The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-29

Rebel Troops in fine Spirits.
Richmond Papers Regard Vieks-
burg as Impregnable---The Ex-
aminer Defines the situation"
at lenghth.
NEw YoRK, May 2s.-The Richmond
Enquirer of the 18th, has the following
dispatches from Gen. Pemberton, COM
handing at Yicksburg, which were sent
to jackson, Miss, and from thence to
President Davis:
YICKsBURG, May 20.--The enemy as
saulted cur entertainments yesterday on
our center and left They were repulsed
with heavy loss. Our loss small. The
enemy's force is at least 60,00O men.
VIcEsBURG, May 2l.-The enemy kept
up heavy artillery FIRE yesterday. Two
of our guns were disnounted in the cen
ter Our works, however, are not in
jured Their sharp shooters picked off
officers and men all day. Our works
were repaired and our guns replaced
last night Our men are encouraged by
the report that Gen. Johnston is near
with large army, and are in good
spirits.
vIcxsBURG, May 81, .. P. M,-We
have had brisk artillery and musketry
firing to-day. Also heavy mortar firing
from gunboats.
3P M-During the past two days
transports with troops have gone up the
river. Destination unknown
MOBILE, May ga special to the
Adrerti$er dated to-day, says the enemy
has been foiled in all his efforts. His
dead strew tie ground in front of our
works, According to one estimate his
loss is 10000 Firing was heard at in
tervals last night and to-day.
The enemy is supposed to be Smelling
our works.
The Richmond Examiner of Monday
contains the following
All that can be considered certain in
the confused jargon of kilograms from
Jackson is that two points of land de-
fences at Vicksburg have been assaulted
and the assaults repulsed. Indeed moth
ing could excuse or explain the want of
success on the part of the defense. On
all sides are high bluffs crowned with
breastworks and batteries.
We are informed that an attack can
no where be made with force equal to
the garrison and that on no side can
more than 5000 men he deployed in line
for an assault. The character of the
ground renders regular approaches diff
cult, while the heat and malaria of the
country during the months of the year
would make its seige at the present sea-
son one of the most murderous ones on
record. Only treachery or cowardice
can explain the capture of Vicksburg by
sudden assault, and its fall by any other
means seems daily less and less probable
If the Yankee army has swept down the
valley in such overpowering force as not
only to beat the Confederate forces of
Northern Mississippi but to take posses
sion of the whole country and establish
themselves as they have in Northern
Tennessee and kentucky, the fall of
Ycksburg could with difficulty be pre-
vented.
Isolated in the midst of territory pos
sessed by the enemy its, reduction by
blockade would be but a question of
time But Grants army is not an army
Of conquest, still less of occupation
Its advance on jackson however in
tended, has been converted into a very
ordinary raid. 1t is true he gained rapid
and repeated advantages from the time
he captured Grand Gulf till lately, be
cause the Confederates under Pember-
ton had been scattered over half the
State Of Mississippi, and were therefore
unable to defend any point in NOV
ment of danger However, Johnston
has teen ordered to go there and take
command of that army. Whether he
will be able to retrieve all the losses suf-
fered by the Confederates remains to be
seen. But we have little reason to fear
the loss of the State of Mississippi, and
the consequent fall of Vicksburg while
he can keep the field there. -
a disgraceful attempt has been made
here in Richmond to fix on him the res
possibility of the disasters of the Lieut..
General, who was entrusted with the
command of the most important army
of the Confederacy without having put
a squadron in the field 1t is the duty
of every honest man to see that this de-
testable maneuvre shall fail