Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-20

The Chattanooga Rebel on.Affairs abop,
Pert Hudson, ficksburs aad Elsewhere
-The tanfeds Claim to have Sunk the Z.
5. Gunboat Essex on the Mississ;poi.
MURFRlEsRoRo', June III Dis patch to the
Cincinnati Gazette. AL! is quis. At Murfrees-
boro', but some interest is felt over the ne ws
from Ficksburg, sent TO- night
Some fearful souls report the rebel fcrca in
onr front increasing. Nc doubt Bragg has be-
tween forty and fifty thousand effective men
The weather is warm
The Chattanooga Rebel OF the 18th has re-
ceiSed jackson advices of the 18th: 1.-THE en-
emy has gotten within three hundred yards OF
our outer works, mounted siege guns and
opened fire without doing any danIags so far
Our loss In the whole series of Grant. 3 a ttacks
has been six thousand, and tho enerr rs b.
tween forty and fifty thousand Grant's prea
ent force does not exceed 6O,00t, notNil asIand-
Ing heayy relnforcements have reached him
hofear is felt In regard to the subsistence of
our garrison. Below is a statement OF he daily
ratlons now being issued: Q uarter OF q mound
OF bacon; half pound Of beef; ive-eishths OF
pound OF meal, and an allowance Of peas
rice, sugar and molassas.
JACKSON, Miss, June l2.--An officer who
NicksbGr2 on Monday night reporsali Working
Well. Ihe garrison are in line spirits. and yell
supplied with water and provisions. So far.
Ilttie damage has been done by the enemys fire
Grant Is sun pe@ging away from his parallels,
but no mischief Is done YET. tits rumored that
hE
IL Is not credited i'll official circles. No firing
was heard this +. NJ, and nothing has been
OF the enemys cavalry since the sxirmish OF
yesterday. Since meeting Jackson. be is
lEonght 70 have given up the idea of another
RAID.
MoRILE, June 12.-The latest news from port
hudson says the bombardTnent still continues.
Citizens OF Horn Lake report thirty.sayen
transports with troops and supplies goipg doxn
the Mississippi river.
JACKSON, June ia dispatch dated Pane;a.
.'une II, says Gen. Marmaduke captured cne
uansport and sunk another near Helena ON
the ilth instant, three regiments were sent ouE
IreIn Helena against him, but were driven
back
: 7 niles below Helena. Twenty-Five compa-
nies reported for duty from North Mississippi,
under the late call.
There is nothing new from Vicksburg. There
was very little ilring to-day. The weather is
excessively hot.
SUMMIT, June 15.-Passengers from Poneha-
ionia heard heavy firing at Port Hudson.
The Essex is reported captured by our forces
and several gunboats disabled.
a gentleman from Woodville reports Banks
tortlfylns on Thompson Greek, north west of
Fort Hudson, and planting heavy siege guns.
Banks has mustered ont several regiments
ShermauS leftarm has been amputated
JACKSON, June l3-An officer Just from
Natchez reports that the gunboat Orizaba
grounded on a bar four miles below that civ
on the i1th, and TINT the river has fallen three
feet since.
The Rebel has an editorial on the execution
OF the Confederate officers at Franklin, tacitly
admitting the Justice of the hanging II says:
"Lawrence Orton Williams was one Of The
most honorable men in the service. He was
recently married to Mrs. Lamb, formerly Miss
Hamilton, of Charleston. The expedition end
ed so tragically was undertaken on his own
account, and was unknown to his brother off,
GERS g1T
The Brownsville lTexas) Flag says, when
Gems. Magruder and Bell paid visit to the
Governor OF Tamaulipas, Mexico, the author.
iIies of Matamoras fired q salute in homer OF
the distinguished visitors, whereupon the Lin
coln Consul demanded his passport. General
Magrurer would leave in a few days, as the
critical situation OF affairs IN Louisiana de-
manded his presence. The editor adds that
Banks will soon meet the fighting men of the
Department Of Texas.