Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-02

THAR GKx JonNsToS's STRATEGY WILL BE Too
Much ToE GES GRANr-CoNcKSrRATlos o.
RlBrL TEoors 70 DfrlAr GnASr.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tines
WASHINGTON. Nav 81.
I cannot give YOU anv late news from Vicks
burg You get that, in more reliable manner.
from your able correspondents the Mississippi
For our news here. We are dependent on such
reliable" men "a Manager Fuller" who sends
10 the President messages from Cleveland 500
miles from Cairo. in regard 20 the siege Of Nicks
burg, But it may interest sour readers TO know
how matters az Nicksburg are regarded here by
the men in power Manager Fuller's message TO
the President was received here on Sunday. IL
stated that"The stars and stripes now float over
Vicksburg. and the victory l. complete" The
President with his usual crednlity. forgot even
the strength of Vicksburg. its capabilities far de
tense. and the relative strength of the Union and
{ o derate forces operating there. and became
NJ once NJ much elated when he heard of the
Surrender oi Charleston. of Burnsides victory
Al Fredericksburg" aud of Hooker's GLORIOUS
triumph" at ChancellOrville Again he rubbed
his hands in giee; again he declared that the
backbone of the rebellion was now broken, and
that the war was virtually over But this time
he did more. He rushed to the telegraph Office.
and in obedience TO his imperative order. the
message was "put through" To New York. III
appeared in the New York papers Of Monday. as
coming direct from the President. and as having
his sanction for its authenticity And the Ad
minisiration papers here, when they published II,
added that Manager Fuller was perfectly re
liable m,n and his dispatches may be fully re
lied on rs correct
Well, how does il turn outf Ii is now the2Ith.
The latest news have from Vicksburg IL in
Admiral Porter's dispatch. without date (but eyi
IDENTIFY written on the Goth 2l.t, since he spe Ks
in il OF operations the 18Th. sent from Cairo
on the 25th IL appears from that dispatch that
not only j. Vicksburg not taken, but that II is
doubtful whe her il ever can be The reception
of this dispatch caused Mr. Lincoln much un
due depression can well be imagined. For
some time. The worthy Mr. Fuller's official
head was i'm some danger; and | do not know
that il is quite safe even now
And now To cap the climax. we have some late
news from Richmond. brought by exchanged
officers and others, who come direct from The
Rebel capitnl. This news i not late Por
ter's Dispatch but il is interesting and highly i'm
pnr,ani as it furnishes a sure basis on which 10
make calculations az 10 the probable result of the
military operations before Vicssturg. Accord
inc to this account il seems that the forces under
Gen Johnston's command those at Vicksburg
including Pembertoms troops, 90 900 men; q ose
under Gen Bragg. 81 900; and those at Port
Hu f~On, 4b.upU. heir e~timfteS OF the OhlOn
forces that Gen. Grant has 10 900 troops Rose
Grams 20 900, and Banks 81 .0OO total. 24O 600
troops besides the powerfu naval forces OF Al
mirals Porter and Farragut. The, believe that
the CO operation OF these forces before Vicksburg
would compel the surrender OF that place; and
that Gen johnson has taken measures. not only
TO prevent any such ca operation, but also to Sc
NJ Vicksburg the presence of a,snperior force
u any that can be brought against it Their idea
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at Port Hudson; and that Rosecrnns will Toe held
in check by certain strategic movements on the
part of cen Bragg with $4,000 OF his troops.
This would leave Gen Grant and Admiral Porter
alone 10 reduce Nicksburg.
But il i also understood at Richmond that the
other AZ 900 of Bragg's troops (half of them
alry) are already marching toward Nicksburs;
and that 10000 troops at Mobile, 20n0D Mt
Charleston aud Stvannah, and % 900 of Lees
troops ut GOrdOnsvlle were started off from
those points some DAYS ago. their destination be-
ing The same point. These reinforcements TO
gelher amount to 80 600 troops. 1t is easy TO
that there is nothing to prevent Their having
been sent as stated. There were 5000 troops
at Mobile. entirely useless there Beauregard had
40 900 Charleston and Savannah, and he
knew very well that there would be no occasion
for them there for some weeks To come: and.
for Gen Lee. the army that WAS strong enough to
defeat Hookers $50 900 troops the finest on
the planet" could surely spare 20. 0d0 men with
out missing them; particularly as Lee well knows
that Hooker is in no condition 90 advance. and
cannot be for some weeks vet. There might
have been some doubt. indeed about Bragg get
ting 4U,OO0 OF his troops away from 'eiOre Rose
Grams. But the news that he has already done
comes 10 me from Union sources, even as write,
and on this point think there eau he doubt no
longer.
Ii is stated, too. on the authority Of an officer
who arrived here this morning from Fortress
Monroe. that Just before he left the latter point.
a vessel had arrived there direct from Port Royal
ana Hilton Head, with the intelligence that Gen.
Hunters troops had sred thence Tor New Or
leans To reinforce Banks. II this is true, il has
a highly important bearing on matters at Vicks
burg. For if Hunter has made this movement,
il is equivalent to saying that the siege OF Charles
ton is definitely Abandoned for the summer. and
Gen Beauregaro. of course. would be appri>ed of
the movement as soon as il hid commenced If
it is true. instead of sending half his troops to
Vicksburg, the probability Is that he would send
nearly all Of them; and. he has direct railroad
communication. and by two parallel lines of rail
road. too, To within fifty miles of Vicksburg, he
can have his troops there long before Hunter can
reach New Orleans.
Surprising. then that these reinforcements or
part of them reach Vicksburg, they would amount
tn 1000 or 20 600 troops The attack of such
"A force in his would doubt materially
change the plans of General Grant. and might
cause him to raise the siege Such at least
the speculations which are INDUCED in at
Richmond