The New York herald., 1863-07-23
Osr New Orleans Correspon dcnce.
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Osr New Orleans Corresponacnce.
NEW 0RIyAss, July is, 1883.
Chang In ne Asped Of <Dairs his D, artaeni-Par
neulars. # he surrerdo Of Povt Had'op--Th, Resei
Gayysson AND The Regiments Compoiao H--Ayfirloy.
Small ARMS ana x,~itioms Of War Found Within NE
Wortf--7as Sfrs~cA NJ ne Port,or--Arripni Of Retsi
OFcers, Prfsomss Of war--Efsct of Our artillery Pr
Army 1ouemats-LsScrts 20 Recover Bya,hscv csy--7h
Resan ~ Our Victoy4es in 1is Dsrarfme~t- Whaf W,n
BE- Done Win Port Hudss--NdraI Ness, de-. dc.
As you may suppose matters In this vicinity have
sumed entirely different aspect from what they
two weeks since. The rapid ard Overwhelming Union
victories have thoroughly Crushed the socessonists
here; they usfd up oomple,ey. and sltbough
sti doubt that v,cksburg has surrendered.
the majority show by their extremely long the
utter hopesness Of their Two weeks every
thing appeared gloomy cnorgb, yet now the pkics
looked bright since the FIRST gun fred al
Fort Sumter. This morning have tho by tho
steamship Columbia Of the great victory o. General
Meade the favorte rebel General lee This s the
isst feather that breaks the back" we may
consider the rebellion being virtually crushed There
10 little work TO be done in this vicinity yet but IL
sinks into such perfect nsgp1csnce comparison with
ansirs at the North that Is hardly worth mentioning
We have received the particulars of the surrender Of
Port Hudson but they Of very little moment when
me salusss fired honor Of the surrender of vlcks
burg the rebels very naturally desired 10 know wha,
they for when the information conveyed TO
t;enera Gardner, the rebel commapdcr, he addressed
GeDeraiBanks and asked II he had any Official
iufor NATION the subject General Banks replied by
sending copy Of the despatch received from General
Banks Upon receiving this onctsl General
Gardner at asked that General Banks appoint a
board OF onsers 70 arrange with thrcc appointed by
hnrself the terms n surrender. THIS immediately
aons mo nc term, csp'ur,oo M we're agreed npon %
place the next morning, our troops that
time occupying the famous stronghold. when
surr.pdercd sbe rebel sodievs nocked IN crowds 10
the rarape, u their line q works and animated
and after marched 10 and had taken poeselon tho
good fs~na TrsvsILd, from the generals cor
mandins do~n the drummer boys. No QUE would have
surpoaad rorn tho scene prcsented that ony = few
hours before these striving " other
aows o. .es, ~ bad eyer leon snyhns else than n,
Although to- Surrender " Port Hudson ooessIoned
the fall q vcxsburr, could not hsve bed out many
starvaton Tbsve Q bushei of corn within the
works, and oncers snd men were feeding mule meat
and rats, ~ have before nformei you
Ths works Port Hudson found 10 be fully A.
siroas . rveseuted bot every part of them had been
cut down and the earth torn up every dectbn Oply
one house vss sninurcd sod that is nov occupied
sessr.ph onos me nine inch ct and shell iron The
se~m could bs every eide. u s vesy svldsn,-
st least cnoees say vbo capable 0 juagingthai
bal vscksSuYf fallen, supply os provislnrs
eoad have besn oets~~d, might have knocked N
ths dcnv ~ Port Hud-on Any asrauh ~ rnlshf
have Attempted wsuh have b~cu repused with great
slsnsher The amsunt artillery - have csvsrsed Il
smaller ,sAn snusspassd v rev~wrnted 70 be ~ FOL
bws-fwo ten inrh cssssrhssds. eight inch oolun
psspdsr ri.S ooe fcrsys r,dndsr snooss bore
me nirsy two pcmAer. s~serth ssrs, and four
nsii bastsres. sev~vHi etbev heavy gsus vsrs
inside thc vovss bot they had bsen dksnied 1
snd rendsr~d ~cvthc@ ~ cur nve az tboussnd sfsnd
az arms Nth large amount of aDmsusska sf~o forua
part q ths spcSs md the suesr ~ sssss vili resrl
nearly SIR - ussnd say nny dvn hsAr~d AZ ~ss lle
trsct. cnpo~~d the xsSr~on w~s~ the rrr,h yss,
sesrsh. F~rufh. Eehss~uth and Twenty third Arksnsss
the Frss 1t<ty ninth nlsxr~pys he vss, Ard yor
~ smith Asbss4a, MN. L>xsn ~ louisiana noot~ ana
winr6clds cavalry The lo~~ sustaln~d bv the creroy
lnrnx ths srre they refyt " be hsndser spd tsr
and br mail porsto cry Gas ooosssned ~ Sc ~
srt,ery. large caves hsd ns~n dug N whNh ~ rn~s
s>ps covered themselves from ths p~rso< hs storm
~ brsNss srd rsscss ~ bvrmg -bei rh~ys does ~ Il
sp<sss e~en sny fsusi~s shs wp~t or.~
qs~ntiy the r~rorr tso hs,ns hs~o kissed -hbout
fue1aiSp. rhe s~k scd worsd~d ~ tk- sr~rpy are Il
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