The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-23

u,,iikea's Bend la Cur Possession.
there can no longer he any doubt that Milf
lsas Bend is in possession of our forces /,
aas tsken by Gen. Taylor, forming part OF
asn. Kirby Smith force The force Of Gen.
r,vlor numbered t,a men. These facts have
h,su communicated To the President official
4, es dispatch t.siearaphicl from General
l9aas.on.
nis impossible TO over. estimate the value
etIhis capture. Milliken's Bend completely
eaa mands the channel Of the river when the
wafer is low as 1t Ia at present. and the party
IL possession Of IL can, ia such ssage of water
.ysolntely stop the passage Of all aud every
,is ryer. As all the provisions for
G,ants army come from shove, 1t will
8, once be seea that this conquest must
move latel 10 ths enterprise asains.
,icksburg Soldiers must eat If they he ex.
rec.ed 70 fight, and if they can get nothing to
-, they mus, fall back. As far as We can see
Gfaat cannet snstain his army without the
free use Of the Mississippi, Ia tie meantime
Smith, having possession of Muiiken's Bend,
hiss free passage TO Johnston whenever the
ls.,er MY call Tor his assistance, aad can pass
ever p,ies, who ia st the hesd of ~ 900 men
We have heard many aud great fears ex
dressed for The fate of Vieksburg some have
even CONS 70 far as to say that it must fail
without the in.erposition Of "A miracle. We
usver believed it, simply because we were
well $50 uauled with the strength Of tho posi-.
uou, and did not imagine that it ever could he
tsuisa, provided only it were defended by a
resolate governor. Sgeh man has been found
II General Pemberton, who we believe has
81 last, satisfied the most skepticsl Of his 10y.
si,y and bravery. From the river Vicksburg
has had nothing TO fear. She is built Oh a.
hieh inil, aud the guns Of the fleet have to he
aimed at such AN angle that the shells pass over
ter, or explode in the air. There is 20 object
oi more thorough contempt to the VicksLurg
tgs than the inendacious braggart Porter, who
ast5en firing at her for III onth and has not We,
Killed 3 aan On the land side az ain the coan.
lay is peculiarly susceptible of defence. 1t is
bl0ken into wild succession of formidable
bids, sometimes terminating in deep valleys /;
sgmetiInes sinking sheer down into abrupt
fsetpioss, ending in bayous deep enough to
swallow a considerable town. Reeolutely de-
Tended, indeed it may be regarded as
impreenabie, and III that circumstance, and the
coursgs of our troops, we have constantly put
oar iaith
Ihngs, at Last, appear to te on the point o {
iak!pg favorable change. Miiiken's Eerd
bsing III our possession, an end is pat to ell
recruiting from above. The waters ara rapid.
g falling. and IN week or two will be at the
5west. Johnston has powerful army, and
lia capacity for increasing it ia greatly. en-.
af.sd 10y the conquest Of Kirby Smith. The
tile a'o slowly, bat, it appears to us, surely
J5iGg drawn around Grant Already sickness
Io an alarming extent is said to prevail in hia
HEY, who are forced to drink the water Of
lie big Black, redolent with pes,ilenes and
death. We do not wish to excite hopes thai
wey never be realized but for our own part
without asking anybody to share in tie conf
islce which we feei-we are firmly persuaded
lat tbs time 10 Lot far distant when that Ysn
lee army will either be taken sn.irs, or be
Dmpelied to make disastrous retreat from
ne position it Eow occupies. Apparently,
Gen. Johnston has been Glow but he has had
Il orgauizs all army in the face 0f tito enemy,
- supply it with the nunitions Of war, and TO
sgcounter other unheard of difficulties lie
Las surmountsJ than ai, and now.lhat the
water is down we may expect to hear from
Aiin 10 way that shs.li alsnce Lis detractofs
forever.
This advantage which will accrue to Gus
t-ase from the reDuise of Graut and the sal
rat92 oi sIoksbufy, are prodigious. We shall
ave made tie enemy fail in the operations Of
whole campaign. We shall have preserved
point which they consider Of more import
tAee than any other. We shall have secured
Ge uaan aisaissippi States. We shall lie in e
condition to Ioil back The WET upon the Van
Zee SiaIeE, III cooperation with Lees army
ca The Potomac. These are o few, aud but
ieN, CT the least iuportan. results. Perhaps
lie whole Northwest, iiadins themselves "a
'F Oh irom securing the nav CATION of the
AisFiEsippi as ever, may become tired of the
war, AID either force Ii peace or s-eeie from
Tie lankees