Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-06-05
The War News of the Week.
THE CONTEST AT vIoKsBURG.

u A Memphis dispatch dated the 26tl
,, says: Information has been receive,
= here from Vicksburg up to Sunday NOR
i ming the oath. On the 21st the federal
= were busily engaged moving up thei
d heavy guns, and on Friday, the 22d, thei
] position was very strong one, the RICH
r resting on Hanes' Bluff, and the left oil
: Warrenton. Friday the rebels made I
: charge on the federal position, but wert
t unsuccessful in effecting their purpose
!, The federals in turn tried to carry th,
= redoubt, but the charge was repulset
;, with considerable loss in killed ant
5 wounded. Or Sunday morning the ar
: mics occupied the same position they die
on Friday. On Sunday the attack wa:
TO be made by land and water on the
: Vicksburg batteries. Our sharpshooters
prevent the rebels from working theil
heavy guns"
/ A dispatch received in Cincinnati from
the lower Mississippi, via Memphis, date
not given, says there had been no fight
ing at Vicksburg since last Monday
Most of the river batteries of the rebels
have been silenced, but the most danger
GUS ones were yet in operation, and the
gunboats were Smelling them.
Mr.. S. c. Scott, the well known river
man, arrived at st. Louis Friday night,
from Young's Point, near Vicksburg,
Sunday last. He has been with Grants
army, and saw some of its operations
He says our forces are we'll prepared to
repel any attack in their rear, and were
in the finest spirits, and confident Of their
ability to capture Vicksburg and its gar
rison. He says the attack on the fortii-
cations on Friday was not made by the
entire line, as reported, but by force
under Gen. Blair, which assaulted the
big battery and failed. Whenever the
rebels attempted to plant guns, they were
foiled by our sharp shooters.
Our wounded are brought rapidly to-
the river at Chckasaw bayou, where
there are sufficient boats to receive them.
The steamer City of Memphis has reach
ed Cairo, with APO wounded, and the
January is next due.
Our base of supplies on the Yazoo was
secure, and reinforcements were arriving
as rapidly as required. Gen. Osterhaus
and Capt. Foster of the LIST Wisconsin
are wounded, but not dangerously.
1t is reported that Col. Dallna and
Adjutant Hammock Of the 8lst Illinois
have been killed.
There were about 1890 rebel prison
ers in camp at Young's Point.
A Washington dispatch says that the
president is very confident that Vicks-
burg will fall. His remark on Friday
was l." expect the best, but am pre-
pared for the worst"
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
The Murfreesboro correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, writing on the
goth ult, gives the following intelligent
statement concerning the rebel army in
Tennessee, and the amount of reinforce
nents sent to Vicksburg from Bragg's :
army:
Very late and reliable news from the
'ebel army is in my possession. Forrest 2
las been made major general, and has \
zone to Mississippi with the whole cav s.
Try force formerly commanded by Van \
Dorm. The greater portion of Wheeler's
orce has gone to Columbia, to supply the Il
lace thus made vacant. Morgan holds "
be line of Caney Ford and the Cumber- "
and river. The rebel force at Tullaho- b
Ia and vicinity consists of $4,000 in
lntry and 10000 cavalry, provided no S
'rces have gone thence since day before m
These are all the effective
ZEN, such as could at any time be taken Y
Ito the field. 1t is pretty definitely as A
'rtained there is now little or no rebel to
rec this side of Duck river. W,
The rebel reinforcements from all parts gu
the south to Vicksburg amounted to
'out 20, 900 men. There are but few ra
oops in East Tennessee. Large num- de
RS of refugees are in the mountains,
ID on Thursday last fight occurred at ce,
lamont, between these refugees and vi
moderate force sent against them, in su,
lich the latter were repulsed with con- rat
Ierable loss. Bragg's army is in splen.
condition, and will be drawn on no
'ther for achievements to other points. IN
The same correspondent wrote few the
Us previous, as follows: wo
ln my mind, the thing stands this way: mt
ants capture of Jackson struck terror 10 Ii,
all rebellion. The telegraph quick dar
told the story at Richmond, and as hol
ckly went the order to Johnston to
ster every available man In his dnnnrt