The New York herald., 1863-07-08
INTERESTING REBEL ACCOUNTS.
The Failure Of Johnston to Aid Pember-
ton-The Impossibility Of Raising
Another Rebel Army,
From the jackson Appeal, June ~ !

Once more ~e have cheering from vicksSurg.
AZ two O'Clock A. ". on saturday last goth inst pays
length uorts at Ycksbto, and " rc etsrgsch,ys -.
puised o,h "a rttk los az No prOxlmain state.
but ~ the assault kept for eight hours tho very
nature - the wo ks attempted 10 be stormed ueee,
lates heavy lcss am0ng the assaing columns Common
fame sets down A. over ten thousand killed and
wounded, and may reasonably conc ude thu, this
humber s rather below Than above the of the
siegers-
The enemy reported throwing pontoon- acrc~s Big
Rack, between the railroad bridge and Badwin's
Ferry, near warrenton. This move be IN
tended as ieint 10 induce the belief ~ an
mtesded retreat aud abandonment os the siege, In
order 10 scdaes Genersl Johnston into general
turcd or II may hook 70 retreat 10 fact IN the
that Jonnstons army should pounce upon the ieei
d.comnef ocs.sgers. and make 40 end Of tts work
giortu.'y commenced BY Ssneralgemberton.
oh fs ten or nfieen thousand 20 add 10 General
Johnstons army Juet at this Joncturc when dsnay De
gins 20 spread Itself through ine enemys lines and
srsir begins 70 hover ali their rank. I'm or f.sn
hgumrd msn b. aid 10 hu liffk array, and nsa huri
.ry hs ~ s"1,, "A, ,,s ~. lsssg ra ony ~
snssins t.,Dgsrg FsAnba,g WIN the adminitrston at
Richmond send thcms
iFrau, the Mobile Regpter o. Jane 2g1
Days roll on si vibraes the report over the wires
" No change ia vcssbuvg (" Weeks have pssAr~i sncs
Grant made hrs las, Assault aud turned n attention
digging up ~ the decaeea ~ the town and starving out
the garrison The starving process win be gow because
II is known that vicsshnrg N supplied With ful and re-
guAr ra'ons f.r sir days, N shien y cnntsd lbs
We have 10 believe tba, Gen, waser holds Tho
peninsula opposite the city and there fcason 70
believe that he has already driven cattle rosf 10 Pom
berton. II ia practicabe operafhn, for Gen. Rem.
beston commands four rn.c3 n the river N hs frtnf
There " also q large stock o. sah 10 the city TO
the meat. Wa uee ,Ae Oarruon oas BE-
.s.dincd du ssrHmsr-ssdv, tnfo h> falf Meantime
Grant a not easy IN hs comm ssariat Geusf.i
walker tho Louisiana shose interrupted hi. cam
monicaton with he depon below yickgbgrg ~ ~hIch
he fed the let wing hs army 10 srppy MS wing 10
haul his psovisnn- frsun -nydcrr blun d.siapos
81 thiffy miles. l tail
cramred lie s danger ~ another dIncuify and this
s ooe in'crpoaed, 80 would seem ~ sleciai rrOy
depcs.
fns N~ssppi river - uuvrecefentcfly -. 4, ,,,.
saas . ~ the yes~. There an entire sb.crsc N tie
hosn tho mounainnns ~ tc slr river ana ua
es ds-lving " which ny the epsng heats the cause
river shi fescn 10 to~ess Jsn, n dcpfc.lr ans hn
70 .ech sdegree that Grant will nnd very dIfenlt
" De sFplFd by Transports frcrn tho upp~f Ne
tssipp dgn1 y .rdEf Acts hsg tyeteal r1fJl6a aafa
Srsvtr az acoessfs n tAaf eovufrv eog1tnr ~ ~ ~
taent pat fta ~ wW nset u.t1,, ~ sg6f N As
mfarta erd - eni<r n fir ysfcH M fcffr~f ~
- be faia 10 the innab ants s v hoo ia, sfe sbo
ieaye ti~ cn1ufy dsrng 4 . ntha suy Aasfst snI
20, temhef larH arr sh9 bota 70 ihe toufe
ferste ca1s 'rgm tbs actual stgstrn W. nnst asa
y them afch ~ are - - derir N ton ihs stsnns n
lie asrfefsfas sosssA both ssfes ~ ths Me- a.ta
~hict Afs sasers sassbiAs AMI uelul4 " s,sas lhs