Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-05

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St,ies, an,; cmld r,leraLe no Opposition
oSpvnsc i.f tie fTie principles OF "ur Uonsti-
tr.io' whereas, he thought tha. by tho adop-
tiGn Of III, Jan not unly might tkose princi
p:na hH cI'tI.ryeJ but tue UnIun OF the States
ultimately r.Rn:cl
FICGSGrEG AID ITS SURROUND
TkG.5.
NJ! Collars, cn.resporJont Of the New
York "Wofld.'' who I,as just boon released
by tbs Canltdn' "tC!, gicrs scme description
OF V.chsturg ard lts surroundings, wh"ra nc
Was kept prnnnnr for two days. ths: arr If
sPcCisl interest just nov:
vICgsHnkG.
At VickabuTg Hn remained two days, be-
ing confined ilrst 10 tho common j"ii and A.
forwards tn thu u2por ato:ios 'ni Tho Court
ii 1use. AS VlGksburg muat be LI our annals
n point nf.great interest, To give our imp.c cs-
R,ppS "ilt. haping ere. long to verify with
moro iis..h;,'o AID hberty yahoir accuracy. We
war. nGi riiEi;.TdiGg' The laundering s,lnte
s:'sr@irs cur e"iree, disappointed in 1t NJ a
fai.ii5t rn.;iii'n. From an elevated lodg
nent. f'.m 1alAs about town, our entrance
and exit. ir"m Conversation AID testi.nony Of
NAM hnosing persons, we believe the
at' cHgth Of ViCkshurg in msn, guns, works
and native conformation 10 have besn oyor
rated. Tie site is admirable, especially for
river d, f:r"a. The batteries fronting the rig
or o -eithor 80 numerous nor dangerous AZ
C c'..u.raly supposed. Although it is.likely
tina: portion Of the hesVy guns have been
IL ahs:orreh TO Grand GuIr Big Black and
llsinaa' Kun, 40 gues7 the number ofguns
IN t!.u river side to be less than forly aud
n aver In hsYe exceeded seventy.
Of these ws arc informed only three are
10 .Inch two Q, and four 8, three rihed, and
the rest 32-pGunGers. There is but ono Case
mated battery Ill tho vicinity. The earth
works arc no weve7, pei fsct Of their kind -
Negroes are still at work on bomb proofs
aad mngaz;nrg.' probably to guard against
i, IN our judgment, feasible, though
n',v i'appily needless. Tho rnmored fornti
c.i' -, :" Ito atroets are simple littlo pits or
Hn"nlr.a nf r,mp,rts pr jacin5 into the
rh:.G1!ae. Tho works hack Of the city aro
III" Ut ihrary 'n.rer ch:rcnts c. cimnanding the
rnals ~ "msiI oarthwn,h;: ;.n tho ridges.
E'ocy hIi m ihe ou'skirt; IL crssttd with
an css'hr"rk, Jntginc fon the works at
,aer tcrder"@, point, Big Black B'idge) the
!"iaac"1 ~ :ln rear arc rnd mt nLary only.
Tho ""untry - rough, a mrCassion Of smsll
hills to tho banks OF the Big Is ack, but tho
roads are good sHd the lIls esch command
ng he o,irr. UnlohA hy SoU's OIefThelm
'nE .t.ck he CoDlodnrnioa might resist
'nEc iuf'c a. eve'y ,'d, sTd So prolong tho
9lcLo.
HrGGr|rn AND wEiE%Fss ~ THE PLACE.
Thu very length rt tho line, from Warron-
;un ~ TIC sh0'Cs at tho Big Black, lnd across
to tho Y.zoo, o., what i tao same, the iasa-
gronraH ri ih'Ir fo.ccH to guard it, is ths
sre.t w",kG,ea OF the losit or. IL would
I, qu!;c, 81 k,ep sUsh lire (twenty Six
ln,rsj IL Ia [. ~ orlry OF fifty thousand
mrr and hunirad &c ;oa Of light artillery.
I have 4 grounded conviction, based upon
co: :cnr'snt Testimony. that at the time OF
oSr - i.sri, '"t.. @e,1 n"i dsDre than MY
!roCpS mc"t nj hc smaller stream,
and sir thouo,Iud grl.. UnGd all theac bo
pprn o:in d-ciaign point they
bright, w;!h ti,mlf ;.mrhs rep Iiye ti,n"s
thr;- nnrhs:s; Eui ter ai;lon Of such
pian rf .t!:ch Oh "Hr pat tsioy may n5vcr
!,cra E1r a2.'n.
rrc &. nf,;iorsio hope! OF Vickshurg arc
m.iniy ,"n u,"" ten Jnn Johnston, who
RrsivuI ~ J,ckH ~ oil tlrs l3 h. and wa3 pur-
ldr1 thence H'i.r 'i,stfucIYG light next
day. jl, plan ap:ears 10 hs to mnss con
sfrr. .tla av,ny uuiAitin sni drive of tho be-
9egnrH. We 10 ms Ln!:eye his inten ton is
To est in"r!l of Ii:Eahnrg, hut to. leave that
post tu rc,ubsri"n II Ia can do tkis, Grant
IN "r,I;H!l position.
uF., ! ,iii>TCT AID Hl5 foPC2S.
We hsv. in f,ara t.: The result: Int in
tins cat Irnut q Se Ct sleat m0ment. 10
tho lhrer t'ious,rd frca3 at Jackson, whon
va p,'sei through, Jjhnstnn seems to have
s;sapph up SIN lh,assnti additional. L1ring
i, "rr" a. Jackson ri:h his corps, which
will l-ay' Gisrt with fifteen thousand in his
front ani ssy ;~nn:y thonGand IN the rear,
dai,tn;ing iii 'shl,d sni captured in the three
late cag9c c,nant5, which, from the msagre
report, raaoiv;d at r chmond, wo Judge to
bs considerable. The extent to which John,
s:on Ca t." rcinfnrcrI by way Of tho railroad
from lhs Ta,abigbse to Msrsdisn is fifteen
hnniSad lay. HIS srmv cannot be sup
pied by tina: ronso. Vlcksbnrg is provi
s;Gurd for thirty dlys only. The country
II '7>!s hun perhaps sutfi ;ioncy Of corn and
f;ta-s. HIS communication with the rest OF
,ha ShI:a is prccsrious, and ii G:ieeson he
nnl Idle. 'n,g ho destroyed.
i;sn Martin Luther Smith. commanding q
fi:is"r, il rost captain. Major General
+ trcy, an AlabsInian Of small reputation,
uitIds one corps, Ind Gonarsl L,IiDg the
nthrr. Licu,emant Gsneral Pemberton, pot
al ra2Hidont Dav9, Of small'bold experience,
Commando the department. Much and b,tor
criticism cf hii competency oxists in the Sluth,
but sm informed in high quarters that the
selections Of Mr.. Davis hsvo uniformly proved
TO ho 81 good, that his judgment IN sn untiled
c sat is not urgently. opposed Full General
J ,!,nston in ,Hc ranking Cllicar, and hss bean
Sen: u tha fcene Of faction charged with the
da!F nf ssring F'rksbnrg. IL is needless to
aay ihst c IN GderabIc alsrm exsts in the Con'
f,:i~racy fns its fa'I, aud from my nearer and
inside YIes Gf Affairs ace nothing to bar the
way 10 victory.
GrBEL DECs P7fnNs
Ii is as;oniehing,how long and ho* much the
enemy has, hero al elsew here, befooled and
tfwsrteh us by ST empty shcw 6f strength.
/. ia admitted by those who nave lived in and
defsnisd V!cksburg that it might have been
t.ken .tsny time sinco the fall OF Memphis
. lib less iorco than W" have brought agsins;
it. When Fs-rsgnt fiat approached 1t, in
Nay, lSG2. it was almost dofercelaas. When
Davis went, in Jane, the place waa all but
.vncu,!cd In December, when Grant was
cn Grenads and Sherman attacked
from tho Iazoo river, the R,hes had but
thirteen hurdred men in The city whie the
latter waa two lays tied mp ,t Miiken I
BOND Ey Tho forenoon Of tho day OF assault
they had received nino regiments from Mobile
Canton AMI !acksnn.
At the close Of tho assault, when ~e fel
b.ck. the report had spread in tho city tha
tho Yankees were comIng, and horse and
u.g'a, sclder Ard civilian, btgsr to scam-
p:r out OF town. The bombarfmhni have
net iut Ii city apprsciab'y. II is scknoW
le6 gsi by tho rebels .hst Grant is An otfisel
sho roas rrh; Gn laundering, as they say