The Portland daily press., 1863-07-22

Wednesday Morning, July %, 1863.
The Surrender OF vicksburg.

The Surrender OF yicksburg.
A Vieksburg correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial gives the following interest
ing particulars of the surrender of the city:
As melancholy sight as ever man wit
messed, for brave men conquered andhumbled,
no matter how vile the cause for which they
fight, present always a sorry spectacle. and
these foes of ours, traitors and enemies of lib
erty and civilization though they be- are brave,
as many hard-fonght field can well attest.
They marched out of their entertainments by
regiments upon the grassy declivity immedi-
ately outside their FORT they stacked their
arms, hung their colors upon the centre, laid
off their knapsacks, belts, cartridge-boxes and
cappouches and thus shorn OF the accoutre-
ments OF the soldier returned inside their works
and thence down the Jackson road into the
city. The men went through the ceremony
with that downcast look so touching on sol
diers face; not word was spoken; there
was none OF that gay badnage we are so much
accustomed to hear from the ranks OF regi-
ments marching through our streets the few
words Of command necessary were given by
their own officers In that low tone OF voice
we hear used at funerals. Generals McPhcr-
son, Logan and Forney, attended by their re-
spectiye stats, stood on the rebel breastworks
overlooking the scene never before witnessed
on this continent The rebel troops as to
clothing, presented that varied appearance so
familiar in the North from seeing prisoners.
and were from Texas, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Georgia and Missouri; the arms
were mostly muskets and rifles of superiorex-
celence, and saw but very few shot guns or
indscrimnate weapons OF any kind; IL was
plain that Pemberton had splendidly APP
pointed army. Their flags were OF kind new
to me, all saw being cut in about the same
dimensions as our regimentai coiors. all OF the
single color red, with awhile cross in the CEN
ter
The ceremony of stacking arms occupied
little over an hour.upon that part of the lines,
and when 1t was concluded, the glittering cav
alcade of officers, Federal and rebel, mounted
and swept cityward on the full galop, through
such clouds OF dust as / hope never to ride
through again. A few minutes fortunately
brought us to a halt at house on the extreme
outskirts of the city, built of stone in the
Southern fashion, with low roof and wide ve-
randahs. and almost hidden from view in an
exuberapce of tropical trees, and known as
Forney's headquarters. e
And here were gathered all the notables of
both armies. In a damask-cushioned armed
rocking-chair sat Lieut-Gen. Pemberton the
most discontentcd looking man / ever saw.
Presently there appeared in the midst of the
throng man small in stature, heavily set.
stoop-shouldered, a broad face, covered with
short, sandy beard, habited in plain suit OF
blue flannel, with the two stars upon his shoul-
der, denoting Major-General in the u. S.
Army. He approached Pemberton and en-
tered into conversation with him; there was
no vacant chair near, but neither Pemberfon
nor any of his generals offered him n seat and
thus FOR five minutes the conqueror stood talk
ing TO the vanquished seated when Grant
turned away into the house and left Pember-
ton alone with his pride or his grief--it was
hard TO tell which. Grant has the most i'm
passive of faces, and seldom, If ever, are his
feelings photographed upon his countenance;
but there was then, as he contemplated the re-
suit OF his labors the faintest possible trace of
inward satisfaction peering out of his cold
gray eyes. All this occupied less time than
this recital Of it, and meantime officers of
both armies were commngled, conversing as
sociably as If they had not been aiming at
each Others lives few hours before. Gems
Mcpherson and Logm now turned back
towards our camps to bring in the latters di-
vision, and paHrnspecially detailed galloped
cityward, about lie distant for the purpose
of hoisting the flag over the Court House
"Lieut-Col. VIM. L. Strong, assisted by Ser
geant b. +. Dugan, 4th company Ohio Inde-
pendent cavalry, and followed by numerous
throng OF officers, soldiers and civilians, as
cended to the cupola of the court house, and
a. haf-past ii o'clock on the 4th day of July,
1855. flung out our banner of beauty and glory
70 the breeze.
"ln addition to the arms borne bv the cap-
uyes, 1900 Enfield rifles, Intended for the
use OF Kirby Smiths army, fell into our pos
session. Kirby's men are badly off for shoot
ing Irons, am told, and Pemberton was TO
nave made an effort some time since to send
the English rifles to him.
we nave taken twenty-seven eight and ten
men guns, and several pieces of English man
uiacture-brooks, Armstrong and Whitworth
one hundred and nine pieces OF light artillery
have already come to light We captured
twelve OF their field batteries at Black River
and Champion Hills. They had ON hand at
the time of surrender, fifteen tons of cannon
powder, besides what was In the different SER
vice magazines. Their rifle cartridges were
nearly exhausted. Rebel officers told me that
al the rate they had been firing they had am
innnition enough 10 last them for two weeks.
Ihe following paragraphs are from the
ncksnnrg correspondence Of the st. Louis
Republican,
Iemoerton was of course the chief at
tracuon He is in appearance tall, 1.-THE
oulls anu ~, stately parsonage. Black hair, black
eyes, Iuii beard, and rather a severe If not sim
lister expression Of countenance. as Of one
who had great trials of the soul TO endure.
he ls, you know, native of PHILADELPHIA.
VINO ls said 10 nave been enamored early in
LIE OF the charms of Southern lady and
since then has cast his lot with her friends.
He is trusted friend OF the president. who. II
Is thought. would have spared nothing of men
or means to aid him in this extremity.
"The greatest curiosities are the caves bewn
into the banks Of the earth, In which the wo-
men and children and non-combatants crent
during the heat of the bombardment. II
night, and sometimes during an entire day,
the whole of these people would be confined
10 these caverns. They are constructed abou,
tne height OF a man and three feet wide, q
iork shaped into the bank. There are per.
maps fve hundred of these caves In the city
around ihe works. As many as fifteen have
been crowded into one of them"