The New York Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1863, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE CREOLE. Highly Interesting from New Orleans. The Second Assault Upon Port Hudeon. Disastrous Repulse of the Union Forces. Bold and Sangvinary Fight of the Rebels. Our Correspondence from the Battle Field. Heroism and Gallantry of the Union Army. Movements of the Rebels Magruder, Taylor, Mouton and Sibley. Port Hudson Threatened in the Rear, &e., &e., ae. By the arrival of the mail steamer Creole, Captain Xhompson, from New Orleans, we have highly important wews from New Orieans to the evening of the 18th inst., conveying the details of a second sanguinary attack by the Union forces on the rebel works at Port Hudson, and che complete repulse of the attacking forces. The letters ‘of our correspondents on the spot ably portray the start- ing events. Our New Orleans Correspondence. New Ogteans, June 17, 1863. A Second Assault Upon Port Hudson—Some of the Killed and Wounded—AU News Suppressed by the Authorities— Siege Operations—Our Chances of Success—Condition of Gen. Payn —His Experience on the Battle Puld— What Col. Curry Thinks of the Defences of Port Hudson—Some of Our Cavalry Captured—The Enemy Reported to be Con- centrating in Our Rear—Gloomy Appearance of Affairs— Navat Matters—1he Rumored Recall of Admiral Farra- gut—The Kebel Samer Boston, &e., de. After an i nt bombardment of several days? dura. tion, the assault upon Port Hudson was again attempted on Sunday last, the 14th jnst.,and the result was a dis- astrous repulse, our forces having been driven back to the position from which they started, with a loss of not less than seven hundred killed and wounded. Among the casuatties that have occurred the following may be montioned with certainty :—Colonel Hole mb, First Louisi anna (white) regiment, killed; Colonel Bryant, One Hun dred and Seventy-{iftk New York regiment, kilied; Cap: tan Hurlburt y-first New York, killed; Lieutenant Hutchinson, suty-ifth Now York, kill Payne, wounded in the log severe y; Colonel Smith, One Uifotred aud Fourteenth New York, wounded mortally; Lieutenant Colonel Buboock, Seventy-tiith New York, wounded in the leg slightly; Colonel One Hundied and ‘Twenty-third New York, severo ly in both arms: Captain J. E. Savery, Seventy- ao New York, arm, slightly; Lieutenant B. F. burbor, Seveuty-{ifth New York, knee, slightly; Lica tenant Crocker, Seventy-fifth New York, arm, slightly. Thise are, of course, but a very few of the number in Jired, even among the officers; but as the authorities $ ill refuse to give any list of killed and wounded, and “i Mot permit any of the particulars of the fight to be pubished, the jublic must remain ia iguorance of the alair, { hope, however, that before the steamer salis the account of th Hetann’s correspondent with the army nd that it will embrace everything con cerning tho list battle that is worth knowing, From the silence thit is maintained on the subject of tho opera tions now gomg cn before Port Hudson it is natural that we should imagine ourselves defeated. If we had been victorious it would have been made public by an extra Era 28 9000 a8 the information could be sent here by te'ogra’h ‘The only account of the fight on the 27th ult. made public is that in the Hrnap of the 6th inst., which uritve! here tu the steamers Creole and Cromwell; and the prob bilities are that the secount of the second will Vere dhere for the first time in ta columns of the same jay This refusal to publish news ts looked upoa dy the rebels here # an announcement of @ great victory oc them, and they are jubilant, Of course we cannot contradict what they 3.y, for if we do they reply, If you have boon as Succefal as you represent why do you sitbhold ail infor on on the subject?’ To this re. mark we can iy noth.ng, aud are obliged to keep silent. When an assaat ig attempted upon a strongly in- trenched and fortified position it {8 not usual, sccording to my understanding of military movements, to have the s'orming column move a distance of at least a mile, over aud under obstructions of every kid, and subjected NEW YURK HEKALD, SATURDAY, having been taken for a bospita. fortabiy situated, and the majorit; Jeg and Ift arm, and besides has three flesh w: steamer Time and Tide, from Springfield Lane this morning, bringing ope bundred and woonded men, ‘bey also are being conv Louis Hospital. The weether for the tast few 4 time. €onsejuent'y the men are in arbetter condition. | We are fortunate in being able to procure 8% very good hospital accommodation for our sick and wounded. Junx 17—Evening. Ivisited tho Hotel Liew this afternoon, saw General Payne, and found him very comfortable and no worse than before stated. He told me that he was wounded to the morning, about seven o'clock, and remained on tho field until seven in the evening. After being disabled he succeeded in getting his boot off, and then crawled intoa furrow between two rows ef corn, which afforded him some sbelter from the firimg of (ue enemy's sharpshoot- ers, the place being within easy range of their rifles. He Says that at least a thousand shots wore fired at him while in that place, but none of them touched him. Some of the projectiles wore like our ordinary rifed shots, and had percussion fuses; thoy burst all around bim , but aid no injury, He represents the day as being one of the warmest he ever experienced, and when he found it necessary to pull his cap over his face to shelter himself from the rays of a burning sun, the rebels invariably gaw the movement, and opened fire with renewed energy. Col. Curry, of ‘the One Hundred and Thirty-third Now York, says that Port Hudson is one tiroughout the entire distance fire of artillery \ musketry When the Freneh sveceeded in carrying the Ma’akeit by storm they had sapped up to within a sh rt distenee of the work, and the ground between them an | the enemy Was comparatively ¢'ear,so that when the bugle Suuided the charge the men were fresh aud the distance ro them was atively nothing, 1 understand from officers re of judgwg that the round outsds the sat Port Hud- sou is of that chara enable our engineers w oh delay OF troubie. mt. constrneted our pa short distanee of the carry them by position en masce, railels, and w enemy's Ww 'y much, if the present plan will not be Fepuised with great pt is made. Port Hndson and it i de ended by as a trigg Foor drew doubtless have— 1 moking the tly strong tely invest theid within the ronment bas had Ranks hat jo him powerful rein done. coded polled juz men enough copt the powors that mont has known the num s departinent, and were fully rmed by them, yet it has to inake the open. a A certain matter. not MOVE against ) on of his il would have arrived re occupition of the not 1 you par ner Cont! nextrnct from A letter written by Jone! Vean, of the Fo Wisconsin of the ou ch army could have 1a time to have giv State of Lautan ‘oluntenna abatrvict! F the tin r Ne tained by bis regiment et which our men were sub wt the Ove Mundred and Sixty fi th Nev York i ye tow of the gh sustained. are wall pro Ot helee? that rtilery, Ie moK, Of the the enomy ww 10 use their Wolr firing, he do net throw . rly. 4 jow. in order to hat amputaied at least ope peck of ayne bas arrived in the city, and the H ms ea, in the care of ihe Sister » \ecty we His wound i simi. tar (0 that of sherinan, but ies gavore, only on bone hay ng ‘el. boetor Stone informed me that be does nt think there will De any necesity for iepatation, th bie reer will be very Siow. General Sherman o ntinues to tm will be able to go North in two or three weeks tures on the ar’ Of the strongest places in the world. He describes the works a8 follows:—Kirst, an abatis of felled trees for a distance of at least one hundred yards; then a ditch about forty feet wide, with from four to six feet water in 4; then a giacis about twenty feet high, sloping Eradually to the parapet, on. which is & protection for the sharpanooters: behind this again, say a hundred yards distant, is another line of works on which field and heavy artillery is mounted, so that if we Bucced in gotting through the abatis, across the ditch, and gain Hon of the firat portion of the main work, the most difficult part of our task bas yet to be performed. From what I have this day learned respecting Port Hud son and its garrison, I shall refrain from saying anything more regarding the certainty of its cap- ture, I do not think it will be taken except by close siege and starving the garrison out, and to do this our rear must be well fortified, and our army maintained as as it is at present, if not in- creased in numbe-s. You have now a fair idea of the situation at Port Hudson, and from it conclusions may be formed as to the probability of our success or defeat. I Jearn that General Beale, of the rebel,army, is one of the commanders of the garrison, He ts a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, and a graduate of West Point. The troops of the garrison are mostly tried men, those who have seen service. Many of them were in Fort at the time of its capture. Only @ few days since a portion of the Metropolitan cavalry, about one hundred and fifty, were captured by the enemy within two miles of General Banks’ head- quarters. They were taken without a.gun being fired or asabre drawn. The enemy are. beyond doubt, concen- trating in the rear of our army; but in what number we can form no idea at present. I must confess that I am uneasy; I do not like the appearance of things, especially the quiet maintained by the authorities. I fear we are now enjoying a calm that ts to be followed by a storm of unusu»l severity, and which it may not to be in our power to withstand. I am not usually @ “‘croaker;’’ but something seems to tell me that all is not going on well. I trust, however, that I may be mistaken, and that the cloud I now imngine to be around us may be dispelled, giving place to bright sunshine once more. 1 believe I am the only one who looks upon the dark sido of the picture; all those around me wear bright faces and appear to be confident of success. I think, howevot have adopted the best plan; for, if disappointed, it Is in agreeable manner, and if mattters turn out as I expect, why, then, I am not in a worse condition thi t first. ‘Tho navy is lying quietly on its oara, awaiting the sult of the army movement. Itcan do nothing at p1 sent, or but very little, for the shells of our ships would do our people more domage than those of the enemy. Admiral Farragut is chafing I know at being kept so long waiting for the final result, for it is something ho is not accustomed to. Apart from the squadron on the river. we hear nothing respecting the movements of onr other vessels. We cannot believe the report we hear by the Irst amer from New York, that Admiral Dahlgren is to relieve Admiral Farragut, and hope there is no truth in the rumor. unless the Admiral now here wishes to be relieved. which we do not think likely. We have no tidings of any further depredations by the captured steamer Boston, and think she must have suc ceeded in getting into Mobile, althongh she may have gone to Cubs, ‘The United States steamer Bermuda sailed afew days since for the coast of Tex: When she ro- turns, whict will be in a few days, we may have some interesting news from that section of the world, We have hnd nothing from there for some time past, or sincé the last supply steamer arrived. June 18,1863. The United States steam transport Matanzas leaves this evening direct tor New York, and although the Creole leaves to morrow, still, the movement of any steamer in this departmont being #0 very uncertaio,] deem it best not to aliow an opportunity to escape me: We are to-day without any news whatever. You will observe that the Ara, the organ of the General command- ing, 18 entirely silent regarding affairs at Port Hudson, and will, 1 imagine, remain so. 1 sbould not be surprised if orders were isaued compelling all correspondents to keep quiet on the subject of b»ttles fought and victorica not won, for that appears to be the present policy. The friends and relatives of tho officers and men composing u neteenth army corps will havo to be patient a 1 while longer; it is ont of my power to give them any information at present, no matter how much I desire todo so: for the order on the subject is imperative. The secesh portion of our community are in most ex- cellent spirits. This, I apprebend, is caused by news from up the river: it can be nothing else. Wo are better able to judge by their appearance and behavior if we have been snecessful or not than by any cther means, for thoy make no effort to disguise their feelings. A more certain sign than ony is tbe talking of thelr fermen. They cannot keep their tongues when any news favorable to their cause is received. The steamship Columbia, from New York, is now over- doo. if she sailed on the day advertised. When the Coimmbta is an hour over her time we begin to be appre- hensive that something is wrong; for she has always heretofore been as regular as clockwork. Although we do not anticipate that she has been captured, still we tremble almost at our shadows in these uncertain times, and imagino everytbing to be the worst. ‘The afternoon papers contain nothing but extracts from Southern journals. Of such matter they are nowfprincipal- ly made up, and all that is now required of an editor of a New Orleans paper is to be expert with scissors, and un- derstand how to use mucilage without waste. City’ mat- ters are yory, very dull. But little produce is to be seen on the levee, and persons to buy it are becoming soarce. Nearly ali who intend leaving for the North have gone, and the steets look deserted. The weather is warm, but not warmer that you are having it in New York, and the We have no further names to day of killed and wounded, and hear of nove city continues perfectly healthy. who have died stuce they arrived in this city, the majorit; of wounds be.ng slight. id _ Naw Onxans, June 18—Evening. Report of Passengers Arriving This Afternoon from Port Hudsorn—They Are Hopeful and Full of Confidence— Capture and Destruction of two Steamers at Plaquemine— Gen, Magruder in the Altakapas Country—The Beston and Attemyts to Effect Her Capture—Row Among the Banks and in the Custom House, dc. Passengers who have arrived from the front this after- noon speak in a hopeful manner respecting affairs at Port : - last, “ Hyd a Hudson They say that our forces are within fifty yards red such men behind strong earth " , Le tone hundred = eyuate [ofthe enemy's works (this has been the case for some a entirely an P¥ttho), and are bound to go in on the next have ten thon | attempt. Nous wrrons. I hope the bright antici- pations of these gentlemen -may be but they seem to forget that high and steep glacis climbed before we can get at them. Had these important obstacles not existed we should un- | doubtédly have been in Port Hudson before now. Among those who arrived this afternoon wes a naval surgeon, who has been assisting the army surgeons tn attending to the wounded’soldiers. He speaks in tho highest terms of the fortitude displayed by our men, and mentions par- ticularly somé from Maine and Connecticut who were highlv eornged at being hurt and thus prevented from further efforts against the ene destroying the steamboats Al The former boat was one of the most on the river, and belonged to the clags that were in use before the war. The Sykes smaller and leas power- ful boat, bat had on rd three bales o cotton. ‘The officers and crews of both vessels have doubtiess been taken prisoners. ‘There i# no donbt of the fact that General Magruder, with Generals Dick Mouton and Sibley, is in the Attakapas countey, with @ force of from 15,008 to 20,000 men, and playing the very devil, burning and destroy. ing all the ‘ty that we did not move, former lotter that General force he could in Texas and purpose of ery confirms this account; and I aleo learn he is fort tensively in the neighborhood of Franklin, in order to show fight should General Ranks determine to reoceupy that country after Port Hudson falls, Ub that we had 16.000 more men to have held this country and removed from it all (hat was therein of value, Jone 19—Morning, i 8 Nothing yet from the steamer Columbia. I do not near | of anything having been done by our naval authorities to capture (he Boston. We have, to be sure, nothing in this part of the squudron that could catch a snail; attil we might have made the attempt. The steamer Tennessee haa deon fitted upto accommodate the Admiral and staff, She was in this port when the news of the Boston's cap- ture waa received, yet remaimed quietly at an anchor, and wont up the river last night. Woear that ti may be cruising in the Gulf, and expect to hear stems Gentruction among our saillug vessels, Information was had yerterday of a row | jo ae, several officialk having, I endornnds tone tected ju passing coptraband goods. Tam pot surprised It is only on @ par with other transactions that have been and ati) are going on ft this department. We are an wound ts healing thr ength The ge ea] Roath 8 Very good. and hiv spirite nro very cbear'un Hin recovery laa been moat wonrertat. About one hur dred end seventy wounded mon arrived ere youterday, honest ond traly loyal people here—that ts, na far aso pockets are benefited, but very little beyond: for it mat tere but little who obtains the goods #0 long a we obtiin the money. and are now in the St. Louis Hotel, that butiding They aro com- y aro doing well I hear that one private hae suffered amputxtivn athe A 1 nds The ys bas been more favorabie for our wounded, the excessive heat of last week and week before having’ passed away for a realized, though we arewithin arty yards of the enemy, a wide ditch must be crossed and a JUNE 27, 1863.—TRIPLE There is a's80 @ row ng the banks. The State hours from par to twenty per c " slo, basteen ordered by the General commanding, of b aptam VeChure is chief, to examine toto the con- f (his institution, Many ¢bousand persona are rs by the depreciation in the votes ol the above an, your correspondent among the number, and a8 if S9Me parties were Lehind the curtain in ity the affairs of the bank, for they managed to al! the notes they hold on uns sspecting parties, z this morning from Port Hudson. Another as- eault ts, however, expected to day, and tho information concer n)ng it will be in time, mo doubt, for the sieamer Cromwell, which sails on Sunday morping, 1 r that Colonel Dudley bas volunteered, and will lead a “forlorn hope” or storming column of four thousand men. picked men and volunteers. ‘May the best man win, saith the prize Gighter; and eo gay I in regard to matters before Port Hudson, Our Battle Field Correspondence. Nean Port Hupson, June 17, 1863, Contmencement of the Second Advance on Port Hudson— Entire Change of the Union Position—Personal Observa" tions 6f Our Correspondent—The Fight Opens in Barnest— How Our Soldiers Moved to Their Du'y—Desperation of the Rebes—Union Losses, dc., Be. At early dawn on Sunday, the 14th inat., we com- menced another advance movement on Port Hudson, with a force which was thought to be equal to any emergency, but which, as the result will show, was entirely insuffi- cient to accomplish the object of the original pian. The different vreastworks, rifle pits and other outer de- fences that completely invest Port Hudson for miles 1 havo already described in a former letter with sufflcicnt accuracy. The position of our forces since my last com munication has been somewhat changed. We now have no centre, but only a right and left, which, joined together, forms nearly a right angle completely enclosing the rebel Stronghold on the east bank of the river. General Grover's division is now on the upper sije of Port Hud- eon, extending a distance of nearly four miles from the river to the interior, to a point within supporting dis- tance of General Augur’s division, whieh i on the west side o° the rebel fortifications, and extends a distance of atout three miles in the direction of the river to within hailing distance of our fleet. < Before proceeding to give the detalis of our last des perate struggle to capture Port Hudson, ‘our assault and repulse, the observations of your correspondent from a high tree, within leas than one hundred rods of the first line of robel defences, will very materially explain the diMfoulties our sol- diers had to encounter, and the almost impassable barriers presented to retard their advance. From the Point indicated the rebel fortifications and their imme. diate surrounding present the following appearance:— Looking from the extreme northeasterly range of rebel rifle pits towards the river on the upper side of Port Hud ‘s0n, & long hne of earthworks can be seen glistening with bayonets, and protected by a ditch nearly twelve feet in width, and, for the purpose for which it was built, unu- sually deep. Within short musket range enfilading breast- = command every possible approach to the enemy’s position. As I have before indicated, in speaking of the conjunc- tion of our right and left, the rebel defences form vearly a right angle, both tho lines of which extend to the river, enclosing a sharp bend in the stream by which our gun- boats found it so diMcult to pass. The most accessible approach apparently to the rebet earthworks is over a clear field, about six hundred yards in width, and which at first sight presents the appearance of an almost perfect- ly level piece of ground. This spot, however, since our Jast assault, has peen determined to be, although the most inviting, tho most treacherous place along the entire lino of rebel defences. Our soldiers in thetr charge found it to be filled with deep, narrow | meals too small to cover a large body of troops and too ge to make a passage over them oven for infantry bareiy possible. Horses are out of the question, and were not used at this point. These artificial ravines are completely covered with fallen trees and vines, which are 80 ar- ranged a8 to nearly obscure them’ from sight, and make an advance over them a matter of ox- treme difficulty. In our charge upon the enemy's lines at this spot it was impossible for our soldiers to keep in regular order of battle, Frequently whole squads of men would sink out of sight ouly t be resurrected by the assistance of their comrades. Down the right line of the onemy’s works all approach to the fortifications is mnde exceedingly diMicult by bigh bluffs and deep, irregular guilies. The enemy’s rifle pits aro, although bearing the appearance of very wide constrac- tions, built upon the most approved modern engineering skill.” Hore, again, fallon trees have been #0 arranged as to make it Impoesible to move artillery, or troops io line of battle. The entire distance of rebel works presented for our reduction are nearly eight miles in extent. ‘THR FIGHT. Last Saturday evening the order of attack was deter- mined upon at headquarters and communicated to the generals who were to command the assaulting columns. Most of the details were arranged by General Grover. The poe of attack was the oxtreme northeasterly angle of the enemy’s breastworks. Five or six days previous apsault several of the enemy’s artillery, had becn in po-itiou behind their fortifications im- mediately in our front, were dismounted by our guns and abandoned. Those still in position were rendered useless to the rebels by our sl Rebel deserters and prisoners it into camp speak of our artil as splend! say that they were not able to agun more than five or six times before they had to move it as the accuracy of our range would work it certain destruc- tion. As before mentioned, we commenced preparations for the attack while yet it was scarcely, br an The plan of the assault was briefly as follows:—The Seventy- fifth New York, under command of in » ‘Twelfth Connecticut, led by Lieutenant Colonel were detailed as skirmishers, forming ® eoparate command under Lieutenant Colonel . of the hey lew York. The Ninety-first New York, Van hand grenade, with bie rs is rown shoulder—followed next in order, The skirmishers were to creep up and lie on the exterior slope of the enemy's breastworks, while tho Togiment carrying the grenades were to come up to the same position and throw over the grenades into the enemy's lines, with a view to rout them and drive them from behind their works. The Twenty fourth Connecti. cut, Colonel Mansfield, with their arms in like manner to iment, followed, carrying sand bags filled ‘with cotton, which were to be used to fill up the ditcn in front of the enemy's breastworks, to enable the assauit- ing party the more easily to scale them and charge upon the rebels. Following these different regiments came, properly speaking, the balance of General Weitzel’ whole brigade, under command of Colonel Smith, of the One Hundred and Fourteenth New York. This command consisted of the Fighth Vermont, Lieutenant Colonel Millingbam; the One Hundred and Fourteenth New York, Major Morse, and the One Hundred and Six- teenth New York, Lieut. Col. Van Betten. Next came Col, Kimble’s and Colonel Morgan’s briga/tes, the last of which, with another brigade (the name of which I was upable to learn) wag under the general command of Colonel Birge. This force was held to support the assaulting column which was under the immediate command of Generoi Weitzel, who made the attack on tho right. General Emory's old division moved in conjunction with General Wettgel on the left, forming a separate column. The two divisions—General Weitzel's nnd Genoral Paine’s—were under command of General Grover, who, as has beep be- fore stated, planned the whole assault after General Banks’ order to advance was received by him. Hence the mede of attack was entirely bis own. General Weitzel's division was expected to make a lodgement ineide of the enemy's works, and in that man ner prepare the way for General Paine’s division After the inside of the enemy's fortifications had been reached skirmishers were to push forward and clear the way while both columus were to be deployed in line of battle and move towards the town of Port Hudson, where a rand citadel,*which forms the last means of rebel ce- fence, is situated. have thus far been speaking of General Grover’s command exclusively, and the plan above given is appli cablo only to his movements, as determined upon at the time of its adoption. About daylight the Seventy fifth New York, which had veen slowly advancing, approached the enemy's works sufficiently near to see his fire. Previously the columns of the main body of General Grover’s command were formed in the woods skirting the enemy's breastworks. The Twelfth Connecticut, during the night, had lost its way in the woods, and the Ninety-first New York was ordered by General Weitzel to the place that had been assigned to it and follow immediately in the rear of the Seventy-fifth New York. After the advance of the Feventy fi. th and Ninety-first regiments, Gen. Weitzel’s on- tire (ape cern cde Sonex i days previous our arm: neers Preparing @ cov- ered way, whicl, extended from the woods where our troops lay up to within about one hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's position. Through this covered way our troops marc! in single file ap to the point where the first line of battle was formed. It should be re- marked that of relied upon ford to the which out, however, owing to some fault in its construction. ad vance bad arrived at the end of the covered way they jumerable barriers that wancing towards the enemy's works with his wand toriner on the loft. It should he stated our troops, os soon as they had loft the cover of woods, which were port tillery, which was planted some distanes in the roar of our advancing forces, kept up & continous fire at the rebel works, Captain Terry, of the Richmond, with his Dattory of eight inéh Dahigren guna, and 5 fin, with bis battery, a portion of the Twenty-first In- diana artillery, did good execution, These batteries served very much to protect our troops as they were ad- vancing to the attack, After our skirmishers had picked r way up to within about thirty yards of tho enemy's works, they sprang into the ditch, expecting to be able to shelter themselves under the cover of the rebel fortificathes, and keep the enemy down while the regiment, with the band grenades, should advance and perform their part of the work in riving the rebels from their poattion. The portion of the Seventy fifth whieh succeeded in resching the diteh were immediately repulsed, and noarty all of them were oithor killed or wounded. The ditch waa so enfiladed that it was tmposstble for men to live long under the murderous fre of the enemy. The questizn may be asked why all this was not known before ; but 1 bave no time to comment. ln comsequence of the repuise of the portion of the Seventy @ith Uat succeeded in reaching the ditoh, the hand ers could atcomplieh but Little. In fact, «ithough they made on and galiant attenpis ‘o be of keryice, they rather dim ged thin benefited our prospects of Bucce@; for as they throw their gre:.ades over the rebel b castworks the rebels actually coxa ht ‘Len asd hurled them back #mong us. In the meantime, while the sxirmishei¢ we © nob y endeavoring to susan themseives in General Weirzl's column moved up a8 rapidly as poss and made @ series of desperate assaults om the enemy's works whiob for bravery and daring the history of the = pokes Siraiee. 6 paral. At this time, the sua wing fairly risen, figbt became general, A 10g, which had partially obscured the contending armies, lifted and reveaied thetr respective positions. The enemy were fully prepared for us,and they twed every part of their fortifications with heavy bodies of anfanéry.. Tho battle had bogun in earnest, and General Paiue'’s column, a8 well as Gouoral Weitzel’s, was actively engaged. Before proceeding turther with the details of the fight of General Grover 8 command It will be necessary Wo mention a fact that I bave previously omil ly, that under the general plan of attack, as directed by General Banks, Generals Augur and Dwight were to muke feluts on the of General Grover's position to distract the cated, on General Grovs It was nos the intention that the last named of these forces should ‘ucted in such # manuer make butlet tell that was fired from ithe rebel breast while our frre. peeqror fe. mako = ascent. In Great natur vantages engineering ability at Port Hudson have beon rather under than over rated. Immediately uj the fall of Colonel Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Von Petten, of the One Hundred and com. ry of the enemy. among the brigades that did the most desperate fighting were under the command of Colonels Kimball, Morgan and Birge. ‘ihey were ali, however, eventually repulsed with great slaughter. The fighting leven o’clock in the morning. We having been repulsed in every assault, our soldiers, under command of their officers, laid themsolves down under the shelter of the gullies, trees, covered way, in fact, overy- thing that could afford them protection, and waite tor the day to pass and darkness come on. Many of our wounded who were accessible were carried from tho tleld by squads detailed for that purpose. It is a shameful re fection on humanity that a large number of our soldiers, carrying the wounded and dying from the Id on stretchers, were shot down by the enemy , and in several instances the wounded were killed while being boene from the field. At nightfall, however, we commenced the burial of our dead, and suc- ceeded before the morning in carrying most 0: our wounded from the battle ground. T have no time to give you further details, as we have not yet entirely recovered from the confusion of the bat. ‘Ue, andy courier ts about leaving with despatches. The many @@iavt acta, scenes and incidents, lists of killed be wounded, &c.,I shall have to reserve for my next letter, Our total loss in this last attack upon Port Hudson will probably not fall much short of one thousand, It ia ru mored just-as I am closing this letter that we are to at tack the enemy again to-night. Nxar Port Hupsoy, June 17, 1863. Resolve to Attack Again—Gr-at Ga"'axtry of the Union Soldiers—Terrific Shower of Shells Among Our Troops— Destru ction of Rebel Lines, dc. In my letter of yesterday I intimated to you that we should probably attack the enemy again last evening. It was partially so decided at headquarters, as I am very credibly informed; but owing to the disagreement of some of our generals with the plan suggested for, the modo of attack, the whole affair was abandoned. This, however, was not done in consequence of any weakness of our forces or a disposition on the part of our soldiers not to volunteer to be led up again to the rebel bresstworks, Tn fact, tt was only necessary to suggest that a storming party would be needed to accomplish an object, when more than a thousand of our brave troops volunteered to undertake the hazardous experiment of again attempting to reduce a certain point of the rebel stroaghold by as. sault, During Sunday’s fight our soldiers dispiayed the most extraordinary gallantry. In some instances whole com panies would march up to the rebel intrenchments, when ‘those who had preceded them had been literally annihi lated before their eyes; and all of this, too, without any the officers. A reasonabie degrce of the usual wi on of of credit must also be given the rebe's for coolness and cou I noticed one rebel officor (for a wonder very gaily dressed) who rode up to the angle where the attack Was made, apd in the most deliberate manner possible, coolly wiped the sweat. from his brow while our shells were bursting m dozens about him; and after examining the position of our forces and giving di rections to his men concerning some disposition to be made of thom, quietly trotted back into the wo ds whence he came. The rebel infantry appeared to fear our artillery more than our muskets, for however je fire was {rom our side they never flimched, and in one in- stance did I see a disposition on their part to run, and that wes while rein‘orcements were being brought up. Severalof our shells barat in their midst, making them broak ranks and ecatter in every direction. Goneral Gardner was in command, and rebel deserters — him to have b en very drunk on the day of the fight. They say so long as there is any whiskey in Port Hudson be will never surrender the place. In all battles soldiers appear to wke pleagare in a sort of grim wit. I remember on the eve before the battle, while some of our skirmishers were erdesvoring, under cover of darkness, to draw closer to the rebel works, a rebel sen- tivel discovered them and balloed out, ‘How are you, Yank?” One of our men replied, ‘*Yes, we're bound to come.” “All right,’ returned the rebel. «‘we have got room enough to bury you.’’ Many instances of bravery displayed on the part of non-commissioned officers came under my notice during the battle. A sergeant of the Ninety-first New York, whose name 1 was unable to learn, after being severely wounded in the leg, was knocked down by @ spent ball and fell into dich. At the time of falling he was probably bearing the colors of his reziment which the moment he saw lying prostrate on the ground lea him to oxclaim:— “T've lost a leg tn this fight, but I'll lose a head before that flag shall lie there.’ Sergeant Frederick Cossum, of Company H,Seventy-fifth New York, was wounded and went to the rear three successive times, returning again to tho fight, and was only finally carried from the fielt after baying received five wounds, the iast one of which 80 stunned him that he could not fight #my inore, The ‘enemy’ hospitals, after the battle began, seemed to grow as rapidly as mushrooms io the dark. | counted no lesa than twelve hospital flags within a square of a quarter of ‘8 mile. Latrongly suspect the protection afforded by them was not in every case legitimate, for on one occasion I saw firing in the immediate k y of one of the teats. Confiscation be Property of Rebels i chigan. (From the Detroit Free Press, June 23 ) A decree of confiscation was pronounced yesterday in the United States District Court t the real estate of Sackfold Maclin ard Arabella his wife. According to the evidence it appeared that Maclin bad been acting as pay master inthe United States Army in thiscity prior to the commencoment of the rebellion, and after an jnter- view with Jefersop Davis at Was! at his own request (o <an Antonia, rebels, yet was afterwards permitted to resign his com. mission in the Unitet States Army; took a commission in the so-called Con(e ‘and impri- soned and insu'ted his late companions who remained loyal; that one of his sons partic! ia the attack on the star of the Weet, and that his wife encouraged and the course of ber husband and son. Maciin's Pay residence in Congress street, west, will there re be ly. i i the rally, Hugh Miller's mother died at Cromarty Baturday, Juve 6, She was in her age ince the death of her lamented son she enjoy- ed a pension of £890 per anoum from and an equal allowance from the widow of the omipent oologist. She died within a few yards of the spot where frag Miller waa born. Amati Goonwim, of Lyman, Me one hupdreith birthday on the 16t Dover, N. H..onm the 22d tnst.. which place be bad reached when itiness overtook bim. The deceased was in the war of the Revolution, and was doing guard. duty at Weat /oint when the unfortunate Andre was conveyed acroes the river, and took charge of the boat till ture of the officers and soldiers who bad charge gallant British officer. Mr. J.D. Freupe, a salesman in John Chareh, J ostabliabment, was found dead in hie tisie's eividing. in Cincinnati, on the 22d tat, a wife cnd chila ta thie ctty SHEET: NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ‘The Rebel Lrea-Clads at Wilmington Insubordination ef North Oarviias Sel- dicrs—Su@ering Among the Unienists of Hatteras Beeks—The WFortifica- tions, d&ec., &e. Newszan, N. C., June 22, 1863. The United States trauspat stewuner Albany, Captain Lewis, loaves here at five o'clock P. M, for New York. Two deserters arrived herefrom Wilmington a few days ince with the ttelligence that two rebel irou-clads, with five inches plating oa eighteen inches of wood, mounting heavy guns, were about ready to make @ raid on our blockading squadron, They are about the size of the Gret Merrimac, and lay very deep in the water, and are only ble to make some three or four knots an hour. > Wilmington is very strongiy fortified, and a atrong force cam hold it against great odds, The officers of the rogiments there are in favor of “a bitter prosecution of the war,” while tho mom who, desire the capture of tho city by the ‘Yankeos,’’ entertain none but mutinous re garde for the rebel confederacy. That inveterate talker, ex Senator Clingman, is the general commanding the rebel forcea, for whom no respect is entertained. In tho vicinity of Wilmington, near the border of South ‘Carolina, iarge numbers of deeerters and conscripts are intrenched and successfully resiating rebel eutbority, having had three severe engagements already. The rebel Secretary of War has ordered all the North Carolina regiments into other States for immediate ser. vice, on account of the growing disaffection among them, Georgia and South Carolina troops are to take their places in this State. ‘The women and children, numbering some one thousand five hundred porsons,on Cape Hatteras Banka, are 10 a very destitate condition and threatened with stacva, tion. Every man and boy among them capable of doing bat oy duty has voluntarily taken up arms in defence the Union, which leaves noone at home to care for innocent and needy. Being a very religiwus people, Femail The of Cape Hatteras Banks have furnished more loyal soldiers, in proportion to their number, than any locality in the country. A more sublime exbibiti'n of patriotism than that shown by them bas never been witnessed. It {9 earnestly hoped that some benevolent Christian ‘association of the North will immediately despatch hither e tative, with clothing and other necessaries, to relieve the pressing wants of these devoted. Union loving }, whose prayers are constantly ascending to Heaven for the succoss of our righteous cause. The wives and children of the First North Caroliaa Vol unteers and the First North Carolina artillery are also suffering for the want of proper clothing, and require im- mediate assistance, having been driven from their homes in & destitute condition. ‘The rich and prosperous North should seo that these helpless women and children, whose husbands and sons are fighting our battles, are at once made confortab'e. ‘The United States Christian Commission, which 13 now acting in concert with the United States Sanitary Commia- sion, in gathering up the recessaries in New Fnxland ‘or our sick and wounded soldiers. are daily receiving the blessings of the alfiicted patriots in this department. The friends of our late ( bio" Quartormaster, Captain J. ©. Slaight, whose g-eat nautical knowledge and geveral efliciency agcomplished so much for this derartment, are daily expecting his return to resume his former position. The fortitications in this department are being im- proved ahd strengthened to such an extent, with but little expense to the government, as will make thom com pletely impregnable, and enable the ernment to hold these great rivers and sounds for ages ‘‘against the united power of the world,” and which will make 8 perma nent secession of North Carolina and Virginia from the Union a matter of great doubt.”? When Major General Foster, who in rogarded of the ablest and most scientific engineers in the army, blocks out a fortification, it is for permanent occupation, and points of the highest stratogical importance are se lected, making every penny and blow count, instead of wasting time, money and material at inferior points, to bo abandoned. This bas given him a very high reputation in Washington for prudence, wisdom anid economy. ‘The veteran trooys in this department, including these from the Keystone State, enjoy the panic produced by the rebel invasion very much, and conclude that Penney!va nia has no one to blame but herself for not being ready for such an emergency, having somo three hundred thou- sand gentlemen at home cipable of doing military duty, who are not regarded with much favor by the war-worn veterans of this department. The Park Barracks. FILTHY CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AND ITS_ IN- MATES—SCENKS ENACTED THERE—NECESSITY FOR IT3 SPREDY REMOVAL, ETC., ETC. The majority of our readers are doubtless familiar with the outside appearance of the series of wooden buildings in the City Hall Park known as the “Park Barracks.’ Of their interior arrangements, however, but few of tho many thousands who daily pags them know anything at all. For come time past many rather hard stories have ‘been told of the scenes enacted there. We visitud the barracks yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining what amount of truth was contained io the different accounts we had heard. The result of a very careful observation Jeft no doubt whatever on our mind that the buildings are not only a positive nuisance, but also a great disgrace to our municipal and military authorities, We found about three hundred men, there who represented nearly all the regiments which have reapntly returned ftom the war. The poor fellows, through no fanit of their own perbaps, exhibited the most striking marks of inatten- tion t) clesnlinces. They were to be seen in every part of the building and grounds, in ® semi-obfusticated condition, iil-dreased and unwashed. The building itself, dignified with the nimo of barracks, is neither more nor less than a large het Ang Filth of all kinds bas been allowed to accumu! and harden on the floors, until now, if it were all scraped up, it would fil several goo! sized wagons. On calling in’ the Superin- tendeot’s office, we learned that he had only two men in his employ, that no guard was stationed at the doors. and men and women of the vilest character hid free accoss to the building at ai] hours of the day and night. A few evenings since ® number of the men broke iuto the storeroom the Ladies’ Sanitary Associa tion and stole all its contents. Not satisfied with that exploit, they next rifled the building of every thing they could lay their hands on. Robbery and prostitution are, wo learn, of bightly occurrence. The denizens cf the Five Points, male and female, gather there like so many ghouls every night. The tortunate owner of a few hard earned greenbacks is robbed with impunity, there being n0 guard of any description in the building. Tne young thieves als fod ita rich hare field, After baving either borrowed or stolen a soldier cap or some other art ot military apparel, they enter tne bullding and pass themselves of as returned drummer boys. From what we learned many persons bave had c1use t> regret coming in comtaot wih these young rascals, Mr. J. Renetl, a tleman who, during the last two years, has devoted a large portion of bis time t» im- proviog the sanitary condition of our so:diers, waited on the Mayor on Monday last for the pur( ose of informing him of the condition o; the Park Barracks. The Mayor informed Mr Renell that the civil authorities had but little power in the matier, but promised to remeity the evil as ar as lies in his power, Col, Nevoll, in charge of the State =oldiers’ depot in Howard svrect, also in‘ormed Mr. Renell that he would have offered a temporary home to such soldiers as. are now io the Park Barracks. Dut that it was out of his power to do so, The reas why no action has eon taken in the matter by the Sanitary Association is 00 account of that body devoting all their attention to our sick and wounded soldiers at the seat of war. ‘The responsibility of having this plague spot removed from our midst rests with oar civil and military authori. ties. A few weeks since Mr. Brandon offered a resolution in the Board of Councilmen to havg the barrecks re moved. Tho resolution was adopt and sent to the Board of Aldermen fore mcurrence. By thom it was re- ferred to the Committee on National Aifairs, since which time we have not heard anything further respecting it The reason for which the barracks were erected no lonver exists, and in the opinion of the majority of our ci\izens it tsa duty incumbent on the authorities to have them speedily removed. i of Secesh Sym pathizers, From the St. Louis Democrat, Juve 20.) Mr. G, J. Skepwith, of [ilino!s, was arrested on the 234 ult. in St. Louis and committed to the Myrtie street pri- son, on suspicion of having been engaged in forwarding quinine to the rebels. He was supposed to have been employed aa clerk in the Quartermaster’s office at Mem- phis, and to have taken advantage of his position to smuggle the drug to the confederacy. It soon was learn- ed, however, that he was formerly sutler for the Twenty- sixth Illinois regiment, and was alleged to have beou largely speculating in various articies outside of bis ap. pointment. He was, moreover, intimately acquainted with a fair and saucy rebel widow known as Mrs Eliza J Murray, boarding at Everett House, and against Sarat ven pecs one's gis Face LJ jul Further, Taformetion font Lj tf Ets 4 i at Catro, Skepwith assisted her by ingeniousi > war which have ARRIVAL OF THE CHAMPION. $167,08@ IN TREASURE. News from the Isthmus of Panam: ALC QUIET IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THE YEW COLUMBIAN CONSTITUTION. COTTON CULTURE ON THE ISTHMUS, hen, kee, ae ‘The steamship Champion, from Aspinwall on the 17th natant at oight P. M., arrived here at am early hour yes- terday morning. Sub,oined is ber ome Lier, H. Cohn & Oo.......$27,700 Marcus 0. Hawley.. 3,458 » 0,450 Wolls, Fargo & Co... 64,008 Jno. B. Newton&Co 17,657 From Aspinwall.... 2,598 A.3 Roseubaum&Co 13,700 as pre batnriccn seeeeee ees S18T 088 ‘The Champion also brought the following cargo:— Wella, & Co.,12 packages merchandise from Sam Francisco; Reiner & Mecko, 35 bales cotton from Mansa ila ; "s Nepbows & Co., 27 bales cotton from Meee sitdanca th eaecenan Ome Donen. Our Panama Correspondence. Panama, June 17, 1668. Since my Ist the only arrival bere has been the Guaya- quil on the 10th from the south. She brought oo news whatever. Ove hundred and eighteen out of the five hundred soldiers expected from the frontier arrived im hor. Thero bas been some excitement in regard to the supposed intention of Mosquera to nominate a governor to the State of Panama, supporting hini by from five hum dred to one thousand men. ‘The new constitution has been promulgated, and the Inst three daya have been supposed to be devoted to great demonstrations of joy thereat, [ have not seem apy great enthusiasm as yet, end no one cout imagine, from the appoarance of things, that a celebration wea taking piace. The instrument itself com- ing many excellent articles, und ie decidedly liberal, Freedom of the vreas and of discussion is expressly pre vided for, and the penaity of death has been erased from the statute book. Religion is also perfectly free, as lag ag it refrains from interfering with goverament matters and does not disturb the public pesce, The St, Marys, sloop of war. and the steamer Lancaster Gre in port, the Inter to sail to-morrow or the day after for the North, There issome uneasiness expressed in re- gard to the last news.’ privateers being in tbe Pacific. ‘There is no doubt they could commit great havoc bere with impunity, as there are few men of-war in these wa tors of sufficient spred to interfere with their proceedings. It would bo advisable to keep a fast and powerful steamer in tho neigh»orhood of Acapulco, as that would Homo § be the point selected for a dash at the San Francisoe steamers The : ction of our worthy consul, C.lonel McKee, in pro- moting the growth of cotton on the Isthmus, has made him many friends. ‘The correspondence upon this subject, published in the S'arand Herald, will have an excellent effect iu the country, and will give an impotus to its oul tivation ho etofore wanting. The thanks of the comma- nity are also due to the United States government for their prompt offer of the best seed fur distribution. and also tothe Panama Railroad Company for their liberal offer of trausporting the game from Washington to the Jathmus free of charge. Colonel McKee’s wel! known ia- tegrity and onergy will imaure the distribution bemg made to the proper partica. Panama, June 17, 1868. An attempt bas been made in Quito to upset the Urbina administration in Eouador. Several of the ring- leaders were ariosted and banished, and tLe ovolution was thus quicted. ; There is nothing of importance from the coast. On the Isthmus everything remains quiet, the only ex- citement botvg the arrival of one hundred soldiers from Buenaventura, in charge of about twenty-five officers. ‘There were five hand in aft; but the balance deserted prior to embarkation. It 1s probable the President has sent them here previous to making @ visit bimeelf, Should he come here this will be the capital during bis visit, as ho carries it with him wherever he goes through- out the republic. ‘The Champion arrived on the morning of the 14th inst., nearly eleven days from New York. Sbe bad Gime weather, bey bet deeply ome os. jaleony Aspinwall city is being rapidiy rebut ve ce though by no means substantial fashion. en is very variable, and frequent heavy raise reve . Wiae hathenen is emssedingty anil. POLITICAL PARTY PLATFORMS. Platform of the Unto Party of Mary- a The tollowing resolutions were unanimously adopted the Union State Convention of Maryland, which was in Baltimore on the 23d inst. There is another politieal organization in the State known as the Loyal Deagrecopem end: rses all the acts of the administration, and strongly favors anti-slavery doctrines == The State of Maryland, faithful as ever to the principles of national unity and independence which actuated our forefathers, firm in its reliance on the government they founded, and undisturbéd in its trast by the two years of our fields wath bieod, sends here her delegates from every quarter of her territory, to re- new her solemn pledge to the world in behalf of that constitutional government of the United States which for more than three quarters of a comtury compelled the re- spect of mankind and secured the liberty, bappiness and prosperity of all its people. In testimony whereof it is by this Con vention 1. Resolved, That we consider it our proud privilege to republish our faith and to set forth our determination ta the face of those enemies of our common country who now stand in hostile array on the soil of Marryland, eager to dra her into the vortex of national ruin. 2. Resolved, That it the paramount duty of every citizen to proclaim bis unwavering support of the ancient union of these States as the only safeguard against do- Mestic anarchy and /oreign interference ; that in the Union and constitution be tound the quick and remedy for every political il! that can befall a just and law abiding people; and that we shouid, now and forever, discounten»nee every effort, from whatever quarter, to sever the bonds that have so long held us together in bar- mopy a8 a bation. 3. Resolved, ihat it is our unquestionadie duty to stand } gh mes smart authorities. a a, country eee rm, inilinching, vigorous prosecution of a war Ww: forced on us. to rebuke with cordial siscrity every effort tocre ‘e dissension by the formation of ‘ties or fae. tors p sed tothe government or inj to the con 6 |. on, and with patriotic zeal to cast aside all predi lectins and all differences upon subordinate measures of State poliey, so that by anity of purpose and unity of be redeemed and perpet- action the Union itself shall uated. 4. Resolved, That, as the sword is alone tendered to us by the enemies of the Union, we have ro alternative but the acceptance of (hat sad arbitrament; that rebellion te ot to be conquered by politics, aud that this Convention ignores ali issues, local or national, but those of war, ‘until treason shall succumb before the majority of am 0. ended people Platform of the Republican Party of low ADOPTED IN STATE CONVENTION, JUNE 17, 1963. We, a convention of representatives of the loyal people of the State of Towa, assembled under the call of the re- pubtican organization of the State, @* au expression of the views which shall govern our political action, de dec'are ‘That, when our fathers framed our constitution, and founded therein a republican form of government, intepded to, and did graut to that government full power to sustain its matlonal existence ‘That, whenever the life of the republic ia endangered, either by invasion or rebellion, the constitation justifies the use of all necessary means known to civtlized welfare, in resisting invasion oF suppressing rebellion. ‘That we fully and heartily endorse of tho ad- ministration, and we will to the utmost continue to sas tain the goverument in suppressing the rebell nd vo ‘effect that object we pledge our fortunes and our ii ayy we eg pie is due our soldiers im foreigo born, for that heroie jragement aud support. That we have witnessed with pride and admiration the Dravery and heroism of Jowa soldiers, and we a in their brilliant career a history for the State of [ows second to that of no other State in the Union. we hope of their ‘That this Convention hereby tenders to Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood the cordial thanks of tue loyal people of low: of his duties Of Governor of Ze