The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-12

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From Yankee correspondents, dated New
ot,ssus, 23a Nay, and pabiishsd In ths New
York Herald Of Ju.s "a, We extract the f.l-
lowing paragraph, which shows that The attack
on Port Hadson was rsds by all The Yankee
forces .has could bs spared from lower Loui.
siAna:
Since my last oil the available force in THU
department. has been concentrated near Baton
Rauee, in order to aaaist IN the grand attach
npop Port Hadson. The main body Of the
army u TO day doubtless between Bayou Sara
and the sssny's works, while the divisionA ol
Generals Augor and Sherman are opsratinr IA
tas soulh and sAse Of the great rebel strong
hold. have NO doubt II my own mind tbet
ief.re this letter 10 laid before the Herald :
readers Port Hudson will bs occupied by our
;otcee Our attack will b admirably arrnnped.
sui the force brought 70 bear will be fully
adequate to make It In all respects successful
Tho 0enArals commanding are all e. xperisr C ed
men aud soldiAEA, and they will % puah mat.
tsrs that defeat win be Impossible. Az YOU
may eappose, We are all anxious to hesrthe "A.
sult snl other matters are for q time forgot.
ten.
Tho 'grand attack" thus foreshadowed with
the usual flourish Of Yankee trumpets hss been
made the defeat, 30 confidently declared to be
impossible" i, acknowledged by the very
same individual in his letter Of the 29th. aud
the .'entirs available force" which, by his own
admission, had been concentrated around Port
Hudson, 10 now in all probability 50 cut up aud
dsmorsliz ed that it will hardly be able 20 70.
same the otsnsivs for some time to come.
We are strongly inclined to doubt the report.
ed occupation Of Miiliken's Bend by kirby
Smith, and still think that his forces must
be somewhere in the vicinity of Port Hudson
though on the opposite bank Of tho river
Should they tiad the means Of crossing
over at come point between Baton Rouge aud
Port Hudson, the condition of Banks must be-
come highly critical, as he would be liable to
rank attack, and might be cut ott from his baae
Of operations.
Among the many conflicting reports sent to
Us from JAG cksOn, there was one announcing
decisive victory gained by Smith at Port uud
son, and We still look upon that news AS more
likely TO prove true than that of the occupa
ton Of Milliken's Bend by the same General
Should the latter, however, turn out to be the
correct version Of Kirby Smiths movements
ii would show that no apprehension is felt as
to the ability of our forces to naiatain their
position ut Port Hudson. At all events the
failure of Grant aud Banks in their respective
operations is now placed beyond unreasonable
doubt, and as they were both parts of the same
plan, aud were doubtless intended to CO operate
- the came ends, the whole Yankee cam
pagn may be considered as complete
failure. General Joe johnson has now, or
ought TO have, tue game into his own handa,
and We trust that he will not be allow to avail
himself of the brilliant opportunity thus given
him to achieve something more than barren
Triumph in the Southwest We have had
60 many glorious victories leading to 10
appreoisble results, that battle followed by
substantial benefits to our cause would be hail
cd by the whole country as the Inauguration
Of a new era in the conduct OF this war