. : DESPATCHES FROM THE FIELD; • MOYOTZINOO, March .31—Midnight. . Received in Mexico April 1. at 2A. M. , 1863. To his Excellency the Minrster of War : . -< There has been'a well-sustained fire in tre direction of San Janvier, wbich'has suddenly ceased. It seems tome; that they’ are'no longer , contending.for that fort, though I maybe mistaken in 'this.. Up to this moment! have THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at................ 93 Qjy Five Copies “ “ 900 J ea . “ “ “ IT 00 Twenty ** ....•**,■■ .39 00 larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at thes&m# rate, $1,50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order* and y} instances can these terms be devtatedfrondos ( eyajTord very little more than the cost of the paper, m- .Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for ike war Press. To the getter-up of the Clnh of tea or twenty. SB extra oopy of the Paper will be given. received no tidings from General Ortega, a circunßtancW which gives me eome concern. COMONF&RT' SECOND DESPATCH. Movoraixpo, April i; 1S8S; To tlu Minuter of lF^ 01Ved mMeßcoat 4.« A. »C At this moment, which is four o’clock in the moraine . there bus appeared before me a soldier of GaanainaLT* who was taken.prisoner at San. Janvier, but succeeded in? effecting his escape. He aseured me that before the' French occupied the fort all the artillery and the forces* which defended the work were withdrawn, by- order of Gen. Ortega, with the exception of three hundred men. of the light infantry of Guanajuata and some forty of the* Third Cavalry, who were left to make the la«t resisfc &U9e. Of this force only one hundred and fifty men were made prisoners ; but the enemy has suffered se-- vereloss. COMONFORT A Voice from Texas. THIS CONTRABAND TRADE GOES ON SWIMMINGLY— - TRICKS OF‘ THE TRAITORS AND THEIR ACCOM* FLICES—SUFFERINGS OF LOYAL MEN IN TEXAS—- THEIR CLAIM FOR AID. The New Orleans Era publishes sn earnest letter from an officer of the United States Army, of which we give a portion below: ' '‘The Confederate'Government—that is, if an iron despotiam is a government—has her agents there, busily engaged in procuring - arms and various war equipments. I saw a lot of arms in Matamoros which were manufactured in Massachusetts (Wes son’s make.) The arms in question found their way into the hands of Texan traitors, and were used by them in their cowardly raid*Upon neutral soil, when Colonel Davis and others were captured by. them. “ Quite a lot of powder and caps passed through- Matamoros into the possession of traitors at tne saroe. tune. Quite a business was being carried on through Matamoros to and from Brownsville. Tex** as, by traitors. . » “King-Cotton lay around Matamoros and the mouth or the Rio Grande in silent grandeur, being shipped to Europe and elsewhere to pay for various articles of prime necessity to traitors. “A certain class of Yankee traitors were there, furnishing rebels with the staff* of life aud ‘ something to wear,’ and receiving their cotton in. return, and shipping it to New. York. - . “During the months of February and March, small vessel were running in at Brazos Santiago all the time, supplying traitors with articles of spe cial interest to them. While I was at the mouth of the Rio Grande, a schooner ran in there flying a white flag; and when she got opposite the custom* house she ran over and landed on the Texas side, and immediately ran up the British flag and dis charged a large lot of powder, which was taken pos session of by the traitors. “A schooner from New York, the C. C t Pinkney, flying the American flag, was ostensibly taken pos session of by a half dozen rebel soldierß,.and beached on the Texas shore, and the cargo taken possession of. by the traitors. This transaction, however, waa all understood between the rebel authorities and those that had charge of the cargo of said schooner. The captain ,of the schooner was named Gere ty; the man-who had charge of the cargo was one Wal ter Gffeenhaugh, Jr., of New York, and they got pay for their goods.. v “The present’state of things in Texas causes a world of painful and untold and untenable anxiety on the part of those of us who have been forced to leave the State to save our necks, and have left our families behind. “We can hear from them only through indirect sources, and do not know that they even have bread to eat. We know that the wholes interior of that State is nearing the>point of starvation; and we have every reason to believe, that our families will not be allowed to enjoy the same privileges as our enemies ; nor can we know.how many insults they may receive from those base villains now in power in Texas. , * * “Ten thousand hearts in Texas would be flooded with joy if our flag would again wave in triumph over that State. . “ War to the halt and death to traitors I “JESSE STANDEE, “Xieut. Colonel let Texas Cavalry. “Camp on Shell Road, near Carrollton, Ea., April 6,1863.” ■ : ' ' Washington. [From an Occasional Correspondent. 3 We arrived here a week ago, in the midst of a storm, of commingled snow, rain, and sleet. Sallying forth from our Btopping'place (at Wililards’), we made the rounds of the various hotels in search of ac quaintances, but, to our surprise, found but few. The halls andhar-iooma were crowded; principally by oflicers—from the fledgeling, who Beemed to have doffed hut: yesterday his swaddling cloths, to the gray-haired veteran of three score and ten: the for mer easily distinguished by brazen impudence, and that conscious, self-importance which the vulgar are supposed to impute to “ the coming bran.” Here and there might be seen the greedy aspirant for office, from city or rural district, each with his own;particular doubt,, and an indescribable air of unrest, fairly and plainly stamped upon hiß face. Doubt—not . created by a fear that the armie.B of the loyal had anywhere been compelled again to trail theirflag in the dust before*the dirty “stars and - bars” of armed and defiant treason-—not that gold, that delicate thermometer whose 'fluctuations regis ter alike the value } day by day, of ah Emperor's crown, and. the price of the poor" man's bread. Nothing of the kind! Congress had adjourned, and a newvbatch> of • appointments for; offices/created during the session: had to be made 5 and, of the late members, a'few yet lingeredwha sought for kins* men or friends (too worthy and well-qualified for the humble positions to which they aspired) places rich in promise of golden pickings for the whole family. . ~ The nature of our business being such, we neces sarily came.in contact with the Hon. Secretary for the Department of the Interior and. the various heads of bureaus under him—all of whom are from the Northwest, and-chiefly, we. believe, from - the State of Indiana. Their gentlemanly manners, their, honest faceß, and their assiduous devotion to the duties, of their several stations, evidence, in no small degree, that knowledge of men and true ap preciation of. character so justly claimed as his poa-' session .by all the friends of the President. As to the personnel of the Hon. Secretary himself, he is, in height, about five feet ten—of gentlemanly bear ing and proportions—with light blue eyes, and that clear, honest, Saxon face, whose fairest type is no where in the land to-be found more easily than • among the inhabitants of those broad prairies . from which •he comes. Easyof access, affable, obliging, a gentleman—one approaches him with pleasure and parts' from him . with regret. "With, the Commissioner of Patents (from the same State), the honest man might leave hs character, the miser his purse, and, upon their return, find them undis turbed. . His-honesty and intelligence are sufficient. barriers against the attempts, almost ; daily made by unscrupulous adventurers, in the matter of infringe ments upon existing patents, or new frauds upon the Government and, people. The Commissioner for Indian Affairs, formerly of .Indiana, now hails from the State of Hlinois. His appointment has proved a most fortunate one, both. for the Govern ment and the Indians. For the latter heexercises the greatest care and kindness, and manifests the deepest sympathy. The venerable Chief of the Agricultural Bureau is from our own city, and, we found him busy dis pensing/in his usual bland manner, his-favors in the way of seeds among the .planters, and .flowers, &c., for the ladies. Heaving here, we drooped into the Post Office to pay our.respects to that amiable and accomplished fentleman, the First Assistant in the-Department. Te is from the Bay State, and a good type of the old "Webster school. OE the Postmaster General we need say nothing, as it waß but recently that he spoke well for himself at the banquet given by the Corn Exchange upon the occasion of the opening of the new post office in our city. Of the honorable Secretary of the War Department we can Bpeak only from hearsay. We are told that he is, in gene ral, courteous-and obliging. The Adjutant General we have long known. .As to the charge of “disloy alty,”which has been more than once preferred against him by a few disappointed Senators and Re presentatives, and repeated by unscrupulous partisan, sheets, that may he dismissed here, once and forever. We-should have more regretted his absence from the department had it not been for the able, ready, and polite gentleman, who fills his place, to whom we are indebted for information which enabled us to find the‘proper bureaus in which our business was satisfactorily transacted. That portion of the War Department whieh came under our special ob servation is filled by officers, chiefly of the regular service, whose skill and accomplishments; are com mensurate with the positions in which they are re tained. The'unpretending mannersj mildness, and urbanity of'character, with a readiness to, impart aIT needful information to the inquiring stranger, which mark the:.gentleman fromour own city; who adminißterSj With rare executive ability,'the affairs of the quartermaster’s department, must- impress favorably All whb come in contact with himV ; Not having voted for the President, belonging to no political party, and with no expectation of favors to come, we have spoken briefly though impartially of facts which go to assure us that the people are ably and honestly represented by. the Adminis tration now in power at Washington. Yours, .YELYERTON. Willards’, April 23,1863. Statistics, of Army Hospitals.— The following arc the statistics of Army hospitals for the past week; Hospitals. ’ Chestnut Hill;. . c .............. West Philadelphia Broad and Cherry;'. ......... Niceto wn ............ „• Master street....... Twenty-fourchstreet and South. Chester Summit House. —« Christian street. Turner's Lane. Filbert street. Germantown Sixty-fifth and Vine streets....... Wilmington........ -Broad and Prime.................. Islington Lane.. Gamac’s - Woods ;., Harrisburg Reading....-......................, T0ta1.....-.............; It is contemplated to close the two last-named hospitals as soon as the condition of the patients therein will admit of their removal. Award of Gctvernment Contracts.— Yeaterday a large award of Government contracts .was made at the office of Army Clothing and Equip age, in this city. These proposals were op'enea on. Friday laßt, when a large concourse of.persons as aembled to hear the bids. The bidding was decided ly spirited, and most of the goods' offered 'Were at very low rates, and on this account some of those present contended that the contractors" could not furnish some of the articles at the prices agreed upon. The army standard is required in nearly all the awards made, and great care should be exercised that the inspectors receive none other than the standard goods agreed upon. * The awards made yesterday were only the second of the kind, in this city, since the commencement of' the war. The first was made on the 3lst of August last, and was to equip the additional troops called out by the President at that time. The goods under the present awards are for the troops that will be raised under the Conscript act. The opening of pro posals was at three different d£p6ts on the same day—viz: New York, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. The quantity of each kind awarded and the pricea obtained were as follows; ‘ ■ h 130;000 pairs bootees, at S2.OS to:s2.l4per pair; is, ooo pairs; boots, at $3.40 to $3.48 per pair; 60,000 haversacks, 53 cents each; 80,000 painted blankets, $1.64 and $1.55 each ; 18,000 paints ponchos, $1.99. each: 7Codrums, $4.95 to $5.17; 400 fifes (Band C), 28 cents each; 80,000 blankets,74&to7scents per pound; 193,000 white domet shirts, $1;48 to ;$1.52&; 7,000 knit Bhirts; $1.25 each; 290,000 pairs stockings, 34j£ to 35 cents per pair ; 67,500 canteens, 24 cents each; 2,500.d0., covered'and strapped,' 38 cents; 200,000 pairs drawers, 83 to 90 cents per pair; 50,000 forage caps, 55 to 57 cents each; 18,000 pairs mounted trousers, per pair;'loo reg. general order books, $1.98 to < $2.18;. 100 reg. iletter jbooks, $1.93 to $2,18; 100 reg. descriptive books, $3 to $3.37; 100 Teg. order 1 books; $1.98 t 052.18; 100'reg. index books, $l to $1.12; 3,000 hospital:tents and flies, $108.91 to $114; 1,300 wall tents and flies, $52.9?i£ to $53.99 : 50,000 shelter tents, $4.10; 35,0QQ hats, $1.60. . , : - Naval.—Gunner James A. Lillestln, of this-city, has been detached from the, United States gunboat Tuscarora; and ordered to Portsmouth, N. H.'.'for ordnance duty at that yard. l • t Gunner Wm. H. Hamilton has been ordered foe duty on board the Tuscarora. .