Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-13
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There is story that the black Hag was raised tbs
Confederate.
Since nv last, the bodies Of Colonel cOwlss, Msi0r
Grey aud Lieutenant Wro,rossh have arrived hrc and
been consigned to the tomb Lieut.. w. was but eei
yea Of age a Typographical Eogineer ou GsneraiS
Wetsels ssaf With tie rank Of Colonel. TIE service
10 81. Patricks Church very impressive, and the
funeral largely attended by the mil tsry and civic de-
1 partments. o@ ef3
Every thing IL kept quiet to the result OF iherst
| Bght at Port Hudson. The Losses viii not be made
known mt the official dispatches received here or
sent to Washington.
On Friday. me 2sth of Nav, the navy commenced
bombardDg Port Budson and continued ell day ard
part Of the ht without any response from the rebel
! batteries.
Gen; Banks was a. place eight miles this eide 81
Port Hudscn ~. =
There i rumor In town that Colonel Stafford. ofthe
colored regiment was captured and killed by the guef
| rilas. -f
General sherman has not yet had his lex amputsisd
The surgeons fear the result Of amputa;ou in this warn
| weather
Some ten officers remains have srrived ia town. and
being embalmed ut Bells stables. Their names
| could not obtain
General Neal Dow Is reported Ia town, eighty
wounded.
The British vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent Of
Mobile arrived Yesterday under flag of truce via tie
| lakes.
Banks bas made his official repor. to Balleck of the
1
Ia The assault Of the 27th the behavior Of the officers
and n,u most gallant. and left nothing to be de-
sir d. Cur limited acquaintance of the ground and tie
character of the works. which almost hidden from
our observation until the moment of approach eioae
| prevented tue capture of the post. a go.
Much Of the report is devoted to complimentary re.
marks the eodiery qualities of the negro toops-
Banks says Grey require only good officers, commando
of limited aud careful discipline to make them
excellent ierr Speaking Of bis losses, he reduce
| them down ~ f. sa:
Our loseesfr u 2Sd 10 H. date, in ki,d woapj
ed and missing, Issr'y one thousand, including, I
deeply regret &c , Of the ablest officers of The
COPS am an yet to report them In detail
y, ncs o. TicmBuRs.
Cnc.xSAiI, Monday, June 8.
! 7he t,lr,aeu iPs'isi'.s !el,r 1,'-j y,a;r.
/ Jans s. which e'es 'he Gl,shg Interesting intelL.
gence:
General Osterhaus on tho vest de of Baok River
bridge, with his entire DIVISION Watching General joe
Johnston who appeared there OF TIE lst and I'd inst
9TH 5000 infantry and some arll'r'. Shots were ek.
changed ard the rebels retired.
General Johnston is said to haze is $40 men, pooriy
armed add deficient in artillery. ltt, is no probability
| OF his being able to relieve Gen. P.u.Jorton
The expedition under Gen. Blair pa ,.eded northwsrd
a far Aecbancsvile forty Eve u as without meet
| ing the rebels in force.
The crops were found in promising condition and
the country was well supplied with live at OK.
A large amounto of cotton Sas DESTROYED.
The gunboats ran up to Yszoo Cy several days ago
aud destroyed much property. Several rebel transports
were seen further up the Surhoy aud Tallahstehf,
which temporarily ecap j.
| Communication with Gen. Banks /. kept I'D on the
Louisiana shore Guerrlss inest ths region between
Lake Providence and Grand Gulf with impunity. Toe
Government plantations are sell cCd for attack hun
| bred negroes Rave been drive of or hung
Every nrgTo Nh national form OF Is nercilessiy
suspend to thescsrest tree.
The Formidable batteries along the Mississippi on the Z
first line above the are eli silenced
save one, at the extreme upper part Of Tcksburg.
mounts ts o heavy guns and two 2S Founders
| The rebel battery Fort Hill is composed OF sig
guns of very heavy brs The Federals have mount
ed six heavy guns IN 'front.' and battery iagsualy At
| that point
Tue reb runor from Richmond that Kirty Smith
had attacked Gen. Banks at Port Hudson Is hardly
credited, though some uneasness Il fels
from down the river says that Smith Gas ar
rived Cartilage, La, which is very doubtful.
wAsHSGros, Tuesday, June 9, 1868.
We are permitted to publish the following extrs os
ON private letters from soHicers Of Admiral p re,e
h.et received to-day:
"IY FRoYr VicKsBURG June /, 1858.
81 was in the riff pit yesterday twenty yards from
the enemys lines Shermaas front. The poor DEVIL
They throw hand granades men who work.
ing away underneath their forts and who throw them
back again. You may talk of Sebsstopol and Maakof
but il baby work to this Nothing yet equalled
the work of our soldiers in getting up 10 these
works You would have to see il 10 believe it. All the
Richmond would be nothing to the one-.wentieth Of
the nine miles of works these devils have thrown up ia
'front.' and the distractions they have &c behind our
army for six miles. II ever get a reporter 10
tell the truth he will write tale Of more interest than
arvt hat has shPi fnr ma
then we sink vessel, get one sunk but will pAt
the water out Of the soo1 the town falls which
will certainly be in ten days --
"NEAR YIcE'BURG June ], 1863
There Is nothing new to communicate, except the
return OF second expedition up the Yazoo. They
turned perfectly successful having destroyed eli, hi
transports and large amount of cotton and other val
ulbles and captured some prisoners and proyisions
The condition and position Of army in the OF
Vcksburg is still good, and Gen. Grant is confident Of
success. | never such line OF defencrs in
front of Gen. Sherman's lines. At some places our
parallels are within fifty yards of the enenys work.
and men lie down directly under the guns Of the
rebels. If assault is made with 10 900 men, they
clnnot htp taking the city. The enemy cannot have
over 5000 in their works. and Grant says lie whip
auy reiniorcements that they bring up.
"0ur boats below VicksbuIg had littie fight with !
| guerri.as yesterday at Carthage.
| "Our mortars are still bonbarding Vlcksburg sudy
doing great deal of good. We have led q great :
| number OF beet cattle and done great deal OF ~
| age.
"0ur gunboats below come up every night az
slowly during the night.
IAN officer has just come up from Banks and rep5l
him in the position that we are here. He has
closely invested Port Hudoa and says he is certain Of
going in. They are however, strongly fortified and
may hold out there some time."
The correspondent Of the New York Tribune wriiee
from the rear Of Vicksburg, May sob, as follows;
The earhworks Of the contsnding forces are fat ss
surng the dimensions ola second Sebastopo. General
Emerson has scheme OIL foo; which may perhaps
result shortly in the capture Of the stronghold opposite
him. but any auson less Delphic thsn the contain.
I'd in this hint would be improper
The Losses of the army during the present campsgb