, 1863-05-27
FROM VlCKS5URG.
THE GOOD NEWS NOT fEr
RECEIVED
News to Friday, May 20
NO CHANGE III TIE SITUA-
TION REPORTED,
Confused and Contradict
tory Rebel Dispatches.

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Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tsibpnc1
LATEST VIA RICHMOND.
WASHINGTON, May, 20, 1853.
The Richmond Examiner of yesterday morn.
Ing has the following:
MonILE, May 23.-The special dispatch to the
Adttrttfer ard Register from Jackson yesterday
says: Heary firing was heard in the direction Of |
VickEburg this morning. It Is reported and be.
Ecycd in oflcal circles, that the enemy assaulted
tic works ut Vicksbu1g, On Wednesday, and were !
rrpnlsed.
Snyd:r's Bluff has been eyacuated. 4 courier
reports that Yazoo City was captured by the Fed
c,as, and the navy yard burned by our (rcbel) |
troops. An officer from yickebnrg rcposts that !
Grant has been whipped back.
MOBILE, May .. 1863.
4 dispatch from jackson to the -idcertiser and |
Efgister datcd today, says the latest from Vicks-
burg is to THURSDAY night. 0ur loss is ttus fnr |
slight. The injuries to the batteries tridn..
The garrison is well supplied and confident Of !
holding the place. Firing was heard at interval.
OF Inst night and to-day.
LATER.
The enemy have made three desperate assanlts !
III
Official information has been received of the cap
ture OF Helena, Ark, by Gen. Price.
\ letter from jackson, dated the 10th, says
Cen johnson this morning threw from ten to
twelve thousand men orert the B; Black ri1er to
Vicksburg.
Official dispatches from Gen. johnson. dated
Eicksbutg s0tl4, enys: An officer who left Fickd
burg on Tuesday, reports that the assault the
| Yazoo Road, on pcnbcrton's entertainments, had
teen repnlsed.
| The date of the above will be noticed to be
| the ecth, same date with the official dis
patches already received from Admiral Porter,
| which conflicts witlithc rebel accounts in es-
scntial particulars.
| Especial Dispatch to tic Chlcaso Tribune.l
ISD1ASApo11s. May 81, 1865.
| The steamer Courier left Evansville this
morning with sixty surgeons and several lady
nurses, and tho sanitary agents with stores,
| vegetables, ice, &C., for the Indiana rcgl-
ments in Gen. Grants army; and the agents
hare chartered second steamer, which will
leave the eamc place on Thursday, with addi-
tional surgeons and stores. These boats will
| bring back to this State all Indiana soldiers
wounded In the late battles, who, III the opin-
ion of the Medical Director, will not be able
for duty for forty days.
| Especial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunc.I
1IrnrKEEsBoRo, Tenn, Nay 20, 1858.
A reliable gentleman who has come through
tlon Manchester, brings intelligence Of rebel
movements which is Of great interest aud i'm
;,ortance. I am inclined to credit 1t. He says
| lie met large bodies Of rebel caynlry going
eouthward, and fully confirms our previous
| adyjccs with regard to troops having gone
| from Tennessee to reinforce the rebels in
Mississippi. Two brigadcs went with Joe.
Johnston.
BreckInrldge has fallen back from his ad-
, y,lccd position. He commenced his retro.
gadc movement on Saturday, much to the dis.
: satisfaction Of his troops, who came near mu-
tinyipg, and we're only paci1ed by J. speech
: from Breckenridge himself, who told then,
they werc going to Mississippi fora short
fine to clean out Grant, aud would then I'M
1ncdiatc1y return to Tennessee.
= There arc no rebel troops anywhere he
tween Murfrcesboro and Manchester.
D The rebel authorities confidently aver thai
Grant has been beaten, but give neither time
L }lacc, nor circumstances.
TIE n. T. EVENING POSTS DISPATCH,
New YORK, May :6-The Ertn'ng Iost
i Washington special dispatch Of to-day says
j. II is understood that the Government has re
ceived an official dispatch from Gen. GRAM
+ GATED on Friday, the 22d inst, which con
n firms MI previous accounts Of the success o
!. our troops, and speaks OF the capture Q
Ticksburg as certain.
It is also reported here to-day that the rebe
pickets on the Rappahannock yesterday al
mitted that Vicksburg had been captured,
i WASHINGTON, May 26.-It is understood
| ihat Il dispatch received to-day states thu
= another line Of defenccs has been discovered
in the rear Of Vicksburg, which it would b.
If necessary to take By storm.
J. NEW YoRK, May 26.--The Hera1ds Wash
ii ington special says:
- from a concentration OF any considerable
1t fnrce in his rear. The only force available 70
9f ! that purpose arc G,000 under Johnston, til
h small number driven away from PembeEtol
, under Loring, and one or two brigades tror
H. Port Hudson, not more than 1900 mcn a
n, the outside.
o; CAIRO, May 28.-Private dispatches hay
L. rassed through here to-day from officers 1
y Grant's army, dated May q, near Wick:
w. y: nurg.'' From this we draw the inference thu
IL the city has not Jet capitulated.
.; been received. The reason Is, all the boat
A. are busy at Vicksburg, carrying supplies
~ the army, receiving the sick, exhausted An
I'd wounded.
o; It is also understood that one or two br
q gades have gone up the Yazoo river.
~ This silence is not interpreted here to inca
ell reverse or disaster. Several days may clap:
before our forces enter the city.
mt The splendid new hospital-steamer R:
nd Wood arrived to-day from St. Louis, destin'
~ . for below.
ts- MEMru1s, 1l:30 n M, May 25.-To Ge
Dr.. Hallcck The steamer Lnminary is just 7
from Vicksburg. She brings no official dl
-, patches.
~ ~ rebel deserter from franklin, yesterday, I
"a ported Vicksburg taken.
ny NJ The latest adylces from EIcksburg are
NJ; Friday night The city was then not take
n, the enemy offered firm resistance. 1t VI
leu thought we would take it next day. Our M
~ had their colors planted in the enemy S woEl
1o' and were lying on the extreme slope. "
~ ~ pieces Of ARTILLERY. Our troops were with
'of mile and a half Of the Court House. T
,,- mortar and gunboats in front Of Ficksbu
~ were hard at work.
IN The Washington Star says Of the New 70
-, | Tribxnt's report Of the capture Of the wht
at .n4 rebel army 1t VicksbuTS, that facts will
mi. mi- our knowledge satisfy US that 1t is entirt
uH sri- unfounded."
csi- The following has just been received:
Ok Off NEWPORT NEWS,
lro- May a5-6:N a. m
ef- To Hon. Gideon Wclls-The steamer State
Maine has arrived from City Point with one h
drr1 officers, Including those Of the 1ndianola.
w The Richmond Examiner Of yesterday
ok the following:
tho ,t ,t-oa ,.:,.. -.
t;*cr and Register, from Jackson ycsterd
| saws heavy firing was heard In the direct
~ and believed in official circles that the enc
assaulted the works at Vicksburg On Wcdu
day, aud was rerulscd- snyder's Bluff
a. been eyucnated.
rom caoturea by the Fedcrals. and The nayy =
eral | burned by the Confederate troops.
nm. All officer from Vicksburg reports T.
, Grant has been whipped back.
Q! LATEK-Th enemy made three desre.