Evening star., 1863-05-12
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
FOUR FEDERAL GCNBOATS PASS NATCHEZ
AND GO Up RED RIVER.
DEATH OF THE REBEL GENERAL VAN DORM.

LII tue hlCu1NONQ Examiner OF NAY 3tn, we
find the following:
GEN. LEES ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN VIR-
GINA. May !, 1e63.-General Orders, No So
With heartfelt qualification the General COM
manding expresses to the army his sense of the
heroic conduct displayed by officers and men
during the arduous operations in which they
have just been engaged.
Under trying yicissitudes of heat and storm
You attacked the enemy, strongly entrenched
in The depth of a tangled wilderness, and again
the hills OF Fredericksburg, fifteen miles
distant. and, by the valor that has trinmphed
on so many fields, forced him once more to
seek safety beyond the Rappahannock
While this glorious victory entities you to
the praise and gratitude of the nation, we are
especially called upon to return grateful
thanks 10 the only Giyer of victory for the sig
nal deliyerauce He has wrought
II is therefore earnestly recommended that
the troops unite on Sunday next in ascribing to
/ the Lord OF Hosts the glory due unto His name
Let Us not forget in our rejoicing the brave
| soldiers who have fallen in defence of their
| country. and " hile we mourn their loss let US
| resolve to emulate their noble example.
| The army and the country a like lament the
| absence, Tor time, OF one to whose bravery,
| energy and skill they are so much indebted
! for success.
/ The following letter from the President of
| che Confederate States, is communicated to the
| army an expression of his appreciation of
| its success:
| Il have received your dispatch, and reyer-
emily unite with you in giving praise to God
| for the success with which He has crowned
| our arms.
| "In the name OF the people, offer my cordial
nLS tn Yha
| command for this addition to the unprecedented
series OF great victories which your army has
achieved.
'sThe universal rejoicing produced by this
happy result Will be mingled with general
regret for the good and the brave " no are num-
bered among the killed and wounded"
r. f. LEE, General
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
JACKSON, April 7.-Ansofficer who left Match.
itoehes Saturday reports that Banks army has
been divided into three columns-one fortifyins
the town of Opelousas, one at Atchafalya and
one at Baton Rouge.
Banks has seized all the negroes and stock on
the Governors plantation.
Gen. Kirby Smith has arrived at Alexandria
from A Kansas with reinforcements-Walk
Texas brigade.
Gen Smith is confident OF his ability to drive
Banks back TO Berwicks
Three powerful Confederate gunboats are at
Alexandria, above the falls.
The wheat crops in Texas are unprecedeut-
~ promising.
Gen. Magruder's headquarters have been
removed to San Antonio
Five gunboats passed Natchez on Sunday
night, and four ascended Red river.
DEATH OF GEN. VAN DORM
Official information has been received con-
firlniag the death Of Maj. Gen. Van Dorm, at
Spring Hill, Tenn, on the 1th inst.
PIoM FREDERICKSBURG.
The last of the four ambulance trains due on
Thursday, reached the city at IL D. M, bring
ing 400 wounded, which makes the whole
number received since the battle UP to that
time foot up 1900.
The Examiner thinks there is getting to be q
much 100 free admixture OF the bayonet in all
the affairs OF life. There seems to be a growing
opinion amongst the officers that the common.
est affairs cannot be performed without it.
CAPTURED ARMs-aossIP OF YANKaRrR1.
soNRRs.
The last OF the trains just mentioned come
from Hamilton's Crossing. In conversation
with Capt. Blakely. the mail agent, we heard
some interesting details.
At Hanilton's Crossing there are more mus
kets piled on either side OF the road than have
ever been seen together since the war. They
We're left on the battle fields by the Yankees,
and many thousand more there are which have
not yet been collected.
The number Of cannon captured by our army
is not yet known, but is said to be over so. It
is doubtful whether the pieces taken from the
Washington Artillery Were recaptured. It is
most probable the enemy hurried them to the
rear, that they might hereafter be paraded as
trophies and boasted over.
The Yankees admit that. they were awfully
beaten, but say 1t was owing to the fact which
they never cease to proclaim that they have no
generals. They believe their troops are as good
as ours, but that we beat them by the superior
skill of our generals. Many of the prisoners
say that Hooker fell, or was knocked from his
horse during the battle of Sunday. They know
nothing more than thai they saw him fall
This was doubtless the origin of the story that
he had been wounded and had his leg taken off.
One of the Yankee officers brought to this
city, told q gentleman who was in conversation
with him, that Burnside was not beaten at
fredericksburg, but repulsed; but that
Hooker had gotten, perhaps, the d--dest |
drubbing that ever a General had
All of our troops are iubiIart over what thew
consider as beyond all comparison the great |
est victory of the war. They say the victory of |
the 18th OF December, was not a circumstance |
to it.
From surgeon who left Fredericksburg on |
Thursday we learn that the surgeons in Gen. |
Lees army make the following approximate
estimate of our loss IN the recent battles:
Moundea....s ..s.....e...............
huApu 800 Il
Iussing.... ,230
(.
e,100
The enemy's loss is more subject Of conjsc-
ture, but from the number Of dead that encum.
Der the ground for miles about Chancellors vile