Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-22
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
Defeat Of the French at PuebIa.
TheylOst 8OOOmen; so Cannon.
EVACUATION OF VIOKSBURG.
FROM WAsUINCTON.

WASHINGTON, April 81.
! Ohicial dispatches received last night.
say that portion Of Admiral Porter's feet
laden with a large numberof soldiers from
General Grants army, have succeeded in
running the batteries at Vicksburg, and
are now in a condition to either helm
Banks in an attack on Port Hudson, or to
make an assault on Vicksburg from the
South.
The following has been received at Head
quarters;
FoRT MONROE, April I9.
To Major General HaZIeek:
deem it due to the forces at Suffolk to
notice briefly their gallant conduct for the
last six days. On Tuesday General Peck's
right was attacked and the enemy's ad-
vance was gallantly met by General Fos-
ters light troops and the former were
driven back to their line of piekets. An
derson division was engaged st the same
time on the water front with our gunboats
and batteries and suffered materially.
On Wednesday a rebel battery Of %
FOUNDER ritied guns, was silenced effect
lvely, and an attack on the Smith Briggs
and an armed Quartermaster boat was re-
pulsed Repeated attempts have been
made upon cur lines, but all failed.
The stOrming Of the enemy's battery
near the west branch of the Nansemond.
by General Gettey, and the gunboats under
LieutEnant lawson of the Navy, and the
capture Of six guns and 200 prisoners.
closes the operations of the six davs
against the enemy's large force very sat
isfactorily
Signed. JOHN A. DIX
Tho F011pursvs-- T..
eeived here from Milliken's Bend, on the
Mississippi, near Vicksburg:
On the night Of the 18th Admiral Porter
succeeded in running the Vicks5urg bat
teries with seven fine gunboats Of his
squadron and three transports. The Ben
ton, his flagship, got opposite the upper
battery leading the line Of vessels.
The rebels opened fire, and continued
firing from II clock A. ~ till 2P. n. upon
each succeeding vessel as it passed. The
only damage done was the firing of the
Henry Clay, one Of the transports, and
the temporary disabling of the Forest City,
another transport, and a shot through the
hull Of the Benton. Our loss was but one
man killed and two or three wounded.
The Henry Clay was fred by the shells
from the enemy's batteries. all her crew
were saved. The pilot remained on board
until the flames forced him to leave.
The Rebel fire wasfar less effective than
was anticipated. They burned two or
three houses in the town as our squadron
was passing, to light the river, so as to en-
able their artillerists to get good view of |
our steamers as they went down within |
range Of their guns. On reaching War /
renten Admiral Porter bombarded that |
village, but with what effect is unknown. |
The Treasury Department has for some /
days past been sending out the form of /
certificate with conn ection |
with the National Banking Associations, |
under the currency and banking law. |
This certificate requires The applicants to /
state the name and title Of the association, |
It's location, and where its operations of
discount and deposits are to be carried on,
the amount Of the capital stock, the name
and residence Of each Of the shareholders,
with the number Of shares held by each,
and the time the business of the assooia-
ton is to commence. The certificate is
made in order that the subscribers may
avail themselves Of the advantage Of the
net TO provide a national currency secured
by pledge of United States stocks and to
provide for the circulation and redemption
thereof, approved February 2jth, 1868.
The blanks will be filed so as to show
The numerical order of the organization
and the locality.
Lord Lyons expects to spend the sum-
ner in Washington.
Richmond papers of the 10Th contain
nothing Of Importance
General Hurlburt telegraphed from
Memphis that he has information from the
rebels that the enemy is evaeuating Vicks-
burg.