Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-13

The French Reported 20 he In Possession
OF MRtRmOras, Mexico.
Headquarters ARMY or THE POTOHAC, Jan.
l2.-The Richmond Enquirer Of to-day contains
the following:
VICKsBURG, Jan. SO he Hon. j. 4. Sci
den: From the latest information, am satisfied
that the Gnemy's transports have gone up the
river. Only seven gunhOats are between the
mouth Of the YazoO and MllIkn's Bend.
Yicksburg Is daily growing stronger. We
intend to hold IT,
(Signcd.) II. PENBERTOS,
Lieutenant General Commanding.
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 9.-Thc R,bd puhliShca
the following. from an official source, dated
Winchester. Tennessee: General Mnrgan's re-
port of his expedition shows two thousand
par0lcd prisoners, and several hundred Of the
enemy Killed and wounded, and an immense
quantity Of arms and property destroyed.
Forest's report shows nftcen hundred prison.
ers, one thousand Of tho enemy killed and
wounded an immense quantity Of arms, ammu-
milton, AID stores destroyed. and his whole COM
mand splendidly equipped from the capture
Our operations ut MurfrccshorO including
tho capture Of five thousand prisoners, besides
two thousand captured at IIartsvlle and around
Nashville, sum UP ten thousand in lcss than n
month. We have alsO captured and sent to
the rear thirty cannon, six thousand small
arms and two thousand more are In the hands
of our troops, and fifteen hundred wagons de-
slroypd, and the mules and harness secured.
The enemy's loss, in Killed and wounded, Is
estimated at twenty thousand, including sovcu
generals.
I CHARLEsToN, Jan. ll.-Latc adviccs from
San Antonio. Tcyas, state that an cypress from
Brownsville had brought information that four
thousand French troops had landed at MatamO-
RIA and taken possession Of the city
The railroad bridge over the Neusc river. on
/ the Weldon and Wilmington railroad, had teen
rebuilt.
The Virginia soldiers in hospital are suffering
for clothing and blankets, while those from
other States are supplied by state agents, and
the Enquirer calls upon the men and women o.
Virginia to furnish the necessary articles.
General FitZhugh Lees cavalry brigade has
subscribed and forwarded $1,000 for the relic
Of the citizens of Fredericksburg.
EXCHANGE NOTICE, No. I.
The following officers and men have beer
duly exchanged, and are hereby 50 declared
All officers and men captured in Kentucky
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi Georgia
Florida and South Carolina, mp 10 DcccmhC
TO- 1862. All officers and men captured in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, ArEan
sas and Louisiana, up to January l, 1865
The two foregoing sections apply not only I,
the officers and men of the Confederate service
Int also to all persons captured in arms or hos
tile array against the United States. whatevc
may have been the character of the militRT
organizations to which they were attached. an
whatever may have been the terms Of the pa
! roles given by them. If any are in the Fedora
; prisons, they arc to he Immediately released an
delivered to the Confederate authorities.
J All Confederate officers and men who hav
d been delivered at City Point mp to Jan. G, 1866
y all Confederate officers and men who have bee
}, delivered at Nickshurg up 10 December .;