Washington telegraph., 1863-06-24

cOCDtS OF the enemy. NC give muse OF
most importance, which We dnd in various
exchanges:
A dispatch dated Cincinnati. 9th May,
says the report from rebel sources of tho
capture Of Helena i false
\ council Of war was held at the White
House On the 10Th, in reference to the Of
fensive movements 0f the rebels ID Vir-
ginia, which have been for sometime
threatening
Hooker expresses the opinion that the
rebels are bringing up forces from Charles
ton and North Carolina TO make an AZ
gEcssive movement. In.view, however. of
the publicity given these threatenings
they are considered only as a design to
provide for The defense of Richmond, but
will deter Hooker from making another
immediate advance.
There was 2 riot 10 Harrisonburg, Pa.
Oh Moud1y night, between negroes and
whites. The cause i thought to be the
dissatisfaction Of the soldiers at the delay
Cf payment.
4 dispatch from San Francisco Of the
26th, says the French abandoned the
siege OF Puehla Oh tile 3Oth April.
The enrolment under the CONSUMPTION
act is proceeding 10 New York city. Ne
groes are taken down with the rest.
Fifteen nine mouths Penn-ylra nia reg
imerts have returned to Harrisburg from
tie war. GOV. Curtin left fur Washing-
toll 0n the 2Tth, to consult with the Pres
ident relative to tie protection Of the
State against invasion. The principal
harbgrs of New England IT. ID be forth
Fed
Traders and suffers are sounding the
alarm pf a possible attack On Washing
tuu.
\ later Times special dispatch from
Memphis. ot the 9th, says:
CurtYrcy- were repul-ed On Friday at
Vicks5ul-, but another steamer from the
vicinity ot Vicksburg, Monday, arrived
to-dar. which reports that Grant has cap
turr evry rebel redoubt.
TH- fighting was desperate
-- releIs rolled shells down the
= a,p hil-, exploding among the fcderals
aud creating fearful havoc.
Tar same dispatch says the fghing was
gOiu- IN iuriously when the steamer left.
4 special dispatch 10 the New York
Tunes, from Washington, dated the 18th,
midnight, says there i nothing later from
Nicksburg.
There begins to be talk in official cir
clls that the siege may last two weeks.
fridays attack was very sanguinary,
aad lhe national loss very heavy.
The rebels fought with great GOODNESS
and desperation, reserving their fire until
the fcdcrals came within musket range.
The rebels, however, were driven back by
main force into the last Of their entreach-
men;s.
! Cai.o dispatch Of the 2Sth says, the
fzntiLg " Friday was desperate. Grant
charged tie Notifications aud took some.
TIE rebels rallied and retook them. There
wa- much hand to hand fighting. The
federal lo-s was 5000. The rebels
USED hand grenades when the federaIs at
tempted TO storm the works.
The reports are that two corps Of
Banks army had reached Washington,
six miles from Natchez.
The Herall's special correspondent. IN
der late Of Washington, May 18th, says:
Lees army Is in motion; trains are NOV
ing u Culpepper, followed by heavy col.
umns OK trooas Lee has issued an ad
dress TO the rebel army, foreshadowing 4
raid into Maryland.
Northern dates Of the Sd contain official
lisplt ches from Vicksburg Of the 18th
They indicate no change Of affairs there;
but the prospects are still encouraging,
the gunboat Cincinnati was sunk by the
rebel batteries on the 18th. Loss over
20 killed and wounded.
Grant il moving some rebel works.
The Wilson Zouaves have left New Or.
leans on their way home.
Burnside prohibits the circulation Of
the New York World.
The Chicago Times says that Lincoln,
in speaking of military operat ons in Mis-
sissippi, said he expected the best re-
suits, but was prepared for the worst.
The Nashville Union Of the 6tl states
that a rebel force of 2 900 were attacking
Franklin yesterday, and fighting five
days; result unknown
A special dispatch from Vicksburg,
30th, to the Cincinnati Commercial of the
4th, says spades are trumps again. We
are erecting earthworks to protect y6ur,men
and running the face out-two prominent
forts, otherwise unapproachable. The
idea of carrying the place by storm has
been abandoned. The safest ard surest
i starving Pemberton into submission.
Ii i favored everywhere.
Burnside is constructing railroads as
military necessity, from Nicolesville to
Danville, Ky.
The New York Herald Of the 9th via
New Orleans, 18th. brings accounts OF
the first days fight at Port HUDSON. The
attack commenced on the 22d. The Her
AIDS correspondent says it has been one,
if not the bloodiest battle, fought on this
continent. The assault was repulsed with
great slaughter. The negro regiments
put in advance, lost six out of seven hun
dred. Sherman lost leg. Federal loss
will reach 5000.
New York, June 9.-The Herald's spe-
cia says that Washington reports receiv-
ed to-day from the Rappahannock, state
that two lines of battle were formed plainly