, 1863-07-02

always: Ihis IS eHeaeao'e' ca oas "l1nu' HIS
The psvmaste,'s corps IL here in force and
raYipg the troops as rapidly as possible.
They are nov o paying for the two montns eng, q;
ahont Ig p carnn are radiant Win iav. and every
man keeps his hand in bis pocket lest his
neighbor should steal his money! htt'e
9unn op1ns .uss - "es0sn''' Pe'pG p.nTe1naa
-- -.
Ins aG,Sn nn aa1nrdrpnTha n9nne gonsfitfnn
OF Our Troops-The Effective Force
G r. sfSek.nhrGonearin Sdz;os,i, q me VIE OF
incident or SnarpshootinSSA Fre-
senrat1on.
.spec,al Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune,7
IsRrAa or v1oKsauna, june q, 1858.
tits q preat mistake to suppose that anv
.s.-.-:.s.,- h.. -. -, =. ~. C.,-~.,
ana7' u n1n'4ns n.e no04 oono ~ t4o 1eossai
forces up TO Ibis TINE. II any considerable
number Of the enemy's forces were Gagged in
one fort. from which thev kept nm an .apnoy-
w. 80 49,, 49,. +,oa,, T. ,,;,h+ -oaa,1 -.
A"'' - .pon W. ssoops' ~ aa'sa1 4eou4S w
supposed that 1t might De poncy TO undermine
that fort. But 1t would probably be impossi-
b1e tn find hundred of them at any time In
~. - ~ tte,~ f,~.s ~ ~ w 49,, -, ~. -S.11
any OF tae1l 1of1s, so Inc Damage tnat coa1o
be done in that respect would be compasa-
tiyely sljcht: while such ID the peculiar char
,oto~ ~ tha,r aorthuo-ta +bo+ a. ia ax+ra,,atv
a.ee5 y. .nen .n4.s a. - eA'tsmeis
ol1acult 10 ascertain WHERE 10 st91ke suca .
eeyen miles. bristliug with sharpsbooters for
lie m;,a 49,, T., +ha,r sh.-,.hne,o-s
ua41 mlle oeep-anu III lnelr snafpsnoo:ers
Is their main strength-and 1t will readily be
perceived that all progress In the siege must
he pradnal. that the o,1v military co,,, That
Is asahaole Is cnasge along Inc "nole line
with bayonets fixed The advisability and
practicabinty of euch charge are freely dis
cnaspd and m donht ,uh,tevar ~ c,r =. r
,.."s ' 49, s ~. @so..-.- "' so - a. !.
nave DEED aole to ascertain, IL entertained Of
its success; but the loss Of life which must
necessarily attend It. If firmly resieted. Al IT.
nTohahIv. .wo1,Id he hythe enefnv ia Senero1iv ~ ~
a5u,1Tte3 10 ha too e:ast ~ ~ ~ o5,n}t ~ nana1;1
s;n-, n ~, ~ ~ fsvore T. con raoaanah1u ~
oTn;dsd - NsS - ~ S~'1 tot''AA"''s 'e
Thara hoa heo,, ~, ,,,4,e,a1 ef,u +hs
gula Aanss aeao uu4inE s19 paes .uiee ul 1oIG
49, ii1eo -, "a.a sae ~
naoSs suE nnes ~ Sa.osoay .nosn1a9 tast, eae
tMPi SseioA Seustay P.efuIene tuas e4ete
mouu ~ oo ~ ~ assus @ aolseu ~ sanua1 1r aon
oay. ont tAG teupoiaty @ eAcl.ene4L ~ ~ nis u4Gu
nway' wnle tne 1!e hEogbess b o. =; Inc s.ege IS
n1noct r prhnn au f.i';n - ~ ~" i1a
ptospeet o. Is neMneIton an Iulnang MS pleage,
70 ho!a out W lne 1ast pou1o " po"aef IS
exhausted, ana lne 1ast mule eaten. a re-
marx was made Inc otner Gay Dy one OF our
1oys when was as expressive as humorous:
He said be could not see e. what was the use Of
nu1fylne up Mattefs IN 'lcksonfg, as the reps
we're " boarding themselves 2 doE-o sfght
cheaper tnah "e conld ooa,o men," "hlcn Is
literary true. IL IS genelally 1els mere, WIN
peculiar degree OF satistactlon, that It Will
Wolk no harm 1qr Femoerton and MS lovely
dock TO stay IN vlcksoarg and eat up the odds
and ends, the blts and scraps OF provisions
furnished them BY the G. 3. A., aud mules are
80 plenty here that we can spare them all they
Want Tor their commlssary department. Unr
men are healthy and cheerf1l, recruiting, as
wns needfui, their energies offer the long and
exhauhtirg march and series OF BATTLES which
Terminated IN tae occupation o1 t1e present
position: The army has only been here now
ahont thlrty aays, ana Inc eoips coMmanaefs
state that the1r ai1isions are JUST as inl IN ef,
1ect1Ve 1ofce as tney were "nen tney stattcd
rom G1ano Gun, hosMttassana1uG cue severe
LOSSES y .1e oattes late1 1ts.enaus-las 1eason
pelng tnat larEe nuinoeEs taat were ie1t SICK
ana anot han na.e ana
auinGa, ea he nave repostea & ."E guy.
ana oeseftess nave ocen ~ ofon9gn. ng oaek rom
pleasure excursions at tne North. ~ that
every osy 81 tne uu1e nus 1ar spent mere nas
peen pfohlaply employed ~ Inc army IN re-
enpeatine, ano II VIII oe irssn ana feaay TO
p4Tg snau lati. suca 70 IAs 1eenng mere
various estimates afe maac OF me e1ectlVe
rebel 1oIce now IN V1cKsnnrg. Ten. Logan
se's " aI we've thousand, out SONG place IL
as h'eu Us t"euty,nte thousand. u were 10
lake "a average q sne es1l1ates, should say
1he loace actua1ly at VOTE IN the trencnes
vas about ntseen thousand, and that the en-
tire muster roll Of prisoners we shall hare re-
turned on The day OF the surrender will not
be over twenty thousand, 1ncluo!n9 the sick
81 those engaged in manning the river bat
te1i=s.
learn at Gen. Grants headquarters that
the death Of the wife Of Gen. Pemberton By
the explosion OF q shell, is confirmed Since
that event Pemberton has been unusually
1norosc, and less disposed to listen to any ex-
Eostu1ation ofthe citizens Of Vlcksburg against
il decisive resistance.
Of the Ch'cngo 7in,es, and the lad replied.
''They dun't let me sell that paper here, SIR"
asked him who prevented him, and he could
not tell. But l can tell the people Of Illinois
what power prevented the boy from selling
The Times here. It is no order from Gen.
ion here in the army. do not exagger-
aIc in the least when say that no act Of
President Lincoln has caused more pain
among the officers and men Of this army than
The Iekcindipg Of Gen Bnrnside's order, and
feel it my duty to state also that M almost
lu4<E1eAt ealAE " t4eE AsLl - EAp1EheGQ III tuE
course Of Messrs. Arnold, Trumbult and 9th
ers in the matter, I should not have
alluded to this subject but for the prominence
with which it Is forced upon my attention.
As an inyariable endorser Of the course Of
Senator Tlnmbnll heretofore, speak, when
tell him that officers high In rank IN this
army, in Numbers by no means small, and
officers, too, who left high ranks Ia the legal
profession 10 take up arms In dcfcuce Of the
Constitution, tferly express their surprise
and modification at his course.
The Colonel Of the l4th Wisconsin relates
an interesting lnctaent o. 1he snafpshoo&fug
go1sg on IN 1lont: An A. Indian Of bis reglmentt
Win nn pnetr1ng 11ne, win 1he smoke OF
which the rebels have become featfully fa-
n'lsar, had OF late found It dMcait to get
sight OF anY yellow jacket, and adopted this
expedtent to dtaW one out: A particular rebel
sharpshoOter h1l been popplnE away at the
1ndaau's port hole for number Of days. 1n-
dian tells two or three Of the members Of his
company to point their rifles at Teb's place,
aud nfter ree has made one pretty close shot,
1Idtan bounds up with dcath.yel Reb, he
to look Of the eupposed dead redskip. when
Ir,dinnfs .cnmr.,des sena two t,r three hn11nts
4hrnnof, tha ra;nic,nr ~ ~ haa 49, IL
~ ~ 'Ao 'e''i-n5 1eo' "Ho LII" nAeo LID
iass sAo.- :. -,
"a brigade OF McArthur's division, which was
1e; natH E enah USUAL, nha MAKE
Hsntlun u lnt alla4r, rs me recipient ts one
N ts tn a,Tnr u Tha " ~ son9 ot LIMOS
The brigade, presented to Bis. Gen, ~ + + e. =
Ransom. q suit Of arms and equipments, con
slsting ol a sword, sash and belt, shoulder
alc ana hons,nca snnra ~ As'u ~ gass; SUI
r. r. over air hnTdra1 dollars Tha .-ro~1 ~,