, 1863-06-25

The Taking Of Pnebla Barren Tletory-0nc
Half Of the French Army Dcstroyed-The
City of Mexico to he Defended.

| Judge Lane, who resigned the JudgeshIp o,
the M1picipal Court Of this city to take tic
consnlship to Yer Cruz, Mexico, returned to
the city yesterday. after an absence Of acyerll
months: Ills health is excellent.
| From him We learn, thatal1hough the French
| have taken Puebla, it Wus but q barren yic.
tory. They got the city but the people were
| gone. The Sexicans resisted uobly, holding
| out with great obstinacy, expecting to be I'd.
t leved bT tho forces under Couionfort, but
Ter suspected) lie allowed bis army to be sur
prised or cut to pieces. Not long after this
disaster Ortcga surrendered the city, bat in
| stead Of the II, 600 men and 800 officers re-
ported to haVe 1uid down their arms, there
! were only three or four hundred. The rest
conld, spiking the cannon, destroying the
small arms, &c. Their ammunition had been
| nearly all expended in the siege, This iutelli-
gencc reached Vera Cruz the day before Judge
Lane left, contradfcting tho previous reports
circuia.ed by the French, and twas believed to
be authentic. The French had REPORTED that
the large number Of prisoners alleged to have
been captured, were on their way to Vera
Cruz, the men to be sent to Martinique and
the officers to France, but their non.arriyaI
aftcr months delay, was finally explained by
the statement that they had yioiated their pa-
role and escaped.
Judge Lane feels confident that If the sue
EIss ullN uCEu uAt IL nus Ut QE8E TEpfEEtutEd.
the French would have treated with the Mexi.
can Government and closed the war, but that
this virtual defeat will, to save honor, comDel
them to continue the struggle. He does not
believe, however, that they will be able to al-
vance on the capital without large reinforce
ments. They have sent about 10000 troops
in all, to Mexico; the yomito and Mexican
bullets Lave reduced this number to about
s0,CCO-not enough to take Mexico and hold
the line Of communication.
RE1SFohcEHESTs FOR AND CONTAMINATION
WITH TIE FRENCH ARMY.
Fresh reinforcements to the number of
10,c00 men were to be sent out from France
forthwith to Mexico, together with large sup
plies Of material Of war.
An official announcement had been nuh.
llshed upon the steps taken to secure the sun.
ply Of provisions and munitions to the troops
in Mexico. On the 18th Of April the ARMY
was furn1ehed With supplies for fifty days. the
renewal Of which was easily effected. Inde-
pendently Of the monthly Transports from ST.
Nazaale' isaz tnc Mln'ster Of Marine had organ
ized 4 ship service, leaving Chcrbourg or lou
lon on the 23d Of every month, carrying out
supplies and bringing back the sick.
[Fzom the Paris Moniteur, Juno 81
Tue prolongation Of the military operations
before Puebla, and the resistance which the
French troops encounter, disturb the public
mind The greater the confidence in the rapid
success OF the expedition the greater was the
1mpatiencc to see the troops triumph over
the unforeseen obstacles against which the
courage of the soldiers md the skill and de-
votednes6 Of the officers 60 energeticallY
struggle.
To those rreoccupations Is naturally added
tne question Of supplies, both Of food and am.
mnnitiop, which hare, however. never ceased |
to be amply provided. Thus, at the date Of
the Last official news, April 19, the troops be- |
fore Puebla were provided with 1ptions for |
Atiy days: In addition reserve Of three |
mlllions Of complete rations, sufficient for the
whole expeditio1aIy corps for three months, !
WAS concentrated at Vera Cruz.
A to the ammunition for Infantry and ar
tlllery successfully shipped, added to what |
the different ftactlons Of the expeditiouary |
corps had taken with them, it consists, to /
mention q! m only the principal articles, Of |
aSsyse f ~ Sao Ssaao5tIidges for intantry being IN
for r1aed cannon, being 675 rounds for each
mounted gun; ], ,120 for each field piece, 1,023 |
tor ore each gun Of the reserve, and ZOO for each
etege gun.
70 those stores and the supply Of cannon,
powder and ammunition found At Vera Cruz,
. million Of cartridges, 19, 500 rounds for
r1led canron, 9,c00 bombs mud IS, 600 kilo-
8fammes Of gunpowder now leaving St. Ma
Zaire aud To1lon.
Paris (Juna % Correspondence London Herald
The paragraph about Mexico in the ltoaikcur
hns created q very painful impression. Large
Eelnto1cements are said to be under orders,
md the France learns that four line of battle
steamers, three transports and two ftigates,
IRE ordered to prepare for sea. without delay,
% convey to Vera Cruz troops, stores and
. The Aonixur also contaiss DEGREES confer
ing the Legion OF Honor and the Military
Medal to not less than one hundred and thir-
cen officers, non.commiss1oned officers and
orivntes, most Of them wounded, who have
distinguished Themselves at the siege Of |
Pueblo. /