Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04
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The Rebellion.

ulars Of the operations of Gen. ,;r.n,,s ... lup to May 22d. When our army .dv....s upon the city of Vicksburg it was conf .Isw ., an easy conquest, but the etound in tb. rae, of the city was found so broken and r,r,. .a | and wild as to be almost impossible f,r .-,;, lery. The rebel Notifications were discov.,.a to be very formidable, being grass-growp. and showing that preparations had long since been made to stani siege upon the land sids. Th.. main fortIiicaticns consist of chain of fort. about 500 yards apart. connected by dsop in. amendments and extending for seven mils. our loss in the assault of May 22. was abou, zcOe' It was the opriou that another ss.sr. si assault upon the rebel works would mn. h. ordered, but that the city would be taken bv regular siege approaches.
 The Gazette has advices up to H.. 9-,h .r, May, through staff cilicer of ono of psn Grants generals, who left for Washington o,. that evening.
 | Three assaults had been made by our farc. npon the rebel stronghold, in all of which va. Were repulssd. The last assaul, was made by Gen. Sherman with 10000 men, in which vs. lost 600 killed and large number wounded. Our outer line is witAin 100 yards of the rebel works. Our sharpshooters prevent the rebels from working their guns The rebel works in the rear of the city are far mora formiiabls than those in front.
 GsH Joe Johnson is in tho nsi sighborhood of Jackson with about l5.00o men, short of pro. v'sions and ammunition. No apprehensiOns are felt of any serious attack in our rear. Tn. staff officer says that Gen. Grant has taken S'4oo prisoners and S4 pieces of artillery.
 A committee endorsed by Daniel 8. Dickin. son. George Opdyke, Vim. C. Bryant and Hor. ace Greeley. are at Washington, and have asked that Gen. Fremont should be given q command at some point where he can rally coiored troops around him. The President said he would gladly receive ten times ten thousand colored troops. He believed that the com nand of them afforded scope for the highest ambition, and he would with all his heart offer it to Gen. Fremont
 There is a misaf rrehension. widely enter- tained, that very large section, proporiionally of the Federal forcs in the fold IS composed of nine months men and two years troops. ltis supposed that there were some 3O0,00o volun. teers, for the shortest term, enlisted under the last call of the President. It is said that not lnurs than 290.O00 wers obtained under the demand for nine months' troops, and very many of these were for three years. Ee~ York. Illinois. Indiana. and other Western States, discouraged enlist,nents except for three years, and recruited SD large number for the longer period, that the Federal armies will not bs di. unfinished over I3O,000 men hy the -z -zpiratioa during the summer and fall or their term of service.
 Late Richmond papers quote gold at $6,o0. They also estimate ,ha rebel losses sustained l. Mississippi, by the late raid and battles, at tron tel fifteen millions. Advertisements call for suhs,itut :s over forty Eve years of age, for which Sa.O0O will be paid.
 | General Lee, it is said, has issued an address to lis army congn tulaling them upon their past achievements and forsh .dowiug d raid in. to Maryland. He tells them that they are to have long and rapid marches through couu. try without railroads. asd calls upon ev "
 man to be prepared for the sevcrest hardships.
 The Grand Jury have found five indictments against Solomon Kohnstamm wealthy con- tractor of New York, fur swindlng tho Gov rrnment. through false claims The total amouat of bis frauds. it IS said, will exceed Sl5O GOO, and the evidence of his guilt is said to be conclusive. H. -..
 It is said that General Hooker is confident that his official report of his last battle, when published. will show less than ten thousand killed and wounded on the Union side, while official lists published in the Richmond papers,. already foot up over 25,0oO rebels killed and, wounded. Gen. Wadsworth indignantly denies the statement of Rochester copperhead paper that he said Rockers army h d been weaken ed % to 30 per cent in the late movement He says the story ia a malicious ialsehood, in. tended to aid the enemy.
 A good move even at this late day, is that of | the Union League at Washington 10 take msa- sures to bring public opinion to boar upon those who are responsible for the retention of traitors and copperheads in office.
 It is said that there are but few rebel troops in East 1ennessee. The mountains are full Of refugees, who a few days since captured con. siderable force ot rebels sent to capture them.
 Tho Second New Hampshire regiment re- turned to Washington with their numbers doubled by recruits.
 The loyal people of Kentucky. it is said, are much gratilsd with the arrest and punish ment of Vallandigham.
 TIE REDUCTION or HooKER's AENY.--A Washington letter says
 Gen. Rockers army is not go much rednc. cd by the departure of the reuitncnta rhnsa