, 1863-01-14

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DctaiIcd Account of Our spoeiaA ce1-
respondent =
rsn.c,,, Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.l
n.rr1s-rtz1D BErnRg VIcKsBuRa,
WAn1krs COUNT, MISS; Dec. 80. 1se2.
AeRAyE DISASTER.
" A Fredericksburg In the West! Another
national humiliation! Moro blunderingl
Immense energy squandered! Hezoism
thrown away! Defeated, bafaed, repulsod,
dishcartened!
We have made the attack and have filled.
Vicksburgh is stronger than VIC thought, and
We arc weaker than we supposed. The place,
like. sebastopol, grows in strength by night,
line after line, trench to trench, battery on
battery, still accumulating, cliff, bayou,
abattes, swamp, guns and men, everything
in nature or artto defeat us.
Besides, VIC have but half our strength here,
the, rebels have all theirs: We have been
checked, the painful fact is ever rpresont tons.
We want somebody to blume. People are
cursing this last folly.
Nor is this the worst. Strong as are the
batteries above us they they may be taken,
but they will not bs taken until our method
Of attack is changed from the beginning.
TIE REBELS ANTICIPATE OUR DESIGNS.
We have been unsuccessful, we have failed
in our attempt, for very sufficient reasons.
First, we have given the enemy ample time to
prepare for the attack; for, although the
newspapers hare been sliennt on the subject
it has been no secret along the banks Of the
Mississippi, this three weeks, that an c.pedi-
tIon was preparing for thi. very place, That
leisure has been well employed by our foes.
WANT OF COOPERATION.
Again, although VIC have at least 1O0, 900
men in this State, this battle has been fought
with half Of them only, while there is high
probability that We encountered the bulk of
the rebel army in the West. There was, eyi-
deat]y. no lack Of troops in Vicksburp. yester-
day. There was a painful gap untitled In
ours,
Rad CHOICE OF POINT oY ATTACK.
We h.vc- morcorer choscn hv somc .,n,e,
fortrra NJ o,r oorno;,e Via 1orv e+r,,ra.st
no;nt In tho xvho1e rche1 1;nc of fort5fic,t;ons
Tho seat and centre of b;s svsto,n IT ror;f,ca
se1a and s;erc xz-or,s Hc knn,r II exncctod
| It and M = conseouonce nrcnarea far It The
rcsn1t. is ms wc see an cnnrmnne loss ot blood
and TINS far not m ;ronort,nt no;nt eo1nea
| 7vr 4p,1y
The army ,,ndor t,,c. ,,rcscnt. commend -,
Gen shcr1nan consists of some 1fftv repi
n,an+s of Western troons two tb,ras ofxvh;ot
| arc new men raised nn1er the last call. The,
| arc cener,,1v commanded 1,v officers Of eInc
- ~ ~.
Renee ana sriea courage A1ost OIL tnem naSt
boon detached from the army Of Gen. Grant
| for this expedition. The division of Genera
etco,c ,r,e f,r,o or1v !, ,,,rt NJ +ra command -
|
os"' o"' '''' .,,o.- .~
TEE hAtEplIioS. -.
Gen. Grant had forescen that his march init
the interior of Mississippi in pursuit of tht
roho, arm. ,r,st ha F.,,.f,1 of a,,rors. :. =,
49, .. n,uo. ~ nas.- ~ eE4o' ~
thelc1ore 1csoiveo 10 n7a1l ha1nsen OF the con
troll OF the river By sending column Of mcr
downto menace Vicksburg, in case the enem,
shou1d concentratc at Jackson. On the af,tI
,,,t aana.a;ra,- - ea,,o, - - taat ~ 49,, y,
u't., aecofoins45 IL ea4icu III Aeet oA sAty
seven transports on the 3lst ult., from Mem
phis, and although the trip might hnye bee,
| well ACCOMPLISHED in fifty hours. no less tlla1
sir dayg were consumed.
o,.x,r,s ,ro,,purxr.
| ~ .-AAs'
The plans OF Gen. Grant, Lad they been tol
lowed, were good. With force threateuin.
yichsburr from the Yazoo River, his natj
'lsH2u n M W, 4...s. ~. 10 1s,' ~
was near Grenada, and the enemy near Can
| ,on 7baro ,v,s n hrndred r,;lao ,,,,tp,oo,, III,
c,,n...,a .'aast..... ..'N>O0 1@1N
hha "en. enesnh1is posltlon'
a Neek snouiu hn1e snnceo 70 p1lnE nln
Nv a. ,E"nqd ih,s inve ~ s";3eJ a. canH;o
Mi be lad ,nnssed ord co,,,d t1"n l,ora 11re
c,..,ied ~ 0 r.dmce a;4h.r iodnmant ~ t1.
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MEMPHIS AND COLUMBUS
Tic only possible objection which could b
urged 10 tits plan, was the annoyance in hi
Iitc to the north ut Humboldt. this, instea
ns soassra slSS o,e HE &c aef1 ie M dsm1 RSh Ga
| Columbus might hnvc been left In SOME da1
ger, but with trusty comnandante, and all th
reserve yet In Kentucky and Tennessee, the
should be absolutely safe until the reduction
oi Y'ckseasg WAS comNetSa, When II cou1
~, IAve ue1i W ess 90 ~ . aenesc Incm,sse
!He s,'HDu.ls n'u peen otteriy woetuless !
oeiyha taem. nc snou!o oy all means hat
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/ WHERE IS GEN. BANKS?
We have had a s,isccssion ofrcports that IL,
Banks cxpcdition is on bic Mississippi bclo,
MS. We Know that the icadcrs expected th
Essex up here from New Orleans. Now If thi
| be the case, whv was the battle Of ycstcrla
fnuplt without his c0-opcrations WHY di
not Gen. Sherman wait for the arrival Of on
| nf these : two armies : Why. in fact. IVA
Vickshurr made the frat noii3f of nttacE yhe
n shnnld have i,cen The 1asty Gen Banks wa
!, not near us Yesterday. Had he been, tho r,
suit might have been different.
THE LANDING
Ar,or ,o;+o~;,o a, Tim Nf;as;ee;,n; ot uc1cn.
Friar,s po;nt A2kans.s Wnnti, .a;ncs, Tan,
i,'r M;1,ft"n:s prnd ma lastly nj thn ,nnnt
~ fhe Yazoo IN 1,3ain s;rht Of the fortress It'll
f,ccf mnve3 ~ fhe y,zco River m tl,c nGti
| Thc ian5,nc. Ros ef1sctc1 withnnt nnnos;tio
: : on Tic south bank Of lie Yazoo along thr.
miles Just beyond the Old River, cxtenain
, from That point to little creek which
called 1he vlcksnu1g bayoa, entering son
s nlne nllcs 1roIa tno Monln'. ihc i.ser ~. II
nren "atcneu " tne gnho0ats unoec up
| "alkc lof some Gays IN anuelPatlon anu
f - 'opros4l4on was chcounlefeo on 'ae eiiotee'
: 1oRrEDoEs:.-
f The enemy had long forescen the conti
!; oof tGrnedoes In lie river. The Marmor
E Oneen of the Hest. Sipnai and Cairo had bce
: snroge3 n 4,shinr un these machincs. whf
Q n,1S r. them eyr]Sdci and SINK her. sin,
v | sia,, f,onf Jya1ta h.. had f1,e same hoats a
/ rared IN the service which have taken son
e fhirty ont Of The stream. The Queen Of Il
Mos; bor;n,r rms m her nnner drclE il al,
# to SCATTER shell and canister among the rebel
n | who had dug rifle pits on the bank to prote