, 1863-07-01

on, and Grant continues to contract his lins
around tho doomed city.
Eat the same time that Gen. Logan blew u
the mine In tho centre, Gen. Hoyey on the q
tzemo left Is reported to have blown up
mine under the enemy's works opposite t.
him, aud Is said to have met with less yigo1
ous opposition.
| Before the attacks BY Gems. Logan IN.
HoVcy, Johnston with force estimated at o
about II, ,00A effective men and nine heay,
guns, had maao IN attempt to close upo1
Grants rear yia Big Black River. Sherman
| repulsed him md drove him back across tht
river with considerable loss, and In much dis
order. ~.
No fear is now felt from Johnston.
Rebels to the number Of about 125 desert
to our side every. day. They bring various
and conflicting reports, but no. much attcn.
tion is paid to them. It Is known that the
rebels have not IN abundance Of ammunition
OF certain sorts, and hence tAei. use Of rail-,
road iron In place Of shell, but it is believed
they have plenty ct food, it used with econo.
my, to last them some time.
The report Of. the fall Of Port hudson.
which prevailed In all the camps, was for
some time steadhastly believed, and WAS tel
egrarhed to theheed quarters Of all tho CORDS
commanders, but as yet Gen. Grant has ro.
ceired no official; information Of 1t, aud It is
probably premature =.
In the terrific fighting Of Logan's division,
Lieut.. Col. Melancthon smith was sho. twice
through the head, aad Is believed to be NOR
tally wounded. Col. Smith was the late Pro-
rost Marshal at Memphis, but for some cause
was ordeEedt to report for duty to lis regI.
ment. -. -
The Union men.of Memphis petitfoned for
his return and Gen. Grant -acccded to 1t, but
before the order came renandiug linn to
Memphis, lis regiment was called into active
service. Col. Malby being sick, and the La
ior being dead, Smith led 1t into the thickest
o.. Inc light, and thus received lis death
wound. ''
The number Of guorillas on the river, both
above and below here have been much exas-
gerated. All boats coming from below aTo
conveyed past Ill dangerous p1aces by gun
boats. .
The report That SIarmndukc, with a larrs
force, has been near Memphis, either on tho
river or elsewhere, is fabulous.
The firing on the Platte Valley was done By.
a force under Col. Green, and &ey 1ayo now
gone to parts unknown.
Col. Hatch, Of the I'd Iowa cavalry, has Just
returned from an extensive raid into 3Iissls-
slppi. He penct'ated to point near Gren1da,
cut up railroads and destroyeda large amount
OF rebel stores. He is brayc aud gallant
officer, and is doing an excellent work In
West Tennessee nnd North Mississippi.
CA1Ro, June SO,-The dispatch boat. Gen.
Lyon, has arrived, having left Yazoo landing
Oh the morning Of tue 2Gth. She says 1t was
not known that Port Hudson had surrendered.
There had been fighting al1 day Thursday in.
the rear Of the city, and at night one Of the
rebel forts was blown up, causing terrible
The guerlllas :.are still quiet along the
river.
COLUMBIA, Pa. June so.-n. s. Blair, train
master On the Northern Central Road, left
York 1t = o'clock this morning, when the
rebels had all left. except their rca,.gua,d,
which Eas beginning to move OF when "hc
toTard Harrisburg. They left unexpectedly
II Il " was rcpo;ted r that Gen. neasapton,s cen.
ter plck6ts had been seen within four miles Of
he1s sd ~ naa ana u ILL., o'k nS Ing r.
Cd $50 OOO in casl, md Subsistence. md thc ~:
bells allowed them twenty days 10 raise the
oaaanee. Nn .s.,..o e,x.,,,,.
citizens Tere oil trcstcd % Witb d 1esnecf .T5o Tho
railroad property wa:1ot disturbed; with tuc !
cG1ceptton'ot g about thirty Old cars, which wese
aants ~ ~ Eienro u"o o aepats; a ; Ing raalroaa
way. The rebel force At York Tes not over
pea, with eighteen pieces Of artillery, The
;eeds [yoea 'odcc f II with i've
P'eN - rpn,, ~ ' 1nn~,n, 7,n.,,,-
sx1nrn,. n,1-r I;ss .tt m Irne ~
We fell back 10 th1a nloco on t1e IN, ,nzt
h1s hr5n,7 considered mnc1, ,noro .dvnnt.
,cous position than uaInes' Blufr from thu
act that thu rebels socn. \ ve.rhrr il f,rt,gy.
pg. Since ilast vrote von' RuInstae,e t,oon.
;.ve III ar1,vc1 ,,src Anono, +ha5, H. tha
~ stb 11,h s,o,,, ona o.. ,f;e,,,..an:,ar..
,eefmenta Tno 1sIh 11,c,,,,,-n ;nc,nt-r !.
,1so hors - :
Johnston ia within t7vc 1n,,es- of ra .r,+,
(. COO troops. md We arc oxnectinr m at,ccl
u the while. We had n e,irmlsh with him
0 s'1. .tuAau VIII A1u
N the 18TH Inst, in which We captured one
Tlole regiment Of rebels, {offccr5 and oil
100 strong. No loss on onr sfds. w, cnt
ho,n ~ s,a .hav enr-ona,-oa -,,,.nt 49,