, 1862-07-01
TEE BATTLE At. VlgKSBURe.
Rebel accounts Of the Situation
in the Gulf States, 90
The POSITION AT GUMBERR.
LAND GAP,
Bad hEWs FIR OH aEa. CUR
TIs' COLUMN. !
AN IMPROBABLE. :RUMOR
FROM WHITE RIVER.

3E1spH1s, sEce = e's7 CAreo, 90, 1854
The city is remarkably quiet. From the
Grerada Appeal Of the 23d, Learn that fight.
ing had actually commenced st Vicksburg.
The # ederal fleet from below to the number OF
twenty gunboats, and the mortqrs, commenced
upon the lower batteries at an early hour on
the morning Of the 23d. No intelligence Is
to the result has been received.
/ Gen. Van Dorm Is in command Of the rebel
forces at VicksbuTg, superscdipg Gen. Loyel.
He also commands the department embracing
sl Southern Mississippi and Eastern Lon
isiana-
Northern Mississippi ard Alabama are as
signed to Gen. Ruggles. The latter general.
was one Of the first to desert the federal
army and join the rebels.
The Appea7 has the following regarding tue
federal evacuation OF Holly Springs:
II lie engagement hcma days ago uear Tal-
lahafchie bridge, seven tederal5 #e7a killed
were taken prisoners. One Of col. Jackson's 5
cou.itrs was captured by fede7als but paroled
1t Lagrange. All his mesgagrs had either
beFu delivered OF destroyed before his capture.
Some four or five citizens Of Holly Springs
proTs themselves traitors and disloYal during
LIZ ttAAfuLlO14 W LAC F11Et " Lit 1ER2flli
Il is the purpose OF the federals as announced
bg one Of their number at H11ly Springs, to
operate against Grenada and Columbus with
a force of 4D, Goo, thus flankinr Beaurcsanl
Il the YET Is not ended By tal 1t Is their inten-
tion to Tage q Wac OF determination aEainst
all male inhabitants Of the South.
The Atlanta Conjssze,ucy Of the 18th lust,
undtr date OF Knoxville, June 17th, reports
Cumberland Gap evacuated BY the rebel fyrces.
1t is regarded as one Of the most impregua-
ble positions in the coufederaey. The Cum
be1land 5aDge presented natural Notifications
unprecedented almost in the world, while the
Gsp itself is go we'll and thorouyhlY strength
eced, it was thought $500 men could essiIy
keep back ten thousand, II this be true. the
enemy can now walk iuto East, Tennessee, A
fnarch Of some thirty or forty miles will bring
them up to our railroad, possession which viii
be disastrous ia the extreme.
It is reported that Humphrey Marshall will
Immediately take position in the Gap, but this
is doub:ed. The correspondence Of the NO.
bile Register from Chattanooga June 12th says:
The threatening position Of the enemy's
forces in the vicinity Of Cumberland Gap. and
the southern portion Of Kentucky near the
State lire indicates That movement will soon
be made toward East Tennessee The cneny
reported to he20. GOO strong near Boston, KY
have lately been reinforced By twenty pisces
Of artillery. a simultaneous movement Of
the enemy up the Sequatchie Valley bJ Willis
Valley to this place would certainly leopard.
lzc East Tennessee, and If successful give the
1auGcr7pg Ahauta-. It Is the Intention OF tho
enemy to effect nu entrance into East Tenne es-
see either BY Wheelerss or Big Creek Gap,
probably the Inter, which Is east Of Eumbet-
hezland Gap. The Importance Of ho1diog
ghattarooga is Obvious, as II H. the keyto
Vhgtnia and Georgia. -
a letter from Chattanooga, 10th, says. :.
:. A force Of s, GOO Of the enemy Is advancing
BY Pike1nle to Kingston, on the Tennessee
River, to zfan upon the rear Of Gen Kirby
5mish at Knoxville, and they unite their force
with the: federal troops reported In P1Weu's
valley. We. haTs direct news from General
s5th Il Ibis t6is @Gn11g 9 thas ths enemy ~ Is 5ag
ellis valley to Big Creek Gap. While this Was
going: on Mitchell Is moving in our rear in the
gieinlty Of Battle Greek, Waiting to fall upon
= The same paper has Charleston news Of the
22d, as follows: ~
Al James 1sland everything Us quiet to-day.
Yesterday the Yankee gunbosts crossed the
haT and shelled Morris lsIand aud the beach for
. considerable distance to wards Fort: Sumter,
ihlfty Yankees ascended Santa River On Fri
day and cut cut emn1 schooner loaded with
cotton, md 9 steam tug
+ Adsaces from Galveston to May a3d, says:
The city is not to be surrendered. Active
preparations a1e maklng for Its defense In
firm meu, women aad -thIldrcl leaving are
threatened BY u fedastw war vessel: -
:.. -: - STILL 13iATER-;;'
!. Especial Dispatch to tha Chieaso 11'ss1buue1:
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aA- -CA1Ro. Juna Eli p. m
JohH Forrest, Who shot youag Gilmore; has
been removed to the city pkison.'
Nothing fater from tbs south than MAS sent
up yesterday. Timidpeople are lending their
eazs 70 assertions Of 1ates tnporttationa from
Grenada: who .asy~ that grand prepar-
atoms. are.: making : sn= Mississippi to
Eetaka. =Memphis = a:td either butcher
or: zeoecupy::. Ilsrgs's forces are reported
sathetingSthere t6or ttas purpoae MeanwhiIe
al1 confirmation we ha7e.ot any force beingin
Tint yfcin1ty,i Is found b yisits Of gue1rilas to
Plantations near the city, and occasional firing
from ambush upon federal picket, occasion
ally wounding aman: ::.;- ~ ::
All thst s feazed is this guerrilla wazfiare of
the chiysltys and oar forces, VII SOON put an
end to that. - - =: s.,,zz -
Tie A.116scte commenced publishing ita