The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-27
FROM YICKSaURG.

the bastions of the enemy, and driven them out of
their rife pits. On Friday the rebels cut away
the timber in the rear of their lines and opened
our troops with an eIeven-inch shell and two or
three siege guns. General Logan silenced their
mortar with his thrty-two Founders. Thirteen Of
our gunboats guard the river between Helena and
Young Point The gunboat Mormora destroyed
the town Of Lunice on Saturday.
FROM MEXICO.
The steamer Corsica, from Havana 9Th via Mas
sau 9Th arrived at New York with confrmatory
news of the occupation of Puebla.
Ortega on the 10th, offered to surrender on
condition that the soldiers be allowed to carry
their banners, the officers, their side arms and all
to march to the city OF Mexico and report to the
supreme government. These were all granted eX-
cept the latter Gen. Forey ordering them to march
to Orizaba and there await in inactivity the close
Of the war.
On the 18th, Gen. Forey presented to the Off
ce.s document to sgn, declaring that they will
MT mix in the politics of the nation and will b.:
come neutral durii. g the present wer; that they
vii: not leave the limit assigned BY the French
Gencr .l.in-Chi,f; that they will not communicate
with any one without his consent. The officers
received this with cligs of Long live Mexico"
Ueath toNapcleon 3d. " Death to the traitors"
and then signed protest that they We're not al
lowed to sign the above by the laws of their conn-
try. nor by military honor. Gen. Ortega, prcvi-
otls to the surrender, ordered ell artillery to be
broken mp.
President Jua-ez had ISSUED proclamation an
nouncing great disaster in the surrender OF
Pucbla an; stating that the capital will not only
be defended to the last extremity, but all the pi-
ces be defended with vigor; that the nation VIII
wage war without cedsing and under sacrifices
against the odious army which is proIaning its soil.
Vera Cruz advicts report tie escape OF Generals
Ortega, La Lave, Mendoza, and eight more of the
Il ny... a,1s
prisoners from tie French convoy, en route to
Orizaba.
DUP Mt AND FOoTE.-.t Stunewall Jackson
has been held up for admiration on both sides of
the water, and very justly as an officer of type
which in these days is rare. devoted, God
fearing and single hearted man he added to high
military talent moral qualities of that sort, which
have for ages been known as the SnreSt qualities
ton for great achievements, well as the highest
characteristic Of the Christian. A man of such
Cromwelan stamp seemed to belong to the Puri-
tan side of this struggle rather than with the self
styled &c Cavaliers y and it seems strange dSpo-
sition of Providence, which placed him, m n Of
high faith and of noble personal attributes, in the
front rank of the defenders of cause which is 50
essentially immoral, and is such thorough mega
ton of everything except material ends, as the
cause OF the rebellion.
Without stopping to point ont the explanation
of this incongruity, we wish to remind our readers
that although generals Of Jackson stamp are but
too rare in cur service, we have an admiral who
corresponds very near to him. in the religious cast
of his mind and its effect upon his conduct as
commander We refer of course toAdmi al Foote,
who, five have no Cromwell is at least our lake.
An earnest, devout and single-minded sailor,
whose life is devoted to the praise Of his God and
the honor Of his country who finds the hand Of
Providence in whatever befalls, and looks for
strength only fom on high i; and who, besides hsv
ing his courage and resolution thus powerfully
upheld by deep religious faith, has thorough
knowled e of his profession, and faculties pecu-
arly adapted to its wants. In this admiral We have
as it seems, much the same combination of which
we have enyied the rebels the possession in the
case Of Jackson
If any man should replace Admiral Du Pont it
should be man like this. Whatever depends
upon the character of the leader in such an enter
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