EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE

New ORLEANS, MAY 10, 1877.
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Major Gen. PATTERSON has just arrived from the
theatre of his late active operations He returns to
muster out of service his volunteers, who are COM
ing here. His division is broken up, only three
regiments out of nine remaining in the field and he
is left without command. He left Jalapa on the
9th, and has letters from Gen. ScoTT to the 10th.
Gen. QUITMAN marched on the 7th TO join Gen.
WORTH at Perote. The army will probably pro-
ceed as far as Puebla-not further. Gen. ScoTr's
disposable force does not exceed six thousand an
the reports Of deputations from the Capital are
wifhout foundation. No signs Of peace--no signs
of any thing like surrender. There but two
alternatives left 10 us--to fall back and hold on to
the seacoast and frontier line, or TO conquer the
whole country, province by province, extend our
jurisdiction, and collect taxes and contributions.
All this is impossible fifty thousand men would at
least be required. To fall back now would be dis
graceful to, and ruin the Administrations and they
will not do it. Weak minds perceive an error, and
pride of opinion is too strong with such men. The
Government in dreadful predicament unless
they can buy peace. There is general burst
of Indignation at the promotion Of Generals PHI
Low and QUIrMAN-general disgust in the whole
army at the proceedings at Washington.