Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-06-10
Late From yicHsburs and the West.

Jackson, June l.-Mr. J. r. Saunders, q
Sel,na. who left The vicinity OF Ni"kshnrg nr
Saturday. as an escort 10 tie fs OF Col.
Iiurdl,.v. of the 3ls, Alahana, reports tha
be has haan in the Yankee lines ever si,c'
the inves,mant of Vickshurs. and fro ientlj
at Grants headquartrsI ~ :
n ,ho fight Of the 23I they acknowledge g
loss of 10000.
q, the 2l<t We snnk TOO cf the enelny'>
ennboats-tse Natchrz a:,d Nrgh,incale.
S,v.r.l houses have been burned hy tie
ena,nv's shells au.' some women I'd childrv'
killed. hut hr'le other damage d" e.
Thirtv.nnr E.s rcnnrSs"eans. of Vaughan,
brig .de, desr,t ted "a. the Fed"rnls- and t"L
'the oath of airgiarre. They reported PEN
he-ton'> loss. AT 600. -. .
The Federal, o>> from 50 10 44n dailyM
skirrni,iiing and sharlHhpoting.'
Grant speaks dismlrivinglv "f Johnston, anc
ha<,s that he will whip him. md hrag> o.
lpnvv r.rs:rcrnAnis.
Tia <tenc!, ir,rn the Y,nkcc deal is ti-n
siy.. FIR six m;le, frnr V..s>hrIy. lie era
p,.mherian sen, nu, Il ,g of truce 'lenra dire
of Gran, ro hurry his dead and attend III IN
wourda,l that had been lyi-g iii the I! Id i"'
FIVE ,levS. Grant was complying "l,h the dc
mand as we'll IS he could. S!
The Ohin tronps refuse 70 assHd't again.
The Federal loss is from thirty five to Tor
~ ,h"rsaud .,
The F-drral>. when tiny arprocclet ltrks
hrry. were perfectly sany,I'ne "i an i"ansdlatt
c7pture ui nur >rrn,s.u',l. AMI i.:.iud ,'t
ladies in,n fickSbnr, SEQ their swhrftr.,t,t~!
az tha rebel, w-rn all 70 he sent Nnrhr - : ;
Il. A, ,f.,c, Er111G (Iap.
Grrnt issuci all nrlcr for ncw ladders tn he
made and the AS :,'lli Ia br renewed on Sat
nr.iav, AT O'Clock, but the men rei'i>' IT,
b. led again 10 the "Slauyl,ter pr,l roe
twentieth Ohio sent y pctirion 70 Gen. Nc
Cl.rnaud, and positively refused to participate
again in the murder"u> work.
Mr.. Saunders heard Ir, qncnt conversation
hrtwepn the FedcralS and Col. "ora' i
Chief of Grant, staff, expressed the npi"r"
that VickShurc wonhl not he taken tor s'>
months, If ever They imagine low that m n'li
rec in Vicksburg is lrtm 75.cOO to loo,oOn
m"n.
The en.;reFndcral loss around The 'ntrenci'-
r,en,s ST V,rkihnrc y estimated hy them al
from 35 900 tc 10000.
General Grant sent in to k"ow WHY !"
fired railroad SPIKES ard l'is ned balls a'
them? The only answer General Pr'nb',t'''
made to this question WAS that that the who'll
.1ory was lie. TIE Fad"rals are sciz'ne
upon MI sorts cf pretcHts To account .or Their
tremendous loSSrs =.
One of onr sb,rp>honttrs has already in
mnrraiiz,d h.msolT in the Yankee army. lie
,,.,,s ,f-n b. is a ord-cvrd u'ar, a:d as he
shnot, Belgian rte, wherever tie ',ec,i!lar
wb;s.,. of That Weapons is heard tie Yankees
cali cu,. g. look ont boys, .thrre is old one
eye'
on5 never misses. One day Aapk.'e Cap
,.;ns were locking from behind . cot'onb BAH.
,,.1 "a U,c Eve killed them bosh at 'rt
'hn. ,,r. S:nrdrrs al % SAW one ntl:er caii-
,,;n with an anputated leg, Which he owed
., ,l. sam. u.:kuown .,nal'. Cul. ltpp'!ry
l.,.,,v. ,t. IAN. and SAWS hi. name is trl,iHi !,
snd that h.. t,rlonps 1" tue 'hlrtleih alaoa'ns'
He i knogn e. Alabarna as tie besI inarK.'
nan in the State.
''',. a ri.pa,cu from Rodney N cthe ?Ss'chea
r. ,nrcr .tate., IN the authority Of =. Marched
,,,;.,,,..r thu, the enemys dead we're ffse tn
nf onr, on the bsttle .iield of Bakers
crc.l. OF Big Black bridge QUE loss was
,an ,h. .nenly's four hundred. Tine. ehe'ny
I'sI ~. taken, in all the operations, 5000 prison
crs of which l60O were captured after cross
Ing Big BlacS, 70 /, :.
,be battle n-..r.Raym"sd, which was des-
n.rate fight on both sides. with cubhed mus
tsts-a r,ul hand to band fight. This Hp-
,e,rs to reftr to part Of The operations known
=. tie battle of Parker's G. eek.
Interesting details Of Thsr-cay ~, and tt'
davis fights at Vicksbarg are coming on
t;rant used cotton bales for lnoyeah'a breast
works in the attack. Gen. Peml'erton ;t,Gnn-
I'D 200 Founders, and directed the llle al Tue
cotton bales, moving down whole plafoons OF
the enemy. Official dispatches state mat
the enemys loss, including the action Of la
ker's Creek, amounts to .Ghy Thousand =
Confidence in Gen. Pember.on since bis
answer TO Grant has been fully restored. !.
M fears are EEL. in regard to the. .lrsuit
either at V.cl,>burg or Port Hsid@oa. :.
NOZZLE, June 4.-Gen. dosephE Johnstrn
commenced to advance from Canton towards
Wick Sbnrg. via tie Yazoo, on the "oth May
lis army is in splendid condition aud tlieir
.sp.ries bnoyant.
From Louisiana.
Two hundred and thirty seven prisoners