The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-07-04
NIEW 81.

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Grenade, Mas. June %. A Special dis.
patch q the Appeal from Nicksbure this
morning. epys Commodore Porter MOI
tar feet opened on the lower batteries At
a O'Clock and oeascd al Z r. NJ, aud
opened again vigorously at this morn
ing-Ave firing Only 4 few shots Ii return.
Our loss Is reported at FIVE. Il
alotiie. June 30 IA special to the Asi
.uegflser from Jackson. the 29th, says
Passengers frem Vitkaburg this morning
report that yesterday morning seven Fed
erni Vessels succeeded in passing up by
our batteries severe boinbardment
then commenced, iasung two hours, from
the fleet, and the battery on the Louisi-
ana shore.
Ills understood that several vessels, IN
Guiding tie Brooklyn, were badly dam
aged with heavy slaughter amongst their
Grew. The Confederate loss IL nine. in
GLIDING one womau killed Our bate
ries are uniniureda
The enemy tircwas principally direct
ed at The city. and several houses were
shattered II is supposed the enemy will
notrenew the conflict for several days.
A deserier reported their loss heavy,
and that they expected an easy capture.
LATER ~ We learn from Vicksburg that
the enemy is slowly bombarding the town
from their mortar boats to-day, and the
telegraph Office has been snashed.
gentleman from New Orleans says
Butler has issued an order Ievying tax
OF 81, 600, O0O on Che city.
sEcoSp DISPATCH
lspeci4lt 10 Tho a .jas~sis~s.l, .geelrson,
says the XazOo correspondentofthe fiasiS-
sippiap, writing on the 10Th June, says :
Two of the enemy gunboafs were recon
neitering in the Yazoo river when Com
modore Pinkley burned the Confederate
gunboats Van Dorm Polk and Livingston.
The action is considered unnecessary, and
is much deplored here. The loss of prop
erty heavy.
Gen Van Dorm issued an order on the
2Sth to the army, declaring Vicksburg
should be defended to the death. The
Federals can never occupy Vicksburg.--
3rhe feet appears too much crippled to
engage in successful tilt without bate
ries.
Noble, July la special to the I'ri.l
bune from Grenada the 30tl, says North
ern papers to the 25th have been receiv-
ed. They say Gen. Buell. is advancing
on Chattanooga, and Morgan simultane-
ously ON Knoxville for the relief of East
Tennessee.
A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says
Gen. Hindman's Confederate army in
Arkansas numbers from %, 900 to 80, 900.
The Yankee Gen. Curtis has been rein
forced.
Col. Jackson's Tennessee. cavalry burn
ed 1900 bales of cotton last Thursday,
within II miles of Memphis.
The vote at the municipal election in
Memphis was small. No respectable per-
son was a candidate.
The London Times regards the defeat
of Banks by Ewcll as most important
result for the Confederates, ON account of
the lesson it teaches the North, in show
ing them they must make efforts greater
than any they have put forth in order to
restore a single border State to the
Union. 1t also says the attempt at the
subjugation of theSouth grows more and
more impracticable
A special dispatch to the Advertiser &
Register, from Jackson the 30th, says
Gen. Chalmers has taken Bolivar, Tenn,
(wherethe Mississippi Central Railroad
crosses the Hatchie River.
Col, Tappan, of Arkansas, says Gen
ITindmaii, with $4,000 men, has Curtis
completely cornered The State of Ar
kansas IS blazing with excitement.
The Battery at Duvalrs bluff com
mands White River, supported by 5000
Confederates. The people along the riv-
ers refuse to trade with the Yankees.