The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-06-03
special Corrsspondencs ofthe Gin Times
From VIcksburgh-
Ia the rear Of Vicksburgh, /
A. aatL 1890


Nay 10th, 1868.
Hanes' Brff was evacuated without a blow
when Lerug found the Fejerals in bis rear he
fed towards Vicksburgh without destroying
anything / SAW shells and powder stre~n for
q distance from the works "a though haste VS.
the theme The navy cane, AZ usual, in at the
death. and landed amid the smoking ruins o.
hurniag storee claiming all the credit Not a
rebel save oAc. vas there he slept on The bill
side rather late, % A. n, aud was captures
Commodore Porter had the abandoned gsB-
marked, Captured " the Navy" etc Al
Grand Gslf the gunboats were repulsed twice
and retired
Gen Grant marched to their ear and cut them
of Then Porter landed bis boats and had
these guns labeled also, Captured by the Ma
W" etc All honor TO the brave Navy: but
render unto Grant the tbiHgs that arc Grants
We have within sight Of me some six thousand
dsst cslo'ed individuals as prisoners. They
seen indifferent As 10 their fate, sad accuse
Pemberton OF treschery.
Yesterday | stood nearly opposite the CITY
nsiiHg the struggle Of Sherman for the water
battery Hour after hour the decks of three
guubsats were crowded with officers ana men
70 witness. the struggle Why they did not -
6 81 him hlus not The Choctsw iay lAngsidly
al anchor as- cut OF range. Hour after hour
tae h0t sun poured sorn on the half ian-hed
wesry vetersns-hour after hour, aud stll the
battery remained unvarqu,shee. But Sherman
j. noS' rot without method. aad took t With
Gus help. Imagine a battle raging At the iower
part of C0vingtOn, aud three gHnbOats a. the
Newport ferry At anchor aud yos have it, hills.
river and all
As Coils Smith aud Morton, two of the meat
efficient officers in this corps. and Major Tyford,
Capt Nealy. and TIVE others, were asOnt two
'siies 10 advance Of their troops n the 18th,
they came upon Captain Raiser, Of Athens Al
ALBANIA, ard Isl ethers They ordered The reb-
els 20 surrender, threatening them with the fre
% their whole command whO we're supposed to
. b. IN the bushes in the rear of where the cool
and brave officers stood The rebels ssrren-
deres, and were much mortified when their sras
we're stacked, and they ofdered to wait
As It wss question which should surrender
Norton sAid be preferred it should be the Rob
es--sO 10 Was.
Oar men are in excellent spirits have been
short Of provisions, but shared il with the citi
gems We are now loading tive hundred rsg-
Cons With hard bread and coffee. These will
reach the patriots in an hour. Tomorrow
2ls.-ws will land jas! above tAe city ia Chick
asaw BsysH The army hss uow been hard at
work for three weeks, Sighting sesrly all the
tine. Perhaps Grant i, IS his eseluies love -
tell him, @4c Grant a. ineDriats be ar
loy rsbble, an armed slob Ho~ glorious i
rzdHsss O. vine ihog at the precursor Of
victory thy sparkle i bst The glcsn o. glory
] uust net conmeBt-msrtsr boats So a.
work above the city--hell after shell fall. with
in tie deemed city, and scstters dsaih aaid iis
glare Ts-InorroE the place viii, il all proba
billy, beast the star Spsngied banner-lighi
AMID is5kssss-glory amid ssane-ksror over
iuisry-lsw in dssoation.
Fer four DAYS the CITY bas been invested
ts-dsy [slst large guns are brosght into ser
vice Sherman and Mcpherson are anxisss TO
sierra the place. Oar SAsrpshooters pick or
he casnoniers from the rebel breast works
One large Parrot erattles 70 more; nor dare
he Toe replace il
For some DAY. there have been zppf-hensious
81 Joe Johnston csmi5g ia our real Al fear
% dspeIied Sherman can isvest ID. city aisue.
aud take il TO-. From their position, NcPher
son and heCiefnand can repel aBy force tat be
cas- bring
225.-To DAY a charge va. made b. Sser.
Kan. TIE men scaled the steep parsset- ike
sheep over fence. AL their outer works are
surs. The friss is slo- TO cay they trisd TO
cat their rsy ost but wee driven back
2Sd. A. N.-The frisg Las cessei. Tie
boats leave isiHediately-7 900 PrisOsers are on
beats.
Cor. -. L11ls Bepstli-ss
Ia Rear Of Vicksburg Nay 81
The stronghold Of the rebel power on the
Mississippi i now completely Invested By the
army Of Gen. Grant.
The fragments Of tn insurgent forces which
escaped from the victories Of Port Gibs0n. o.
J Jackson. o. Champ % OF Midway His AID Of
Big Black. have retired within The strong but
small circle OF defences which surround the city
1t distance Of about two miles from its heart
There a stubborn resistance il now being made
the redoubts and rife-pits giving the rebels an
Advantage IN the way Of safety. but none,
think, in the way Of moral strength Presnmp-
lively the advantage + with the attacking
party, and especially in this case. whore orr
army. since its bold move from Yonng's Point
By way Of Grand Calf. has been uniformly and
successful
To-day our forces are busy from right 70 left, |
oTerfbe euiire line il creeping more closely %
the formidable works Of 6be enemy. Al severzl /
points our shsrpshoOtsrs are 50 near the re-