Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-06-13
p~o5r4ss # the Siege Of vicksbarg.

- .rcn.nnndance Of the CINCINNATI V"AcoI0'l }
WALNUT HILLS, VLoKsBUao, Miss, June
2-There is really nothing transplrlng which
rhe nuf.Iic has any right TO know at present
EVERYTHING has settled down into that ouA'
drsarv usonotony, which was at once the curse ).
an5 he death Of many during the siege OF
T;oE shnra last summer The weather IS
7r.a afulv hot. srd it's enerVatlng effects are 81
raa3r Keen IN the faces and forEns OF the stout,
az men, Since the brilliant occupancy q
r65 rear d Yieksburg Oh the 18th OF nay,
the arrnv has boon indnlglng II pardonaole
riati1n,les about the taking Of the olty; 9us
abo1,Id he guilty Of Withholding the UIutn Il :, /
fsiIo;3 "a state that as time drags along reaYiy
xqi5},al the task seems &c increase IN 1nSsi1i,
rude. Indeed vixen wo, taks VlcAsnnts
hsg;nq 70 sound like q joke; bat like everything
s4ca more difficult OF solution, 1t mas l16 Pros
and cons, We have been TWO weeks knoeA1Le
II tI1e gates Of Wick sburg; We nave 1rlea 70
Hammer them down b. heavy artillery, an0
still they are closed. 49,
The labor performed By our troops on the
GRADUAL approach is immense Long ueEs
IT riAe-pits, strong field works Tor selge 8ozss,
an7 covered Ways surround the enemy ai :1
frown upon him Ill along Our llnes;; Our a5oA-
gGTiStS wake up tL1G Rc1AeA~ -
49, stafas At divers and sundry times during
~ba nirhts, b,1t no reply is made to our guns;
What between the shell from orr batteries and
The thirteen inchers from the nortars, COM
Fortah)a renose IN the city must be maSteE OF
1xfroroe uncertainty, but the occupants mold
n11f with fortit1lde and unconcern, as tar IS
resnlfs can be seen, truly admirable Troops
are arriving from above by every BOAT, Wn!cn
-: - 1870 s;gni6cant. General Ellett's marine
hrigade arrived down q few days ago, and after
iv;ro few hours at Haines' Bluff, steamed OF
ror other fields Of operation. Patience IS 3
great virtue, and none Of us can have TOO m0ch
Of it, If it is good ching. 3,
4 Memphis letter Of the LIST inst: TO the st.
Louis Republican, says. !, ~.,g
:;Teneral Grant issued al order Oh the 16th,
which was last Tuesday, that the Army OF the
Tennessee would rest, and every advantage, du-
ring the cessation Of hostilltles, was recon-
Ynended TO be taken TO ascertain the position OF
The Contederates 20 that when the batt'e Sgaln
commenced his forces would have galne7, az
far as possible, the information 90 desirable %
success | have seen and read the oroer, ana
hence I knew what | am writing ABOUT. yen
7rant. IS shat order be worth the paper which
= = written on will make no further attack: at
least st present, or rather direct assault, on the
Enemy works all along the line
The Washington Correspondent Ct the Bal,
gilmore Sun says" 4 letter has been received
fcoyn Admiral Porter, bearing witness to
the desperate lighting qua!1tl4ez. q l5en ::
Grant army. He says that yleEs6urg IS :s
strong IS sebastapool and ;hs ]qbd ds aa IL
The taking Of the NIalakof.. Porter supplle55
S;s fact below Vicksburg By 8 wagon road
xcroSa 4he neck Of land before that place, ana
-, Iass q SUPPLIES for the army is Hainess
R1r,a 10 soroe len miles up the Yazoo from It's
>,n 14 With the Mississippi. Several 11aor-
<Sr vasssIs oecupy positions under bluffs above
a a1, b 5 YicEs6urg from whence they keep