Smyrna times., 1863-06-11
The Siege Of Vicksburg.

The city must be taken by reduction and gradual
approach, and thcrrupon by assault, when the enemy
has been wasted by tine comparatively slow fever o
siege Gtn, Grant, We are assured, is using every
meanS' wiIh eaiR"Stncss aud expedition 10 compel
surrender or open in way to u successful assault
The siege Will not be long one Grant is being
hpy reintoTc d, and his army is fully capable Of
lie WORK before It, and able to guard lis rear. There
gre snilcent forces, also, to meeet any movement
winch l"hnson may make toward Memphis a sus.
plcIon whIoh We find reiterated in the news Rebel
news from Richmond reports that in the assault on
'lcksourg, Grant at one tune used cotton bales for
movable 0reastwnrks, upon which Pcmberton direct
ca MS largest guns moving down whole platOoas OF
The national troops BY the gunbnat assaults Of Por
ter The rebels report loss OF seventy men drowned
III the sinking of steamer. Confidence in P.mh-r
ton Is restored by his refusal to rurrrnGer
The report of the int. rccpted dispatch from Prm
oerIOn. In regard u his being short of ammunition
Is S"nhrmed Johnson Is on the east side uf the Big
Back river with $4,000 men and is confronted on
the west Sicc By General Ostorhaus with an enIire
division.
The siege operations at Yictsburg are carried on
with gre energy. All the shore batteries have been
sIlcrccd, except one. This refers 10 the line first
above those q feu, deau.
The people Of |. ui,iana seem 10 be in fair way
10 secure the southern hts about when they urat
50 much. As sample, we have the fact that a car.
avah OF contra bands, Numbering SIX thonssrA. va,
lately escorted lnt" New Orleans tngether with hre,
th"u'and nAl'S aud horses, and a large drove of
horned cattle These were collected in the Fcclc
county west OF tfc CFesc mt city, where Banks has
lately been operating:
Tw" thousand prisoners, captured At Hsines' Bluff
and oher places, have rtl Cincinnati r Fort ID. l.
aware. SrNty.hvc If Pcb> r,on's officers have been
sent to Johnson's Island, SAndusay.
linn
troops in Kentucky. The whole u the 9th army
G'rP' has lett '"4t State for VIcksburg by way oil
Louisville.
The militia enrollcr in Rrecknock tow n .hp, Berks
county has 6ren obliged t. resign his Gnmr ssion
tom threats having been made 10 take his life
The Federal fnrces have burned the town Of
bluitton >. {. ln the raid up the Combahce river
they captured over thousand negroes and DESTROY
Cd a million dollars rth of property.
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THE CoLoEED Troops IN LotIsIAXA.-The
New ork Er"Hiag P1St has some iuliciou,
remarks upon the news from New Orleans in
reference to the part taken by the black troup,
at Fort Hudson. According to all account,
Nelson : regiment behaved most gaantIy.-
The blacks led the assault at one point. and
there the combat appears to have been hand
to han1, and OF the most severe character. OF
nine hundred men in the regiment only three
hundr"i turned alive and unhurt six hun.
dret We're killed ur wounded So say the pub-
isheI accounts. \ private letter speaks to the
same effect. AMI gives the credit t. the coored
regiment 0: having behaved III very gallant
manner.
CONTRARY to the cXrc ;tations of so many. th.
negroes have proved themselves good fighters.
Wore tAaH half the able bodcl men in the re-.
bel Stat"' at this time are blacks, and these
I'... 40 iH,ln"n>e reservoir from which tn.
I9yyrrlmemt will be able constantly to draw
soldiers. Tn" cnu',try is fortunate in having
-.'" .i tbs enemy is the weaker bv
il j. nad- plain to all men at the
North that the black soldiers can be trusted
%lt ~ I.ketS, and that if they run away to the
rebels with these weapons, As it was mcamly
SAID they would DIT is only to present them
the sharp point Of the bayon5t
The A"9i0- AtrirnH enuncratGs the cDlored
troops now in service as follows; General
IhoIiiS.S recruits, 1000; under General
baliSS. J'"n; Kansas 900; i'll South CARROLL
na, 3,Wp; IN North Carolina 1000; unIer
tionera R0socrans. 5000; under General Sch,
held, 2GD; Massachusetts, regiments, 200:
"a the District of Columbia. 500. Total &c. 600
There are also 1000 colOrcd men in the navy.
THR SOUTHERN RAILROADS.. which have
been such assistance to the military movements
0f the rebels are nearly worn out. AMI no fa-
cllities exist for rcn wing them Mr.. Colburn.
the correspondent Of the World, and who was
recently captured by the rebels and taken 10
Atlanta, says several branch roads have been
discontinued for want of railroad iron, but the
main lines are kept up at any sacrifice AT the
best that can be done, they make very slow
time. The tains which carried the prisoners
made but eight miles an hour, and their fastest
trains could make not more than ten. All
along the road were strewed the wrecks Of EN-.
gines and cars which have become disabled
either from collision or from wear and tear
The engines are out of repair, and all the roll.
ing stock is in very shabby condition, By
keeping up cavalry raids to destroy their rail.
roads and locomotives, the rebels can be SC.
verely damaged
HEAVY ROBBERY AND RCNAwAY ,-~ ant.
Lewis Duncan, a resident of Deals island.
Somerset County, WI 'obbed few days since
by two of his servants of $500, in Govern.
Went notes: The money was taken out of a
chest. which the thieves forced open They
went off in large canoe,