Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-12

ne are permitted 70 pHlSE NE following
eztrast 1rsn 3 lst.s. received By tie pa
reos Of the Egiter II BrisEePOu- Some
paris off vii be fOasd qaits interesting.
Tbe ssiter beioDgs 70 Col RIies's gnaboat
T. s. STElrEE D1aEA- June2 2. I
Tbea Ne LEI. NSaad City ne started for
Yiets0srg. Ead arrived at lEemphis on the
Z2d Of Asy. lay here one day aud night,
ietI there and cane doso 70 HeIe1a, Ark
Gar e0mmiEssry bozI came Isto HelenA
EooD! fogr houTs afreT the rEst Of the asst,
spd reported that she vas Erred into BIZ
tie i'rebs7 A Austin, Mics, sbo1t twenty
Eve miles above Helsza. Oar General con-
e;n5ed he would rot LEI soeb an set 20
uspariEbsd, 50 On Sunday the z4lh, sbSut
2 o'clock n tie morning ne started mp the
river - tie above named Place, arriving
there iast sc the san Eas rising, and land
q cur esTslFy and infeat-y aad sent them
ID pnTEait Of Ihe "reb8T and fond thea
about 5Ts miles from the TIyer, 1909 IN
EHubeE Erd fought them foE three bOnrs,
vbea they retre4ted. e4rryisg all their
dead ard wounded With them except -
We bad killed and 10 on Is wounded.
After the -.rebs7 retTe4rsd, Cur men came
back and burned the town, and got on
bard the beats aud came on down the
river Hgain 70 Helena We left there on
3ondsy eTenipg snd arrived 1t the mouth
Of White river on Tuesday. here We took
about % negroes, 80 head of czttIe, %
muies and a few horses. While We lay
here there we're ;, 500 rebel prisoners taken
up the river, captured somewhere below
YIrksb7rg. On wednesday re started on
down the TiTer arriving AZ TouBgts Point
On Friday the 2s:h- Yicksburg il about 6
miles from this point, and Is IN sight
Our men are throwing shells into the
city every day from the mortar boats, aad
especially at night they giTe tie rebels no
rest al all, they throw them more freouent
than in daytime. On Friday sight We
could see the shells flying in the air and
see them when they bnrsf
Gen. Grant has got them entirely sur-
rounded 50 that it is impossible for them
10 get out, aud il il also impossible for our
men 70 scale the walls of their forts. but
Gen Grant is taking new plan, be has
goue to blowing mp their torts, be has al
ready blown up one or two and is now I'M
deEmining tneir strongest one tor the same
purpose. Oar sbarpshooters are under
their works as close ss they caa get, and
when ever man shows himself he IL a
gone Sweksy fOr,ssartatu" Thus you see We
preVeot them from firing a single one Of
their big guns while our men are fortify-
ing not more than two hundred yards from
their works.
Vicksburg will fall, GO doubt, and tina,
soon, for they are getting short Of proYi.
sions; and when they eat up what they have
inside they will have to surrender
! Our soldiers are in the best of spirits,
and feel as certain tbst We snail take Yicks-
burg as though We were in actual posses.
I sion now. Our gunboafs lay close TO shore
| right in front of the city. They are out Of
/ range Of their guns, of course, but theJ
command the whole leVee. The xomeu
/ and children are all in the city vet, and
there IS no doubt bus what a number Of
! them ia killed every day: but it ia General
Pembertou's fault. Gen. Grant sent him
| word 10 move Eheir women aud cbildTer
I ont same time before his army came in and
surrounded the city, and nov it would moi
do to let them oat to tell the enemy tbt
/ position of orr troops. Pemberton sem
| all the women, and children, and niger:
/ to our lines the other day but Graut Woult
| not let them out. He told them he bar
given them the opportunity of going on
| once, but their General would not acces
| IT. but says be, "You may stay here inside
my lines if yOu do not wish TO be destroy.
ed IN the city" but they concluded to q
back into the city and stand the chances
bat the negroes Grant would not permit Il
go back, but kept them 10 build fortifica
tious.
Pemberton is undoubtedly becomip,
very much alarmed about his own neck. a.
you will lPerhaps) remember he was Colo
mel OF New York regiment at the battle
OF Bull Run; he was there taken prisoner
by the rebels, turned traitor, and they mad,
bFIgadier of bin first, and afterward {
Major General, and put him in command
at Vicksburg. He has sent a flag of true,
three times, it is said, to Grant, proposing
| terms on which to surrender. In the frat
he proposed to surrender the place if Gran
would only let the men out without ant
arms at all, but Grant would not bite &
the bait. In the second, he proposed Il
surrender if he would let out 5000 reeu
lars aud lastly, he proposed TO surrender
II ne would let one man out, and l pre-
sumo that one was General Pemberton him
self
Ga Saturday, the 3Ist, we went M the
1azoo river as far as Haines Bluff, which
the ''rebs" evacuated ia double quick time
This is an exceedingly strong place, and
| could not have been taken without a zrea,
slaughter Of men, but they we're afraid OF
being cut off from Vicksburg if they re-
maEned They left all their siege guns
here dismouuted aud spiked On Monday,
June lst, we came down the Yazoo and
started up the Mississippi again. We ran
All night last night, and are still going on
! up, and are aoW within thirty miles of Ma
poleon. think We are bound for Mem.
phis, for what purpose eaunot tell. hut
do not think We shall stay up long. as We
left some of our boats al Younps Point
But must close for this time. Write
soon Your son, CHARL1B.
Curfons R..t.