The following articles are transcribed from the New York Times, dated June 26, 1863:

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Correspondence of the Boston Journal.

 

REAR OF PORT HUDSON, Thursday, June 11, 1863.

 

          The Nineteenth army corps still lays in the rear of the formidable rebel works. The works are thoroughly invested, any other event than that of an eventual surrender is impossible. Over a hundred pieces of ordnance -- heavy siege guns and light field pieces -- are in easy position to annoy the foe, and a battery of 9-inch Dahlgren guns has been placed in Gen. AUGUR's front, manned by marines, under command of Lieut.-Commander TERRY, of the Richmond, which is doing the rebels great damage. Two more batteries have also been erected -- the one on the left is manned by the Thirteenth Massachusetts battery, Capt. HAMLIN -- and the thundering missiles from these instruments are messengers of death and disaster to the Confederate army. A general bombardment is kept up day and night, allowing the rebels no rest or respite. The corn-mi???l inside the works and the commissary building have been burned or destroyed by our shell, and the six thousand men who fought us on the 27th ult, are depleted by death, sickness and desertion. Perhaps fifty prisoners have come in daily, mainly deserters who escaped from the rebel trenches, and came willingly inside of our lines. They bring tales of destitution and suffering, which lead one to wonder at the fanaticism with which many of the Southern soldiers cling to the cause of the Confederacy. Poor fellows! The mails have not reached them lately in Port Hudson, and they have not heard of GRAN???'s victories up the river, and the defeat of JOHNSTON's forces; so they still take heart from the hope that he is coming down to reinforce them. Theirs is a vain hope. Gov. PETTUS sent over a miserable squad of men from Mississippi, who lurked in our rear a few days, but when Col. GRIERSON's cavalry and Gen. PAINE's infantry went out in pursuit, their location was not discovered. There is a curious coincidence connected with this campaign. P???rt Hudson is defended by Major-Gen. FRANK GARDNER, of the Confederate States army. He was formerly a Captain in the Tenth United States infantry, which he deserted to join the rebel army. Among his comrades and messmates in the old Tenth regiment -- like him, Captains in the line -- were Gens. GROVER, DUDLEY and GOODING. These latter named are commanding in the beleaguering army. Perhaps when these three gallant Union commanders meet their old comrade inside the walls of Port Hudson, some old recollections will be revived. But GARDNER holds the ground tenaciously, and evidently don't want to see them. At the time of the secession man a, open disloyalty was talked among many of the officers then in the army. Capt. DUDLEY brought charges against nine officers of his regiment. Seven of them are now in the Confederate service. B???-Gen. STONE, who had been ordered to report to Gen. BANKS, has arrived here with his Staff, but has not yet been assigned to active duty. He will probably relieve Gen. DWIGHT in command of the left wing. While Gen. BANKS and Staff were making a reconno???nce on the left of our army last Monday, Lieut.- Col. WM. S. ADERT, Chef of Cavalry, was kicked by a horse, the blow breaking his left leg. The accident was not a dangerous one, but will for a few weeks ???eprive the army of one of its best officers, and the General of one of his best advisers. In such an ??? as that of the other day, it is but natural that many men should escape the death-dealing missties of the enemy by a very narrow margin. Maj. PLUNKETT, of the Forty-ninth, is a tall specimen of a ??? aier -- he stands six feet five inches in his stockings. He led his regiment on to the enemy's works after BARTLETT and SUMMER fell wounded, and was a conspicuous mark for the enemy's fire, but escaped without a bruise. Out of eighteen officers of this regiment who went into the fight, eleven were wounded. But seven companies of the regiment were engaged, however. Company I, Capt. KENNY, and Company ??? F. Lieut. DRLESER, were detailed to guard an ammur???tion train, and Company G. Capt. WALKER, is at Baton Rouge, on provost duty. Color Sergt. TH???S, BECK, of the Forty-ninth, a Berkshire six-footer, carried the colors bravely through the fight, under the hottest fire. He was twice censured by the Commander for going ahead too fast. He remained at the front with his colors flying, but did not receive a scar or scratch. This was a wonderful escape. Capt. F.W. SMITH, Company I, Forty-eighth Massachusetts, who is reported slightly wounded in the ankle, had thirty-eight bullet-holes in his clothes when he was brought off the field. Lieut. N.N. NOYES, Company F, Forty-eighth Massachusetts, was saved from a bullet wound by his sword accidently resting in front of his breast. A bullet struck the sword, and glanced away.

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