Daily national Republican., 1863-08-14
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II DulfuI1 ,As& IA. Ia steamship St.
ISry NJ NJ q Ans = tSS ksnstan.,
hss arrived st this port. She brings no mall,
and only few stray papers, In which there Is
Among her paesengers are some 900 sick and
sousded :.s,aae9. y HlF4GW
From ,vick kSbufg, Miss.
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MOVEMENTS or GEN. BANKS.
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He Inspeots the Works of
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he was Fired Al frss ihs Plantation
Of Gen. .Taylsr sA bis way, nj
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INTERCOURSE BETWEEN aENEh
AIS BANKS AND GRANT. a.
from viscHl Hlssbtufg, tM1liss.
or GEN. BANKS.
He Inspeots the Works Of
vioksburg. '''S'
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN aENEh.
AIS BANKS AND GRANT. y =,
. late letter RON vicksburg says.

A late letter from vicksburg says: =, =.
Gen. Banks and staff arrived In thIs place
last night, snd leave for some point In his de-
partment tomorrow. II ID supposed that the
object OF this visit 10 conference with Gen.
Grant. To-day Gen. Banks rode out sround
the line Of works about the city. In addition
70 bis staf, the general Is accompanied BY MAJ.
Gen. Franklin, Gen, weitsel, Gen Bowen, Gen.
Stone. (of BsllA Bluff notoriety), and Capt.
Maribeau, Of ths rreueh ffigste LIsiphsne.
now lying at New Orleans. vicksburg Is
place Of considerable interest to al those gem
tlemen, and u % 70 be regretted that they can
not make thslr stay longer one. rIi' q j
Everything at Matches sud other points
where We have troops IL reported quiet. Natchex
Is spoken Of BY our officers generally % the
pleasantest place In all secsssia, the people
being sensible enough not to manifest any kind
Of hostility 70 the "invsders." % 'll'..
Gen; Banks party came up on the steamboat
Crescent. When opposite tho, old plantation
Of Ex-Presidcnt Taylor they were fired Into.
The fre was promptly returned, the guns on
the steamer being handled by aeneral weltzel
himself very effectually, and doubtless 10 the
dismay Of the guerrillas.
General Banks Is plain looking man, with
many Of the characterlstics Of Gen. Grant.
The intercourse Of the two heroes Of the South
west has apparently been very pleasant, and 7
doubt not that the utmost harmony of action
viii govern the movements they my concert.
Since the occupation ofthis point BY General
Grants forces, the works which were 90 stub.
hornly defended BY Pemberton have been gone
over and much improved. These works were
well planned but not very well executed. They
arc now almost, 10 not quite, perfected. The
additional work has bcen done by fatigue par.
ties nom the army which lately strained. every
nerve 10 batter them down. The breastworks,
ssps, and other work. used by our mon during
the siege have been filed up and Otherwise rem.
dered worthless. An enemy who could make
pretensiops 70 beslege General Grant here
would have 10 do over all the work done BY the
Union forces, with additional aud greater Oh.
stacles thercto. A small force can now garri-
son Vicksburg securely against any force that
might attempt hs recupture. Hence, II It Is
side from this quarter, II can easily, be done,