Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-23
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ANOTHER VICTORY!
Fort Hudson FalIen=-The Missis-
 sippi Opened.

I sippi Opened.
 I A bearer of despatches from Gen. Grant ar Fsved at Cairo, brings the news that Port Hud- son surrendered on the 9th, and our forces took possession on the 9th. Seven thousand prisoners, thirty five field pieces, twenty five siege guns. and ten thousand stand of small arms were taken. We have made Geps. Gard Rar' and several brigadier generals prisoners.
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 To Mqy. Gen Halleck, General en- Chief:
 BEFORE PoRT HUDSON, July sth.-General ]: The Mississippi is now opened. I have the honor to inform you that the garrison of Port Hudson surrendered this afternoon. We shall take formal possession at seven o'clock in the morning. N. P. BANKS, Maj. Gen. l Details of General Gilmere's operations against the defences of Charleston, in co-ope- ration with the naval force under Admiral Dahlgren, to the 18th inst, are given. After the failure of the attack on Fort Wagner, which was caused by the hesitation of the supports of the stormiag party after ths par apet was gained. General Gilmore commenced engineering approaches, and t was expected that it would soon be captured. All the forti- Gcations on James Island, as far as Secessior- vile, were also in our possession. During the operations rebel steamer attempted to land re-inforcements on Morris Island, but che was driven off and destroyed by our gunboats, the troops on board barely escaping. There is a report also that a rebel gunboat, which came down the harbor to reconnoitre, ventured a little too near our craft, and was "taken in." The news by the Fulton, pretty effectually disposes of the report that Charleston was captured on the l4th. General Gilmore was said to be massing his forces on Morris Island, preparatory to another attack on Fort Wag- ner, which was expected to be made very soon.
 The 7th Connecticut had six companies in the attack on Morris Island, probably under Lieut.. Col. Rodman. A dispatch from Wash ingt: n, July 18th, says:
 "An assault was made upon Fort Wagner by portion of the 7th Connecticut, which ac- tually charged over the works and succeeded in spiking three of the rebel guns. They should have been supported by cue New York and Pennsylvania regiments, but they failed to come up in time, and the Connecticut boys were repulsed and driven out of the fort with loss of about one hundred killed, wounded and captured"
 The Richmond papers are terrible doleful over the recent disasters. The Enquirer says :: |" The fall of Vicksburg, the retreat of Bragg. the repulse of Lee and the advance on Charles ton, are all serious disasters the most serious that have attended our arms since the begin ming of the war" General Neal Dow, who was captured at Port Hudson, arrived in Rich mond on Saturday, July llth, aud was sent to the Libby prison. Albert Gallatin Brown, the colleague of Jeff. Davis in the United States Senate, came to Snyder's Bluff on the 9th and took the oath. He said he had never believed in se cesson, had never been a secessonist, and had never been in favor of the rebellion. His wife, who was present, said his course had ruined her, and there need be DO fears that he would act disloyally in future: ... Tho Richmond papers speak most despon dentIy of the state of affairs in the rebel ar mics, both in the West and in Virginia. The Richmond WAig of the 9th inst. says that the intelli gence from General Lee falls far short of the promise of the dispatches of the previous day, and would prove grievous disappoint- ment of the high wrought hopes of the public, and that superaddcd to the fall of Vicksburg, it casts sombre shadow over affairs in the Confederacy. Ea.a About the last of June, force of rebels undertook to surprise and capture few negro troops at Goodrich's Landing, on the Missis. sippi. Our men at Young's Point got wind of it, and with one or two gunboats gave the reb els whipping. driving them beyond Tensas river, and recapt,.ring all the negroes they were endeavorng to run off,
 Three of the Catholic clergymen connec ted with St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburg, Ps., were drafted last week, At a meeting of the church Father McMahop said that he believed that the draft had been fairly conducted, that it was our duty to support the government with both men and money, but the law of the Catholic church forbids priests to take up arms. The congregation, therefore raised 5000 exemp- ton money for tue drafted clergymen.
 Gen. Grant, in paroling the rebels at Vicks- burg, made them swear that they would not take up arms or serve in any military, police or constahpary force, in any fort, garrison or field work held by the rebels, nor as guard of prisoners. d pots or stores, nor discharge any duties usually performed by soldiers, until they were regularly exchanged.
 Among the drafted men in New Haven are six persons connected with the Courier office, four from the Palladium office, one of whom m is Cyrus Northrop, editor, and one from the Register office.
 The Hon. Bradford Brown, State Senator from Caswell county, N. C., has taken open 1~G Go,.- A. -s-LF