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ucd till $50, when the enemy replied and
firing became rapid on both sides. The Is
rex was struck but not injured. The kich-
mond, with a full broadside, sileuced the eu-
cmy's guns. None Of our vessels were IN
jurc'l.
The Era's correspondence, from which tnS
above is summarized. intilnatos that good
news viii all tt next letter.
Lieut.. Col. Blackman Of the 9th Illinois
caval-v, had died at Osyka from his wounds
He received kind attention, and his remains
were properly buried.
All c5lorci regiments in Gen. Banks De
Tartment. except the Engineer corps, havS
been turned over hv him to Gen. Ullman
VINO has entire control of their equipment
and organization. In addition TO the present
four regiments there are already 22OO TO
crui-s in camp. Gen. Ullman would imme-
diatelv proceed 70 organize corps srmee 0!
infantry, artillery and cavalry, under White
officers.
All ulaceso Of public resort in New Orleans,
except churches, have been ordered %
display the national flag, and ell places OF
amusement - commence and close the per
formancc with 4 national air.
Admirul Fauagut was seronaded BY the
Unionists Of New Orleans on the night OF
the l2th.
Gen. Mcmillan and Lieut. Col. Stevens are
passengers in the Matanzas, as also 247 DIS
charged soldiers. The slOOp Of wsr Juniata
arrived at Kcywcst on the 18th.
Steamer TfonaS Collier from Newbern,
brings 500 men Of the 81 New York srtli-
lsrv mustered out of service. Gems. HicS-
man and Leslie were also passengers
The NAVY DEPARTMENT is advised that the
steamer Il. r. Cuylcr, on the 9th inst, cap
tured off Mobile while attempting run the
blockade. the steamer Eugenie. She Is new
side-vheel vessel, very fast, 100 tons burden,
and was ft,el out in New York several weeks
since She sailed thence for Havana wa
Nassau. for the purpose, it was supposed-
IF loading with arms and ammunition
The supply steamer Union, while on heF
wsv To New York, captured tho EngiIsa
steamer Linnst with an assorted eontrabani
cargp.
The eunb1et Kanavha IN the lst inst,
-armred the schooner Dart while trying T.
run the blockade Of Mobile with an assorted
cargo.
The same vessel captured the schooner
Clara on the 25th ul;.
The I. :. schooner Richard Seaman cap
trrcd the schooner Nymph ct Pass Caoello,
Texas, on tho 22i ult. She was loaded with
coffee, medicines, dry goods, shoes, &c
Bermuda advices Of the 5th give a rumor
that Semmcs has resigned command OF the
Alabama 70 the frs. officer, and taken CON-
mand Of : fine new Confederate ship mount
ing - guns.
rorted spril 81, lat. q, Ion. Il, passed the
-. FIN the n
ous d-v saw several chests Of tea and picked
M chest. the contents of which were spoil
ed h- sal, water II is surmised tho wreck
was tse remains Of some homeward-bound
East Indiaman destroyed by the Alabama
The war department has received the fol
lowing Official dispatch from AGjutant Cen
Rawlins dated rear Of vicksburg May 20th
Tho army of the Tennessee landed at B-u-
lincsburs on the S0th Of April. On the lst
Of Nav we fought the battle of Port Gibson
and defeated the rebels under Gen. Bowen,
whose loss in killed and wounded and prison
ers was at least 1890. and loss in artillery
Eve pieces.
On the 18th of May, at the battle Of Ray
mond, the rebels were defeated with loss Of
eight hundred.
On the 18th Of May We defeated General
Johnston and captured Jackson, with q loss
70 tire enemy Of 400, besides immense stores
and manufactures and seventeen pieces of
artillery.
On the 10th Of Msy we fought the bloody
and decisive battle at Bakers Creek in which
the entire rebel force Of Nicksburg, under
Gen. Pemberton, was defeated with the loss
Of twenty-nine pieces Of artillery and four
thousand men.
On the 18th Of May We defeated the SANE
force st Big Black river bridge with the loss
of 2,69o men and seventeen pieces OF ertii-
lcrv.
On the 18th Of May VIC invested Vicks-
burg closely.
To-day Gen. Steele carried the rife pits On
the north of the city. The right Of the army
is on the Mississippi above Vlcksburg. learn
further that there are from fifteen 70 twenty
thousand men in Vicksburg, and that Penn
Ierton has lost nearly all his field artillery,
snd that the cannonading at Vicksburg
closed at about p NJ. on the 10Th of Nay.
Gen. Grant has probably captured nearly all.
4 Cairo dispatch OF tho 24th says: I, ia
rsported that Gen. Sherman has taken
Haincs' and Chickasaw Bluffs, with 500 pris-
soners. a hundred guns, and ammunition and
eom,nissarv stores. The prisoners were pa
rolled and sent across the YaIoo.
Another report says those points were
evacuated and Sherman took quiet posses
sion.
Gen. Grant attacked the upper batteries OF
VicksburS GU Sunday, while the gunboats
attacked the water batteries. Tuesday the
UPPER batteries were captured and turned on
the water batteries. Inc parHled prisoners
who were brought across from VIcks-
burg .ay our forces have possession OF tho
entirc line Of outer fortihcatiOns, and rebel
officers told their men since tho capture OF
Haines' Bluff that there was no chance of
escape.
TIE rebel force is estimated at from 20 600
to $4,000. The widest confusion existed
among them, and ohioers were unable 70 keep
the line Of battle. The Empress, the last
boat up, SAYS when she left Wednesday eve
ming the firing had ceased. There Is no
doubt but that the rebels surrendered. Gen.
Clair reached Chirkasaw Bluff on Tuesday
and sent down for rations. The federal l0s-
Is reported heavy
The latest Published rebel intelligence
from Vicksburg is in effect that Grant had
crossed the Bi. Black above the burnt bridge
and had circumvented Vicksburg, taking 80
rebel guns. The papers speak mournfully
of their prospects IN the Southwest, ana
hope that AFFAIRS there NAV prove less disas-
trcus than reported.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 20th. says
in relation 70 Vieksburg ''t some happy
combination be not made between the forces
under Pemberton and Johnston, the heroic
city may possibly fall"
Tho Richmond DisPatei Of Nay 23d con-
taius the following
T. g.
We lost 80 pieces Of artillery, which were
spiked and abandoned. On Sunday the Fed
erals sdvanced to tako the Big Black bridge,
but were repulsei. They crossed higher up
and took US in the rear, when the bridge was
burned end the works abandoned. Our loss
is heavy. yicksburg ia closely besieged. Tie
euemy is closing in on everJ SIDE.
The Herslds Washington dispatch Of the
2sth says advices from Gee. Grant received
by the President tonight, detail hi, proceed