The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-02
ONE 0Ay LATER FROM the NORTH.

We have received BY flag of truce Nor,her,
dates to the evening Of the Goth.
A special dispatch In the Chicago TIM,
dated on the aeld near vicksbnre, on The oaa
tSasurdsy1 9 O'Clock p. H., says:
"Thsre has besn no fighting to.d.v On,
TGooPs are fesNng from yesterdays assault
Our repulss was complete on all narts If ths
line, but no disbursement naaJ ~ y. .,,.a" ..s
tanned OF our fnsl euccess We arc entrench
ing ourselves and building rifle pits. CavaIr,
nave oeen sent ont towards Canton 10 sscar4aiyy
the Whereabouts Of Jehnstons forees On,
lose yesterday was not far from one thon
The Tsmess special dispatch from Nam.
Pns, may @7th, says our forces were repuIsed
oa rEoay o. vicksburg, but the steamer CITY
0f o. Mempnis from the vicinity Of vicksbure on
Mon1ay, arrived to-day, and reports that Gen.
er.l Grant has captured ersry rebel redon6t.
Al one place It was necessary, owing to the
steepnees Of the hill, to scale Il with ladders:
General Horey led the assault The rebels
rolled shells down the hill at the Federal
troopa, which exploded amongst them, making
sss ssasi% nsyos; nehaDe yas; going. on q.
Federal losses are said to be heavy.
The first load Of wounded from Gen. Grant,s
army has arrived Among these are Col. Ma.
vendy, Col. Mc0innis, and Col. I.echsr. of the
Ilth Indiana; wounds severe, but not dan
gerous.
In the severe battle, the llth and Oath In.
diana lost about $50 each. Capt. Holman, of
the 2ath, is killed. Gen. Hoveys Indiana di.
vlsion at Champion Hill, maintained the brunt
OF tho fight against an overwhelming force of
the rebels under Joe Johnston. vicksburg ia
invested on all sides, and must soon be in our
hands. Gen. Carr and Lieut.. Col. Cameron.
OF the 44th Indiana, are reported killed.
Lieut..Col. -, 24th Indiana. had bia
right hand shattered while grasping the colors
OF his regiment and endeavo1ing 70 rally his
men under murderous fire.
OTHER DISPATCHES DEsPsRArH r.aH7rsa FRI.
DAY-A Loss or EIvs THOUSAND ACKKow.
LsDGRD,
The New York Times, of Friday last, con-
tains the following:
WASHINGTON, May 2S-Another day has
passed without ANYTHING, official or otherwise,
from Vicksburg. There begins to be talk in
osa a., circles ,.,t. Of probability that the siege
1&ursday, 2s-Midnight-There is nothing
later from Vicksburg than that already com.
municated to the public.
The Starof this afternoon says that private
infol nation from experienced officers now in
the vicinity Of Vicksburg, written as General
Grant was about to commence the siege of that
city, expressed the opinion that it would be a
work Of week or two at least ere its reduc.
ton could be looked for
CHICAGO, Thursday, May ga special
Cairo dispatch to Gen. Lee, of Kansas, con.
firms the report that two of the on.er works
OF the enemy at Vicksburg have been taken.
In Fridays attack on tie. Notifications the
battle was very sanguinary. The national less
was severe The rebels fought with great
coolness and desperation, reserving their fire
until our forces came within murderous
range.
The rebels, however. were driven back bv
main force into tie last line of their entrench.
ments.
This was the situation on Friday evening,
May q.
Jackson, Miss, has been destroyed by the
Eedsral force that occupied that place, and
this force is now acting as q reinforcement to
Gen. Grant.
When the boat left on Saturday morning
our mortar.boats were throwing OCCASIONAL
shells into Vicksburg
We have captured the batteries both above
anc nAsso. sa. fsuisSa99, fias ss9 may xyTh. steamer
Imperial arrived at Memphis on Monday morn
ing. From Capt. Stearns, a passenger, we
learn the following:
The fighting Friday wes desperate Gen.
Grant charged the Notifications and took some
Of them. TIE rebels rallied and retook them.
There was much hand Ito. hand fighting
Capt Stearns says our loss that day in killed,
wounded, and missing, was about 900. The
empted to storm the works.
II was reported that one CORPS of Banks
army had arrived ct Warrenton.