, 1863-06-01

Farragut and Banks Reported inthe
Vicinity Of Vicksburg, and Co.
operating with Grant.
TIE REBELS ASK FOR 4 CESSATION
or HOSTtLITlES 70 BURY
THEIR DEAD,
Johnston Held at Bay in
the Rear,


WASHINGTON, May 31.-The following tcle.
GRIM was received at the Navy Department
! TO-DAY:
FLAGSHIP DLAcKnAwI, MtsE SorAp'Ni
! NEAR VlcK=BrTd, May Is, lsS3
Sill: lave the honor TO inform you that the ex.
| pcditfon under command OF Lieut.. Commander
Walker, after taking Possession Of the forts at
Ha'ncs' Bluff, was perfectly successful. Three
powerful steamers and a ram were destroycd at
1a1oo City. Tue ram was monster. 301 feat
long aud seventy feet Ibeam, to be covered Will,
a-iEcli iiron plate; also fine navy yard. with
machine shops OF all kinds, saw mills, blacksmiths'
shops, &c. were burned. The property destroyed
and captured amounted to over two millions of
dollars
Had the monster ram been aEoat, che would
have given Us some trouble. One battery was
destroyed ut Dfnrcy's Bluff. Our losegon the cx-
petition 1aB one killed and seven wounded.
tsIgnedD DAVID D. rnNTrH.
(Speciat Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuuc.1
CAIRO, May -, 1853.
Tie United States steamer New National,
Commander Aleck Grant, arrived this evening
at dusk, direct from Admiral Portcr's fleet, of
Vicksbuzg, The National left the fleet Oh
Tuesday afternoon, the 2Gth inst. The
news is Of cheering character, though
the officers Of the steamer arc uon-com,nu-
nicative. The mai! and official dispatches
hare gone to Capt. Pcnuock, at Mound
City. Secretary Wclles will undoubtedly re-
ccisc Admiral Portcr's official report, should
tie telegraph lines bc in working order, to.
night.
On Tuesday it was reported and generally
credited in the fleet, that FarIasut and Banks
had arrived In the vicinity, and were cooper
atiug with Grant and Porter, both Of whom
were keeping upa show Of attack upon the
rebel works.
On Friday the Confedcrates had asked for
and obtained Il cessation Of lo=t]i,ics for sey-
cral hours, in order to bury their dead, show
ing their loss must have been considerable.
Gen. Sherman was still at the Bayou, with
three batteries Of artillery planted, eudeayor-
ing to dis1odgc the enemy from their strong
hold just ACROSS the gulf. Thus fur, he had
been unsuccessful.
Gen. Gzant, though not keeping up storm
ing operations very vigorously, was DUNG
something undoubtedly to gain time, he had
three lines Of assailants, entirely surround
ing the rebel works, and felt buoyant aud full
Of confidence as to the final result.
Johnston was reported coming forward,
but Fcdcr,ls were there to check him and hold
him at bay.
PHILADELPHIA, May 30.-A special to the
-B"'1eti", dated Cincinnati TO- day, enys: 4 dis
patch received from the lower Mississippi.
vim Memphis, says there had been no fighting
ut Vicksburg since last Monday. Most Of the
river batteries had been silenced, but the dau-
boats were shc11ing them.
1t Is reported that Colonel Dalliua and Ad-
jutant Hammock Of the 81st Illinois have been
killed.
ST. Lor1s, Mo. 3d.. G. Scott, a well
known river man, arrived here last night,
having left Young's Point On Sunday. He has
been with Grants army. lie says our forces
are well prepared to repel any attack in the
rear, and we're in fine spirits, confident Of
tlcir ability to capture Vicksburg and Its gar
rison. He says the attack upon the fortlhca-
tions was not made by the entire line, as re.
ported, but by 4 force under Gen. Blair,
which assaulted a big battery, and failed.
Whenever the rebels attempted to plant their
guns, they were foiled by our sharpshooters.
our wounded arc brought up rapidly to the
river at Chicasaw Bayou, where there are suf-
hcicnt boats to receive them. Our base Of
supplies on the Yazoo is secure. Reinforce
llents are rapidly arriving. Gen. Ostcrhaus
and Capt. Foster, lst Wisconsin, are wounded,
not dangerously.
Scott heard nothing about the death OF
Steele.
There were 1850 prisoners in camp at
Young's Pc ut.
NEW YoHK, May 30-The Commercial Id
| 'xrtisfr's Washington correspondent says:
The issue of a sensation extra, stating that
the rebel pickets on the Rappahannock this
| morning shouted across the river that We had
takcu Nicksburg, but that Grant had been
killed, caused some excitement hero to-day,
but lasted only brief time, as the entire
| freely to the public Ill information which it
j receives from the West, good, bad, or indif-
ftrcnt. 1ntimation that bad news Ia withheld
| Is untrue.
| WHAT TILE REBELS SAT-.
| MrRFRECsnoEo, May 30-From the Chat
tanooga RctHi Of the :2.!'th, Mobile 2Sth. re.
! p0F1s 1foM Oel0N tlckSDHFG, STATE IQa[ Gcn.
Banks hns crossed the Mississippi with his
| army at Bayou Sara.
Gen. Grant sent in flag Of truce yesterday,
about the sick and wounded. The slaughter
Of the Fcder:ls was far greater in the assault
upon Vicksburg than in any battle during the
| war,
The Mississippian Of Tuesday says satur,
days battle at Eicksburg waa the most stub
| botn Of all.
RICHMOND, Va, May a7.-A private dis.
patch from Canton, Miss. eays: Au was well
ycstcrday-Eick.burg holds ont br:ycly.
The Chattanooga Rt6t{ believes the army o1
the Cumberland is in weaker condition to-
day than at any time since the battle Of Muir;
fTeesboro. Thinks Gen. Rosecrans has re-
inforccd Gen. Grant
The 4p,xa1 Of the Goth says two gunboat:
have been sunk at Vicksburg.
Colonel GFicrson's cavalry made another
raid from Baton Rouge capturing and destroy
ing large rebel ca1nr.
Pemberton'6 Quartermaster has succeeded
in running 100 mules ont Of Vicksburg, there
by reducing the consumption Of corn.
The garrison has full 1ations tor thre
months.
/ The Atlanta (Ga.) Commonwealth ofthe 2Stl
notices the arrival Of Btcckinridgc in tha
! city.