Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-06

The latest news from Vicksburg is promis
ing. Our troops are making progress with
the siege slowly but surely; Pemberton and
his troops are beginning to lack supplies and
II is believed that the beleaguered garrison
will soon be compelled to surrender. Mean
while General Grant is receiving heavy rein
forcemcnts, it is said, while Joe Johnston is
not in a condition to attempt demon
stration against him. 1t was discovered,
few days since, that the rebel garrison
were nearly out of percussion caps and
it is now reported that twelve rebels have been
captured with 100000 percussion caps which
they were endeavorng to carry to the garri-
son through our lines. There is in these par
ticulars of the late news from that quarter an
encouraging promise that we shall soon hear
that Pemberton and his whole army have SUI
rendered. Something may occur to give the
struggle a different appearance, but this, at
present. seems nowise probable.
The prospect of losing Vicksburg and Port
Hudson is not at all agreeable to the rebels at
Richmond The Richmond Enquirer discuss
es the matter with troubled spirit, and thinks
that the surrender of Vicksburg would
have quite as much political as military i'm
portance. 1t would create belief that the
cause of the rebels is sinking; and ''the cause
that is supposed to be failing and sinking is
the one which is likely to be abandoned by
the towards and betrayed by the traitors"
That is to say, the Enquirer believes that the
success of Cen Grant wnul1 " on tho in
huence of secession terrorism and develop
Union feeling and action in the south; that
the capture of Vicksburg would be followed
by political crisis" in the south, when
''whatever of imbecility and Observation-Disclosures
and downright latent toryism and treason en-
lists in this confederacy will receive a new ac-
cession of weakness" The Enquirer goes on
as follows:-
''For this reason the result of these Virgin
la elections, or Of any elections, is by no
means OF so deep a political significance us
the result Of those battles round Vicksburg.
All the gentlemen elected the day before yes
terday are to-day, we hope and believe, faith
full and resolute confederateS, whether they be
late secessionists or original ones. If any
Of them hare unconsciously lurking toithiA
them some relic of tenderness for the old
Union, some underlined hankeriug after q
peace by total or partial reconstruction upon
any terms rhatecsr, honorable or otherwise, |
Unsuccessful defence OF Vicksburg will help |
to obliterate the last tinge or faint of such
anti-confederatc sentiment"
We believe it was Hon. Edward Everett |
who said some two years ago that the attempt |
to destroy the Union should be made so costly |
and terrible to those engaged in it that it
would never be repeated. There are already
many signs that the southern people are grow
ing tired and sick of it, and that the rebel
"confederacy" would dissolve and vanish
at once, if the military power and ter
rorism of the leaders could be over
thrown. The Richmond Enquirer, the
special organ of the jeff Davis government,
observes these signs and evidently feels that
one or two more important federal successes
would break down the confederacy and sub
stantially end tho struggle. This feeling at
Richmond will be likely to move Davis and
his associates to do everything that can be
done to relieve Yicksburg and defeat Gen
Grant, but it does not now sppear possible
for them to succeed.