The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-29
Of Affairs in the Vicinity Of
vickshurg.

A correspondent Of the Mssissiiq,iaH writes frcm
Warren county, October l2,h, as follows:
Believing that a few jotiings from Yanksedom
would 0e Interesting Ia the readers OF yoIr paper,
have concluded 10 run the risk of remaining
within doors long enough TO write you. You musi
not ertftcse too closely the style and composition
OF this letter, as labor under very grent disad
vantage. The danger Of expecting Yankee cnsaifs
Ia calm thoughts left CliatOn abnat 10 at night,
reached Big Black about 9 4. NJ, evaded the VI
detts Picket, and crossed q, b ferry. t.sy-
eiied very cautiously, and fondiy hoped thai was
getnn4 on elegantly, when, 10 Iny great surprise,
rode into body OF infantry of twenty men, re-
;ained "silf upper iip,' and inquired II ,hey
had met any cavalry; they replied that they hat
not, when pushed on, aud after getting distinct
dreetiohs soon reached my present comfortable
quarters.
Warren IL O vast field Of devastation and de-
strutfton. Where once elegant, happy homes
stood, bare chimneys rear their tail forms, scntfies
O'er this vast destruction halls that once re-
sounded to the merry laughter of happy childhood,
now re echo 10 the. mourntul wht5tlfng o! the au-
tumn winds; fencing GIN hoIses, dwelling
houses, have all shared the same fate. Large
fiei Ids OF corn await the hand Of the reaper.
A few citizens of VIcksbNrg have taken the
oath, but the circumstances were those CT slarva-
iiOn, literally, for themselves and chidrsn THE
taking OF the oath aud many persons WIN have
taxi ell the oath still and loyal to the Con
federate cause, and aiding In every way possible
the cause of 0nr suffering country. l have met
here with men who, upon recnunting their trials
and Affections, wept teas. and lived only In the
hope of soon h ing delivered from more than East
ern boadage ROsecfans has been heavily rein
forced from this army: Shermah's entire corps
and Osterhaus's division, of McPhersGn's corps.
hava gone 10 Chattanooga; two other diSi
sions have gone to near Monroe, Louisiana. so
you may readily ascertain the strength of the Yam
kee army at this place. II does not certainly eX
ceed nine thousand men, and three negro reg 9imanta
isre troops) constitute a portion of this force
The Yankees are erecting "A line OF fOrtincati0ns
to take liz u large portion Oi the city, which are
only in progression and nor near completed. They
still occupy cur old iiue, and have ievelled their
own works constructed during the siege. Their.
is not now gun mounted on the works in rear q.
The city. They are to abandon the entire country
~ sOOu as the new line Is finished, and they
1T this time hauling supplies from Big Black bridge
into Vicksburg There Is but Il small force At Mes
singers Ferry-about squadron OF cavalry and Il
regiment of infantry. There are no Notifications
n the above ed poiuf whatever. Rrigadipr.
Gen. Morrer is at the bridge, IN command of few
regiments Of infantry, n little cavalry, and few
ieces OF artillery few miles below the bridge
the Yankees have no plckst5. have given y1u
what know Of Yankee affairs In Warren. county
and Vicksbure. am perfectly acquainted with
the loTce and position 0I the army, and state,
my honest conviction, that bold and decisive
blow would ". pc out the sthiu OF the Surrender Of
Vic kshurg, ana place the naf2r OF the great John
ston first iii the galaxy of iIlustriuus heroes tha,
our country have produced. The enemy are in
great fear OF an attach
The lady who proposes 10 carry This to you Is
about to leave, and mu,t close. would call the
attention OF the Chief Quartetmaster to the fact
that there Is the greatest abundance ol corn and
potatoes upon the plantations in the neghbnrhOod
Of Bottoms and Edwardss depots These planta
tiOns are deserted, the planters having left for
Georgia. Our pirkets extend for tive mile. this
side, and this corn should certainly b. gathered
now ana ut once. ON the plantations OF the PreSi
dent and rtl Joe Davis, there is Al least twenty
five thOus ana bushels OF corn, and The same pro
porll0n on nearly all OF the plantations in ia
neigb'.o orh0Od.