, 1863-08-10
FROM VICESBuRG.
Upfon scn,iment-Union Le9E1es.G.M- -. = =
81 tVfcEsbnTS-JcH. Dartss tsrofhers


one OF The most interesting phases Of aE.
fairs here IL the Development of the dormant
Union eentiment which hns Enthusiastically
prevailed In VickEbnrg during the whole war:
Several Of the city and county officers last
elected are unequivocal Union men, and as
such have been known, marked and persecu-
ted By the 1eccsh. One of the most promi-
nent Of them is Judge Houghton, the Judge
Of the Probate Court. Mr. Steele, Mr.. Ny
gait, aud others have stood by their Union
principles throughout. met nearly dozen
Of them together the other day, and to say
that it did my soul goodto counsel with them
would be hut fcsb1y to express my feelings.
A number Of them were New Yorkers, but
come we're natives Of the South.
And noticed particularly tha. there was
no halfway Unionism about these men.
Among the very first utterances that fellffom
their lips Was condemnation, strong and
bitter, Of the Copperheads Of the North.
They scened as solicitous o1now Whist were
tie probabilities Of Vallandiglam for Cover
nor Of Ohio, as to hear from the Potomac or
Charleston. They arc about to proceed With
The organization Of Union Leagde, aud will
hold q series OF public Union meetings.
They are full Of fifth and hope in the speedy
and complete triumph Of the Uuion cause, and
propose Immediately to show forth to the
particularly noted among the Union men Of
V3cksburg, an absence Of any squea1aish1icss
on the subject Of elayery. "Let every trace
of it be swept away-that will clear the way
for the only peace that VIC can have that will
be lasting, Those we're the words Of one Of
their number to me yesterday. and they were
cone to Vicksburg to find Bordersstate I'm
ipDiEu.
The system Of granting farloughs to psi-
Yates as rewards Of valcr, adopted W General
Grant, is productive of the ye:y best results.
OF course nothing is expected 10 be done In
months' no and lbs afmy i given II Ills time IN IN
which to .ecrcate after their long and weary
campaign against Ficlsbuyg, Every steam
boat that goes up the river goes crowded
with fu1lo1gked soldiers, who will return rc-
curerated aud refreshed, ready to reap new
glories in the fall campaign. These boys will
regard to the ;" fire in the rear'' kep: up on
them while in the field Look for some l!ain
talk from them. -
Gen. shcrman'e campaign to jackson wns
productive Of very Important results, al
though It was not 60 sigrally successful ns
peolue AaA DeeA E:ioAeo1a4J leu W GAtels ~
would be. Gen. Sherman never anticipated
capturing Johnston's army. He did, how
ever, anticipate striking such blow as would
cffectua1ly prevent Johnston or any other
force being able to operate sgainst Vicksburg
cgaiD. Jackson, tic former hourishlDE capi-
tai Of the state, Is in ashes, and all the region
roundabout is laidwast.-bridgcs destroyed,
plantations burned, and everything which
might be useful to the rebels in making jack
Eon or Canton base Of operations, is re-
moved f1cm the country. There is not evcn
sufficient subsistence for = band Of gueri1las.
The people of Mississippi are learning one
tin. pretty cfectually, the surest Tay to bring
dcftiuctioa and dcsolaticn upon any section
of the 6tstc, is to furnish supplies TO rebel
army, or tc ha7bor gueIillas. Aud think it
can pe safely ayerre1 that tic idea ofattempt-
irg to retake VieEsbu!g !: getting to be nn-
popular Ia Mississippi. the people know
rat ths ts idea + @ g5en u I s5p4 psc,sy 1 rs
the way for the resumption next season. Of
the cultivation Of the soil. They are willing
10 try one Season CT Federal rule, il they eau
only be permitted 20 Taise enough from the
Garth 10 5ubssst Oil; ard thcy know very well
The terms On which these agricultural pur-
suits cen lie carried en-.
At the commencement cf the eeason the
Confederate fcgecs In the Lover Mississippi
Vlllcy numbered one hundred and seventy
Ire thousand men, ana Eas. oTcr i've hundred
pieces Of artillery. They held hunlreds Of
mites Of the M:ssissigpi Risef In effective
MISUNDERSTANDING and Port Hudson
upon which tho history OF the year proves
they then rested the tate Of their Confedesacy.
OF that force Of .wo Lu2drcd thors:ud, orer
ene lundJs d thousand have been used up In
Killed, wounded and prisoners, during the sea
Ton, by Giant, Banks, and fieoties, leaving
less than half the original strength, broken,
cisl.lrited, deE.osalizet. and diyida3-onc hNf
under John.ton, flying, without ordnance and
without camp equ}page, into Alabama, and
the other haif underiH Holmes, Sfa:meduEc and
others, scattered into guerilla bands: md
rrowlirg around in A+kaesas, Western Leuis-
lara and Texas OF thci- dve hundred pieces
of artillery, less than one hnndred remain f1
their E*nds IN all the West, ard those 1f iafe-
1ior qualities. These in rnn1d numbers are
Some Of the results OF tie spring and eummcr
cam.aign in the Mississippi: Valley, Our OWE
1.-THE Ct that cf the cEcny. Our boys In t1is
army cspeciGlly, have marched On from con-
que,ing % conquer, an1 By Keeping up the
spirits Of the amy. IT'S health has been pre-
nil these fearful epide11ics ard restl;ences
Which Secession and CopperEcaaism had pre-
ailted would ogestaEe L.
Not tlle least among tire results Of this sea-
een'e work IS tie usipE up, q, to usc Fafgar
expression, the s'r1aylag cut" OF Joe Johns
GDs
witch he WAS htld throughout the South one
ycar ago- uc vas ono Of thcIr staud-by and
swear-by vcr:ic7s-w2s supposed to be inyin-
cib:c. We'll, with The I'll Of ViclzsbaTE, BIC
f.;l, never to rise aEain. The duty was en-
trusted TO him Of raising the eelgc of Vicks-
burg; aId never ls1 Ma.on.nietlans more
faith in their prophet tlan had the secesh In
aud ont Ct Ficksburg in Joe Johnston. The
poor Gagged clliyal,y, during the seiSc, were j:
n.aay times begu1!ed, each day, by reports Of
Jcins:on Attaching Grant, as there were houra
IL 1he day. But The bagpircs Of the coming
C-mI,te1ls were neycr heard from the wallis OF
this Lucknow, ard ot the despair Of tho be.
fejeed was born Al indignation which cannot
he Ella: &c, ogaia&t the rrcmisel Iescuer. Be-
sides, Jehr s1un's disastrous retreat from jack
sen 1es added to Lis cup Of unpo opulnrity, and
Ntat Was m unavoidable misfortune Is set
down sgai.st him cs LIE result Of inexcusab1e
Jo6rstcn arc fa1lcn Stars In the Coctederaey,
but J JchHston's is the worst fall
The few xe1nairfn. seceah soldiers here arr
| upder tie supervision of the rebel Gen. ". 5.
| Enl1tl'. Of 1ouisiapa. Tue Confederate Parole
tho most geotler.ar15 officers belonging t
| Gen. PemGcrt1n's army. The position lie I:
in is mcst trying one, especially as he has nj
authority, OF NJ least nc means Of exercising
his authority, and the rebel soldiers do no
treat him with much reepect. His duty Is 4
ga4Le: In tie paTclca stragg!ers, Gnd put then
on their way 10 Gen. Pemberton's ca1np; bu
that Is just where many Of them DO not wan
to 60. They lave ceme to understand prett.
wtl that the probabilities ase that they VII
ter trd Of the thirty thousand and they Ar
anxious to quit the army AID shift for them
selves, not 1elisl,lng the IDEA Of sweltering i
p5lollcd camps.
The guerilla business On the Mississippi
| en- the decline ct present, But very little ha
| Arsvt I'm rf6rtf 1S1$
prospect is lair for 4 speedy bankruptcy. i
beat Las been fred into during the Pas: Wees
The reasons are. an increascd Vigilance o.
The part Of The gunboat feet, and the faiiu.
Of enbsiEteuce'in Ii Arkansas, for some aistauc
hack from the river: The gueFillas general
along which thcF commit their depreciation:
and good portion generally comes from vo
Iptary contributions from seeesl sympatE
GERS. The people along the ziyer hare shu
down on larbotjEg Or feeding gue1illas. pa
tict1arly since the fall Of V;cksb1tg; and tn!
can intilct. OF course ne have all eorts Of IT
mor6 1ere Of the gueri1las gathering in Tcza
and ptepa1iEg for raids On unprotected point
on tie river, but such cauasds can general
be traced to tie fertile brnin Of some arGeE
seceeh, Wlose wish sired the thought. Whe1
ever or In whatever shape the enemy sha
hereafter appear In this region, he viii be mt
ard overcome. Tho Federal arms have mt
the rebels in nearly every conceivable mann,
Of Dell1gerent attack, civilized nnd half Ct
N;zed, human aLd fnhumau, and hare inFar
ably whipped them and this ne ehau col
tihue to do. II, having been whipped out !
iair fight BY the bayopet, the rebels choose t
renew tho conflict rs assasslnE, they will fin
t4at Federal soldiers can use hemp as We
end readily as steel, having. calisted to hgl
1Le foes Of the Union, whether they fight fa
or foul.
Tie secesh citizens Of Vicksbusg negglcs
20 opportunity Of questioning tie officers {
| the federal nrIny and ether Union men troll