The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-02
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From Vicksburg-Gen. Grant Progressing

From Vicksburg-Gen. Grant Progressing
Favorably.
NEW YORK, June /.
The Herald's Washington dispatch says =
The Government has no intelligence later than
the Goth, when Gen. Grant was progressing
favorably. The silence of the Richmond
papers in the meantime is considered an au-
curry that nothing has occurred at Vicksburg
encouraging to the rebels. The President has
stated that Vicksburg may be taken by as
sault, but it is thought better to accomplish
the object with as little loss of life as possible.
The correspondent of the Herald, dating
near Nicksburg, I'D, says This is the fourth
day that Gen. Grants army has been around
the entertainments of Vicksburg. During
that time there have been daily battles and
continual cannonaGing. AT least 1000 of our
men have been placed hors du combat in sew
eral charges ordered against the rebel earth
works. During last night the gunboats and
mortar boats in front of Vicksburg kept up
continual fire, and several buildings were
burned by exploding shells. At 8 O'Clock this
morning cannonadng commenced along our
entire line from every hilltop in front of the
enemy's works. Cannon played upon the
rebels, guns were dismounted, embrasures
torn out, parapets destroyed and caissons ex-
ploded. The rebels were powerless to reply.
AS our skirmishers were close to the works
they were unerringy picked off by rebel gun
ners. This cannonade continued two hours,
when Smiths Cars and Osterham's divisions
charged through a murderous cross and en-
filadng fire close up to the rebel works, where
an impossible ditch with sharp stakes was en-
countered. Our men planted their flag d.
rectly in front of the fort, and then crouched
Gown behind the embankment out of range of
the rebel fire. The rebels inside of the fort
could not show themselves above the parapet
without meeting death from our sharpshoot-
ers, and could only accomplish anything by
cutting Off the fuses OF the shells, lighting
them, and rolling them out over the out slope
OF the embankment. Subsequently our boys,
with picks and shovels, dug breach into one
fort and thus took it. One fort was CALAMITY
taken by storm by Carr's division. During
three days we lost five officers killed, includ-
ing three colonies, and fifty wounded. Steeles
forces are reported to have lost 1000 men.
Cairo correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune, under date of the 10Th, says, we have
Memphis papers of the 18th.
The Bulletin confirms the statement that
Gen. Grant invests Vicksburg. 1t also states
that our forces have succeeded in taking a
portion Of the rebel works. The forts remain
ing to be taken are very formidable and COM
mand the entire town. Several charges have
been made upon them with but little success.
The rebels seem to think their position is inn
pregnable. The river batteries have been
mostly silenced. Sherman is on the right
two miles from Haines' Bluff, McClernand is
one and half miles from the Court House i'm
the centre and Mcpherson at the lower end of
Vickburg.
The report that Pemberton offered to sur
render Nicksburg, on terms, is confirmed.
1t is also believed that the reported arrival
of Gen. Banks forces at Warrenton, is true.
CINCINNATI, June /.
The Commercial has full particulars of the