True Democrat., 1863-05-20

All was quiet at Charleston up to the 7th, though l the enemy threatened a second attack. The an kees, three or four thousand strong, "ere in North Alabama and destroyed a part Of the State road The people there are awake and will hardly lei them pass with impunty
 From Louisiana we have dates to the Gth Banks had divided his forces into three dlvslons one Ii fortifying at Opelousas, one IS on the Atchafayla and the other at Butte @ Ia Rose. Kirby Smith was at Shreveport, and ii he can pc reinforced Will drive Banks back Our dates from Jackson are to the Sth, and from Vicksburg, direct, to the 9th.- The battle at Port Hudson was on the lSt of May Less than 6,000, mostly MissouIians and Arkansi- ans held 30 900 of the enemy at bay Gen. Tracy Was killed early in the day. The enemy continued to receive endorsements and the Mssourlans were driven back At Grand Gulf the fighting was ter ribe. Here Missourians and Arkanslans fought one of the most desperate battles of the war. The killed of the enemy alone equalled the number or the Confederates opposed to them. Col. Wm. Wade gallant artillery officer, was killed and his battery called the Virginia battery, was captured On the next day the remaining Missourians and Arkansans swore to avenge the loss of Wade and retake the battery They marched up against five times their numbers, actually drove them mile and retook the battery Our lines were then drawn in and with the exception of an artillery duel across Big Black on the 4th and skirmishing on the 5th, the storm lulled. On Wednesday, the 9th, Pemberton ordered all non -combatants to leave the city. Farragut's fleet appeared in sight on that day. Grant was proceeding towards Warren ton, and fortfying Port Gibson. On the 9th large bodies of federal troops being landed below Young's Point, to be sent down to reinforce Grant. It was supposed that an attack would be made on all sides and in front so that the battle will reach from the Chickasaw bayou, seven miles above Vicksburg, to point seven miles below it. Taking the dates, and all the circumstances, 1t is highly probable that the great battle of Vcksburg has been fought. One of the Jackson papers seemed to think that Grants policy would be to annoy, harrass and protract the final attack until the Confederates were worried and had exhausted their ammunition. By keeping up series of bat ties, he could put fresh troops in the field every day, and go wear out their opponents. Pe1nber  ing in his lines and putting his troops behind en- trenchments. If this should be the case, the day of the great battle may be delayed, but if not TO-, COO federals have been hurled against Vicksburg by this time, and of the most terrible battles the world ever saw has been fought. While the federals have been making raids into Dixie the Confederate have dashed into Pierpontdom and burned three or four bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in Western Virginia.
 We have written the above Monday night, the 18th. Possibly before we go to press to mor- row, later news may reach us.
 LATER-Chicago papers of the 9th, and Mem phis of the Ilth are in town. We glanced over these just before going to press, but had no oppor tunity to make extracts. Two thirds of the papers are taken up with dispatches, statements and re- ports to palliate and tone down the defeat in Vir- ginfa. They conclude it was not so much of shower after all. Lincoln and Haleck went to see Hooker, and on their return, set to work to manufacture lies. They put their loss at ,OOO, of which l,7OO are prisoners; and ours at lS,OO0 of which 4,OOO are prisoners. Southern papers put loss at SOOO and that of the federals at B OO0 Lincoln says 1t not disaster but failure," and Halleck says it was C not a defeat but re- pulsed"
 Their story of losses is contradictory, as they admit a loss of 5000 in Sedgwck's division at Fredericksburg. Stoneman, it appears, escaped, part of his command running down the peninsula, which gave rise to the story about an attack on Richmond.
 Their accounts of affairs about Vicksburg are very glowing, and they express no doubt of the conquest of that city. Vallandigham, after enter ing his protest, was tried by court martial. The finding has not been made public. Arms and am munition are distributed all over the west to mem bers of the Union league.
 There has been desperate battle at Richmond, Ky., in which the Confederates were victorious. but Gen. Ceburne was killed. This is great loss. Particulars not given.
 rY- The federal commanders, at different points, have issued orders so similar in their tone of character, that it is evident they proceed from central point and are part of Lincolns policy Hun
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