New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-11
Inside of Vicisbura.

The correspondent of The Chicago Tribune
writing from the Of Vcksburg on the 3lst ulr.,
gives some Interesting psrIcB AIRS derived from the
messenger intrusted with dispatches from Pemder.
ten 10 Joln,,on, aud who made his way 10 Sen.
Grant His name is Green S. Douglass OF Iasop
County, H.; was formerly in tie United States ser.
vice in Texas was taken prisoner. Went into the Con-
federate service and was deemed particularly irusr
worthy by the Rebel commander. Dressed III the
psrb Of q citizen be left the Rebel lhies, when he
i'' NV urn to his friends aud 10y
ahy. By sandry devices be reached the Union
l;nes, and finally the headquarters Of Gen. Grant,
.o.wbom be coufded the important document with
which he had been iorrusted. IL proved 10 DO an
uroent appesl by Pem5erton to Johnston Tor help.
The number OF re-eaforcements reqnIIed was pu.
st 70 O01-adysDg retreat II he could lot Drug tnas
number open Grants rear within ten days-bumbef
Of trooys in Vicksbnrg IL OoO-oh land, thfty Gays
ral,ons for the garrison, one meal day-anlnuni'
,i,n short, particularly gun'caps. Douglass was
further instructed asSeEta the exact numbers OF
Johustons army, and report as steeds as poscioie.
lie desired TO return home, ana u am sent MN up
tue river Oh tie steamer Sgi.shs. ne says nc. "a
arc Is, coo lighting men in Vicksbrrg, comman 90
by Gems. Pemberton Stevenson, Reynolds, bowen,
Forpev. Morris, Lee and Nj. l.. Smith. Pemberlon
IA chief IN command ana exceeoingy nhpopuiar'
In il surmised that he Thinks OF tuifehoe''
Rsierring TO this, Bowen said In bis lDoug:
lass hearing, That If Pemoerton MADE
The first movement toward giving up tne
city he would hang him Us high as Hannah.
The evident policy o. PeInberton viii De wheh DC
sas,ed that all hopes Of suceor from Johnston are
rone 70 break out through lines or the ieit snd
endeayor 10 cut his way through 10 Big Black. Inc
Jomooe 10 ViekfbnrQ occasoned by the iire OF our
onus and morars Ia immense. lie estimates that az
least oue-ffth OF the city Is destroy ed; up 10
Wednesday at - o'clock, tie names Oh iou women
and children reported nc the Provost h"rens.
Office WHO were killed BY the explosion OF our mis-.
,iles m different parts OF the city. Among these 10
,a,d 10 hnye been the vile Of Pemberton himself
The ,.etot and corr: house but slightly IuJaeai
the jail is nearly destroyed. The largest nanzinot
cor tanning tlrre.quarlers OF the thot 6no
she'll in Vicksburg is blown up; horses. cattle ana
mules are killed and large number oil houses olrneu:
On the day VI the assault 2uOJ We're Killed ano
wounded Including IS colonies and lleutenant-coio'
n.l.' The day after Saturday, Col. /. n. Wall,
COL Lee Willis, Col keelcy, Maj. Cameron, Adlt:
Williams, Adl. Parker, Capt. liose and capt. stanA
all officers Of the Texas Eion-were seated cnas.
ting pleasarty IL the shade at the angie OF tue iors
opposite Logau's heavy battery, when sDen IRON
~ .xulod.d I'm their midst aud killed them AL.
Wall and Willis were luoIslly blown IN FRAGMENTS.
1her, are seven forts from tile railroad 10 Warren.
ton OF which Douglass could remember the names
of but three: Fort PembertoD mounting pine gunsj
Fort Mccullough, i've guns; aud Fort Puihski. hour
guns Fort D.aaregard is on the ri9nt Jour fsh'i OF
the rairoad and contains bat single gnn rot dis'
abied Tue cannonadc OF the 23l dlsabed thirteen
guns and killed and wounded many Rebel soldiers.
On the 22i lDst eight Georgia and Tennessee Tegi-
mems refn.el 10 fight, and fell back into the ri1s
pits; Louisiana, Texas and Missouri soldiers are
considered Trustworthy.