Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-08
THE SIEGE OF WCKSBURG.
CannOnading still Going On,
Great GOnfagratiOn in the City,
LATEST FROM TENNESSEE.
Brisk Little Fight at Franklin.
FEDERAL FORCES VICTORIOUS.
LATEsTFOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
French and English Mediation
Great Meeting at Sheffield.
Recognition Of the South
Strongly Favored.
FEDERAL FORCES VICTORIOUS.
LATESTFOREIGN INTERFERENCE
French and English Mediation,
Great MeetIng at ShefleId
SOUTHERN NEWS.

FORTRESS llOAAOk5 June o.
The foIowingare extracts from Richmond dis
patches Of this morning:
JACKSON, June 3-All quiet at Vieksburg yes
tertay. No firing was heard. Grant is evidently
making preparations for movement IN some
direction. rr
JACKSON, June4-Heagy firing in the direction
Of Vicksburg has been heard all day. Nothing
reliable has been received since Sunday.
A courier reports that Kirby Smith crossed to
Port Hudson on Sunday. The gunboats made a
furious assault, sinking one steamer and drown
ing 700 men. No doubts are felt IN regard to the
result.
on Thursday, are coming. General Grant used
cotton bales for movable breast-wOrks in the at
tack. PembertOn mounted his 20O-pOunders and
directed their fire at the cotton bales, moving
down whole platOOns Of the enemy.
Our entire loss, including the action Of Baker 8
Creek, does not exceed 5000.
Confidence in General Pemberton, since his
answer to Grants demand for surrender, has
No no fears are felt for the result at vIelrsburg
MoBrEE, june THE corn crop in Alabama
and Western Georgia Is IN houTishing CON
ditlon and promises a good and abundant
yield.
Refugees at Pascagola report another brilliant
victory over the Yankees at Port Hudson.
An editorial in the Richmond Wing says the
news from the Southwest continues to be Of the
most cheering character Nobly has General
Pemberton indicated the confidence placed IN
From all accounts the de ence Of Vieksburg IS
the most glorious episode in the already crowd
ed annals Of our military history.
Hetacombs Of Yankees attest the valOr Of our
troops, and the skill and success with which
they have been handled in every attack. The
heroic garrison has immOrtalized ITSELF
The Yankees have given up the attempt to
take the city by storm and now talk Of a regular
siege, plan which General Johnston may pos
sibly interfere with.
The telegraph also brings the report Of bril-
liant victory gained by Kirby Smith over Banks
ut Port Hudson. We have every reason to be-
lievs this news will be confirmed
With General Grant all but annihilated by the
terrific execution Of our artillery and musketry
at Vicks burg, and the strategic movement ol
Banks suddenly cut short at Port HuesOn, the
great campaign OF the West, from which so much
was expected by the enemy, bids fair to prove
by far the most disastrous and gigantic Of all his
failures in this war.
CuARLEsroS, June An official dispatch from
General W. ). Walker at POcataligo, reports tha
the enemy have fired the town Of Bluhton to-day
Our forces engaged them and prevented a fur
ther advance.
A letter from Lieutenant Colonel Johnson e
General Walker, says that we are now IN Bluff
ton, which place is in flames. The enemy ha7'
retired. No one on our side is hurt.
In the raid on the Combabee the enemy car
ried away about 900 negroes, and destroyeC
nearly million dollars worth Of property