, 1863-08-10
iron fired into Vicksburg by our land forces

iron Aleu Hto fAchsuA6 ~ wa A1 AeS@7
alone. - |
Gen. 0rd's corps is to-day preparing to en-
bark for Na*che., Invent through the camp
Of this fine corps to day, and found the troops
in excellent health and spirits, and delighted
at the idea Of going to Natchez, which seems
t. be mo ds1s place rha T. tRs Te7T pf Sxlt ct
accounts come up from. Gen: Ransom's men
there. who are to be relieved By Gen. ODDS
corrs. And besides, soldiers always like a
forward movement, In their minds Natchez
is The first ha1tipg place In the march for
Mobile.
Il las been enormously stated that General
Dennis. Of Illinois, taxes temporary command
of Lauman's division. It is in Gen. Stee1e's
place that Gen. D. commands. The probable
tty. think, Is that Gen. Steele will Be absent
for some time, and perhaps VIII be called to q
more important sphere OF action Every dt.
vision commander in Gen. Sherman corps Is
Major ard Br:sadier Generals by the score
are now taking trips northward. Gems Sui
1iyan. Kimball and Stephenson. went up to-
day, This is general p1ayspeu for this army,
from &sjor Generals down to'priyates.
- v1cKspuRo, Ang. 9, 1853.
Gen. Banks d in this city yesterday, hay
ing arrived evening before last, from Port
Hudson, and lett this morning. The meeting
between himself and Gen. Grant, was very
cordial. They consulted together in regard
to the campaign for the coming fall, and will
doubtless soon make known to their CON-
na1ds In the proper manner, the result of
their conference. There Is one controlling
object they have now In common-the cap
tnre Of Mobile. Active operations to that
end will not commence until the terms Of the
furloughs now being granted have expired,
and until the heated season shall have expen-
ded its Intensity. But the fll of Mobile is as
certain as the coming Of the winter season.
There is now q well vouched for story Of two
powerful rams lying in the Alabama river, be-
sides the Ironsidcs at Montgomery. But you
may look for the story to augment to great
deet of Iron.clads Of all kinds soon. # the
On tho Alabama or Tombigbee rivers, We
shsuld undoubtedly know it through the
mouths Of the scccsh, for In the present low
ebb OF tEeIr prospects they could not keep
It to themselves. but 1t Is clear, from tho
general toze Of the conversation OF the most
weligfouuded confidence in their being nhlc
to cave Mobile. They virtually, by what they
imply, rather than BY what they express, Eiye
up that stronghold as . gone case.
For the past week q regiment Of negroes
streng, robust looking fe1loWs-havc marched
forth through the etreets each morning, armed
with spades and picks, on the Qission--thc
Herculean mission-of cleaning the streets Of
this city, something that has evidently not
been done for long time before. And the
erfdences of The good work done by this black
brigade are exhibiting themselves most graft
f}ipg]y: Cutters that were filled up q foot
deep with rubbish and Glrt, now giTc free
passage for the water. and after the first rain
the VickEburgers will hardly know their own
city, which was one Of the Mthiest ores [ ever
saw, South or North, when TIE took 1t from
tic hands Of Pc1nbcrton.
Poor Joe Davis! doc Davis Is 4 brother OF
JEFF Joe and JEFF. had plantation in part
ta!ion YES we'll stocked with negroes.
These negroes arc now nearly al Of
them under the Stars md Stripes,
come of them as soldiers, and come as cooks
and servants for Federal officers. Poor old
Joe is 'sg npsn as Is pa1taion xa and how
efaiiAfur' to him? Hardly enough to carry
home his subsistence, which lie IS obliged to
draw from the com1nissariat Of the army Of
the Union! ify impression is that Joe Intends
eventually to turn out a Union man, and Is
now sta:icg on his plantation with view Of
Eayine his half OF it. He is nothing of poll.
tician, and doesn't seem to hare much Of IN
inclination toward tie capital Of the Coufca-
cracy, Richmond.
Tie Qua1termaste1s Of the Federal army
haye discovered large quantities Of sugar and
mclasees stored away IN the city. Some lots
ct hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth hare been discovered. ofcourse their
owners or their Representatives arc turning
up, and offering to sell these stores to the
Goyetnnltnt, ard often claiming to be Union
mtn. Gec. GRAFT las adopted 4 uniform rule
in such cascs, which is to take possession Of
all Subsistence stores, give receipts therefor.
to Ge paid at the end Of tke war, on proof Of
some Of them, who hare been making fine
calculations on handsome sums to be thus
realized. Bat it makes practical, vigorous
prosecution Of he.war man Of many ous In
this FIX, fer 1t gives them q monied Interest in
having the war speedily end in the triumph
cfthc cid Government
Gen. John z. Smith, tho Governor of tho
city in the abEence Of Gcc. Logan, Is ruling
With firm and steady hand. The position is
one of peculiar difficulty ard gseat responsi-
bllfty. 4 hundred unreasonable applications
arc made every day BY the Secesh, they beiog
be consistently granted them Is done so. it
not by any means being the policy to opprezs
them. The assurance ii the secesh in asking
fAvo.a ns 7-iqAks, Is amusing. Some Of then
still cling to tie idea that they own their
t'serEants '-tA1t dear notioa it il hard for
tIcm to yield. I: Is very common for them
to trump up stories Of onsrascs committed
ta1y Go1e1nor OF the Provost Marshal, or
Gen. Grant. Several Of these cases hayo la.ely
tccn trnced up and proven to be basetees
cln,ges. 1hayc been personally knowing to
nu1Dber Of EumhuE Applications for rtliet
fIc1n :rd damage for wrongs purely i,nagiaa
~. Our soldiers ere not haif as bad u tho
secesh and Coppesheaes would make thea,
out WALDO.