, 1863-07-11

ut II o'clock, and at noon 1t. Col. Strong
hoi=ted the etars and stripes over the Court
House. Col. Wilson Is Provost Mafshal OF
the city, and Gen. Logan Commander Of the
Post.
We have taken over 1900 prisoners, be-
sides about a. COO non-combattants, 103 field
pieces aud 50 siege guns, $1,000 stands Of
aims, ammunition, locomotives, cars, and
few stores, and 81 stands Of colors.
Among the prisoners are Lieut.. Gen. Penn
berton, Maj. Gems. Stevenson, Smith. Forney
and Bowen, aud fourteen Brigadier Generals,
and about 1S0 Co1onels.
There are $500 men In hospital, one.haf Of
whom are wounded Only 5000 Of the gar
rison are reported able for duty. The stock
Of provisions IVES almost exhausted, and for
four days they have been eating mule flesh.
OF ammunition for heayy guns they had
fair supply, but In field and muaketry were
slort-ejght caps to q man WAS all they had
left. An excess Of sugar, >mo1asses and .lce
was al1 the supplies they had, with little
ground corn. '-''
The capitu1ation VAS caused BY destltution
an6 by pbyslcal prostrat1on, hastened, per-
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would storm the place to day. 1t is admitted
by all that the rebels have made gallant de-
fense, md the terms are understood to ne O
concession Of Gen Grant to their bravery, rs
we'll as q great public economy.
Vicksburg Is much damaged by shells
hardly house escaping. The. reception Of
our troops was not unfavorable. Our SOL
diers treated their late enemy with great
tticndliness, both sides feeling q great relief
from the severe hardship ind suffering Of the
Siege.
Fifty steamers are at the landing, and the
4th of July has never been celebrated so
strongly or so earnestly.
General Pemberton denies the authorship
Of the epeech attributed to him about hold
ing out till the last dog Was ea:en-
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Yesterday and to. day all passed of with re.
mazkable quiet and good feeling. The wealth
or Is fearfully warm. Nineteen General off,
GERS have been paro1ed. Two or three days
| will be occupied before the prisoners are sent
ont; their destination Is reported to be Ta1la-
| dega. Ala Many Of them are anxious not to
be pa1oled, but wish to take the oath Of alle-
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North
| Several women and children hare been kill
ed or injured during the siege. The hundred
houses occupied by sick aud wounded hare
been constantly exposed to the shells, md
about twenty-five hundred persons have been
killed inside OF the works since the siege be-
gan.
The labor performed on the fortidcat1ons,
by both sides, is prodigtoua. The weight Of
artillery has knocked most Of their works
into indietinguishable heaps. There were
about t.S00 women aud children In the city
during the bombardment, who hare, for the
gfeater part Of the time, been obliged to live
IN ewes, of which there a.e several hundred
TIE citizens have not been allowed to draw
from tho army supplies, except In cases Of
destitutIon. The prices Of food have been
enormous: five, dollaEs pound has been
charged for -four, aud dol1nr q pound for
mule meat -,
The latest adyices from the interior repre-.
sent that Johnston is retreating rapidly, and
Sherman is in hot pursuit. Reinforcements are
moving to Sherman.
Offers Of assistance have been dispatched
to Gen. Banks, and it is conjccturcd that the
condition OF the Port Eudson garrison, Is
eiml,ar to that Of Vickabnrg week since.
It's fall may be announced at my hour.
The general opinion here, both in the rebel
army and our own, is that the rebellion In the
Southwest is at IN end, or at least reduced to
insignificant proportions.