Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-06

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Fhe siege Of pusbIa Raised
From Che Sew York Herald Nay 25I
BY tba arrival Of the steamer Rlauote from
HavaHa }esferdsy evening we kave interesting
news from Mexico, prir eipaliy confirming on
San FraHcrce dispatches.
OUR HAVANA CoRRFSPONDENCE.
4 Prirate Letter from tho French Camp-Nq
tnrs If tto FoJtfic0ioHS AZ Pgebia-- Th
French Adrqee Ctseted-A Heary BON
bafdnsHt EesoIa-l ga-Caed.fion of ti,
F0sach 1rHg -Cayfars of a Large COn0Ov-
Situation, Ne,os Etc Ete.
HAYsNA Nay I9.-Fsr fsa!,-ca days prial
t1-tHe arrival of the r ,auoke we were without
! O sYi BIZ of news from any yvheya The French
frigata InmnrtEits Grd Freueh transport ar
rived from Vsra Cruz during that Interval, but
bionEht nothing new, which wss the same as
/ n7,hing all Vaer simultaneously with tie
( r lsuoie and Sisldrake, comes p little b't OF
news H'm A-xieo by the transports rEue,
I which arrived here On Thursday eveuiug As
usual wa have nothing ufii ;ial from the Freueh
clmp naith-r arc th7re any newspapers from
( any part Of Mexico probably because the trsus.
I ports refused % csrrs- NAL, and tie little
neW5 we have comes lAraugh a private lsttsr
/ from a French eff seT at Paeba
You win remember that the last accounts I
sent yoH brought msttsrs down to ihs % Mt
lt appears 3io0, through the authority above
neHti5nef ,ha' operations ol tha ps5t Of the
French hsd ceased SITTER ihai day, in c5usa-
qaaree oi their having discovered ihe fortifi "a
u5os within ths town 10 baso numerous an so
strong iha' they w0nd gqpire heavy artillery
10 reiuca them Gen F5rey therefore fst.r-
mined 10 send 20 Vera Cuz for some hanvy
pieces aud MAINTAIN ''na4tsriv mac tivisV"
while awaiting their arrival At Ga iafe-t dates
tbe27th, those pieces were 0a the ros3, aui
some vera expected % reach Pa3bla on The
29.d, when active operations on q more 9sst.uc
ave scale would ba rsrmed. The fprt6cstions
which obliged thc French 10 take ihe maasure8
consisted iu number If houses around tha
Plaza d1 Armss aud Cathedral, which were
t1uHd pseket with Qslth, snjiu lr0as If them
"a ditch of grsat width ani depth Fhess houses
rugrs -4,-r-ii-r-.,i.s-.l slss nrtiiiefy ss-l
again them, the haaviest pieces which F5Tar
sad not bsing more than iweive-p0uadrrs; and
farther progress being lLUs l11n-de7 tIa uya af
heavier metal becomes necessary.
Daring this inarva', h1weger We ara tod
tasl asirmishinC wss qnjg constant, while both
armies naiutaired their positions Through
trl same source we are informed that th-
French haiiutTceptad q Convoy of mules laden
With hour end other provisions, with three hun
trad tHou aud dol'8rs in space, coming from
tLa cepilal, for the usa Of the garrison of Paeb-
la. The number of mules 10 said % have been
the sluth side OF tha CITY, not very far from the
forts Of Guada'upe and Lorato.
Oar Informant paints the condition of the
Feuch army in Ihs brightest c0oTs H. says
tha. provision, Of a kinds ab1aa1 aud tbat
the camp Is Ii lad with ciazsas of Pdasl8. who
seem 10 think themselves saf-r among their foes
than IN their oRn houses. The country peozls !
sell their pouitTy and other fsrm pr0iucts 90 tbe
soldiers without the least scrupla Chickeaa
f.a A. d. g.
next 20 natAlng Ia fact, u i5 quite pleasant
war, and reminds one Of the great Louis march !
into Flanders, with his long train OF state
coaches, his corps Of veteran 'oks, and iere-
sistio'e, sl'-sub1ping, ladies' Of honor They 1
Say history is constantly repeating Itself aud 1
suppose we are going e have tho good things |
at least, of those oldeu times repeBted in 1
Mexico.
But row tho question arises, are we to accept
this private letter as true and rsiiabe7 For my /
part most say it is tie only thug tangible pa 4
gWding Mexican sifiirs that Pave seen. Ra.
mors have boon dying thick as forest leaves in /
autumn Of disaster % tho French I have met |
men who grGveiy asserted they had raa letters 4
rom certain fabulous British Cohuls, statiar I
hat he entire French army vas ia fnn retreat /
60 Vers Cruz, a which place several thousand /
ha3 elready arrived in lhe greatest disorder; /
ihet Forey had lost aii Of his artillery aud mu- /
niSons, aI.3 i6ai nothing but bis ships could /
save ihe remnant of lis forces. Day aifer day /
these yaIne sro span. and tha ara ,uut that Is 1
dsily swallowed, consumed aud diessisd IS /
astonishing Ihis is due 20 two causes. TIE I
Spanards are alaus of the French. sud wish /
them ali the hlrm ia Jha world, and ths native I
ereoles are 90 Intensely American In feeling shst (
European interference on env oart Of ths eoati- /
rent Is ren1gnani 20 them Oathe asrt Of the I
Clhaos tha tcsing is deeid DIV r,-ai--rrIrtt ~ 4
Hea..| q -
u eTcnmsiarces were no ss they s-e, would be
at this hour fighting tha Mgxieaas, side hy side 4
with She Efench aud fztolling lheir ales IS I
much as they now decry aud undenste hem.
Raising Of TIE Siegs Of PRsb'a-T Tie Frenoh /
Badly Beaisa-f fhe Cans IF he Frcaea ShiDs 7
Token on Shore UaTsiiabic French Aerounts /
- The Msrieaus Uldalthtsaig Fiefarious- !
Pusdut Jgarez on he OFsasips Moss-Crit !
icat Condition Of he firadsrs- Tie Afsriean +
Border States etc.
HAyASA May 10, 1863.
On the l6h the French steamer of war
iEurs arrived from Vera Cruz, which port she 1
left 0n lhe ilh She reports that na new had 4
bran received asre ffom the erny later than /
the Z7tb uli thar ths siags OF Paebia has been
raised or susbonied till the arrival Of rsiuforca-
ms8ia aud heavy guns, IS Is haa bssn impossi- I
Die % 9ene'rstc the city Of Puebis with the ar 4
u.lsFy they had, ii being Of only u p1end cal (
ihor, though hed. The guns from the vessels
ol war in port have been sent ashore, ard are 10
20 b Purba. Two guns had arrived within |
two days journey, sud Others were On the road 4
The impossbibty 81 entering Paebla consis;sd I
In The bsrriead-s, eighteen eet thick, Of earth |
aud STONES, Bpi 10 The hci that tha Mszieans
bad hIlod ihe houses oi tho FIRST lins of para
pets with earth. The Mexieans agsiH occnpy
tina Fort 0f San Xayier which they arc Ia
pai-ing
The Eare reports thai light scirmishss took
Ultsa daily with parties who came oug 70 attack
IRON tbe eiiyi thsa on the a 3 ME lsfgs con
voy ol meal was csptursa BY tne Ffeush which
the Aexeaas wer8 trying 70 Introduce in.o ths
city
A French of seT nassed through this Bort in
tila mail sieanar Clyde, On rBate for Ffanee
whence be i5 70 selao oat heavy siege train,