Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-05-27
SECOND EDITION,
THREs O'CLOCK p.
FROM vICksBURa VIA RICHMOND.
THE C0NPEDERATEs TALK OF yICKSgURG
AS IMPROBABLE.
THEIR CANARDS ABOUT THE NUMBERS
KILLED IN GRANTS ARMY BE-
f0Rb YICKSBUEG
THEIR GUARRELs AS TO WHETHER Penn.
BERToN OR JOHNSTON Is TO BLAME
FOR THEIR DISASTERS THERE.

The Richmond EzGminer Of Monday, May
s5tn, contains the following dispatches:
LATEST FROM THE WET. z
MOBILE, May GA special di spatch to the
Advertiser and Register, dated to- day, says -
The latest from Vicksburg is TO Tn ursdav
night. The enemy has been foi,ed in all hi 5
eEorts His dead streW the ground in front of
our works. According to one estimate his loss
is jD,Ea. 80 ASSS
ATLANTA, May 23-Grsnt entered the State
below Grand Gulf, with from 6O.,asl tn .s, nan
men, including heavy force of cavalry. He
mas received no endorsements from T,oujs
una, pat reeei yes aecessions constantly from
tne west nank OF the river His TRANSPORTATION
Is all on t0e riyer and must cling to the river
banks. = ''ei
We evacuated Grand Gulf, falling back and
lighting towards jackson, followed nv the or.
the 10th. ~0''' AAeA' ~
Gen. Johnston reached jackson on the 18th.
anu iell back to Canton. The Yankees com.
mtted various exc esses during their two dnvs
occupation of Jackson; such as burning
churches and private houses, tearing iewelrY
nom the persons OF citizens, cutting residences,
&c. Ihey then fed towards Vicksburg followed
Dy Gen. Johnston, (who is y constantly re.
celying reinforcements.
Ficksburg has five months supplies, Of every
KIND, and can be taken only when the forces
The Yankees report the capture OF Alexan.
dria, La, but the report is not credited.
TULLAHoMA, May 23.-The rumor of the cap.
ture OF two Of our regiments in 'front.' with one
piece OF artillery, is not true. The enemy did
surround and capture small outpost of forty
men. All quiet in front.
FROM MISSISSIPPI
From Richmond Examiner of 18th inst1
rom an extra Of the Memphis Appeal, pub
lished on the wing, we learn some partcnIars
OF the capture OF Jackson. at o'clock a. m.
the town was startled by the boom of cannon
wagons, drays, and departing railroad trains
acquired sudden Importance, yet after all these
Eehlcies mad been appropriated they were found
insufficient for the accommodation Of half of
the people who wished to escape the coming
The little Government property that had not
been removed was pitched into the streets. and
appropriated by our soldiers and citizens It
nad oeen determlned to make no serious resis-
lance, ana three regiments only were sent out
10 retard the advance OF the enemy. We had
ten pieces OF cannon in the rife.pits beyond
the town. which did good service. AT twelve
O'Clock our troops retired through Jackson.
slowly and in good order.
In Its editorial upon the situation at yicks.
burg, the Examiner says:
"Al that can be considered certain in tho
confused jargon Of the telegram from jackson.
is that two points of the land defense OF Vicks.
burg have been assaulted, and that the assaults
were repulsed. Similar attempts were often
made las summer, with the same result. In
deed nothing could excuse or explain a want
OF success on the part of the defense
Ficksburg is a mountain in the bend of the
river. On all sides are high bluffs crowned
with breastworks and batteries
We are informed that the attack carpho where
be made with a force equal to the garrison, and
that on no side can more than eight thousand
men be deployed in line for an assault The
proHches difficult, while the heat and malaria
OF the country during six months Of the year
Wouio make Its siege at the present season one
OF me most murderous ones on record
only Teachery or cowardice could eyplain
me capture OF ticksburg by sudden assault:
and Its fall by other means seems daily less and
less pf .1 II the Yankee army had swept
Gown the valley in such overwhelming force
rs rot only to beat off the Confederate forces
In Northern Mississippi, but to take perma
heht possession OF the whole country, and es-
tdclisn themselves there AZ they have done in
northern Tennessee and Kentucky the fall of
slcksburg could with difficulty be prevented.
Isolated in the midst of territory possessed
h by h 1ns enemy, its reduction by blockade would
Dc but Question of time. But Grants army
Is not an army OF conquest, still less of occu.
patlon his advance on Jackson, ho we yer in
tended, has been converted into u very ordi-
nary rad 1T is true that he gained rapid and
repeated advantages from the time he cautur-d
Grand Gulf till lately; because the Confeder
ate forces under Pemberton had been scattered
~, non lie Sttte OF Mlsslsslppl, and were
therefore unable to defend any point
In The moment of danger however, General
Johnsen was ordered to go there and take COM
mand Of that army. Whether he will be able
TO retrieve all the losses which have been suf
1eTIed Dy the Confederates remains TO be seen
But we have little reason to fear the loss of
the State of Mississippi and consequent fall OF
Fichsburg while he can keep the field there
"A dlsgraceful attempt is made here in Kich-
mono To fix upon him the responsibilities of
Lhe DISASTERS OF the Lieutenant General by ia
Hor VINO was entrusted with the command of
the most important army of the Confectionery
without having put q squadron inthe field of
pattie; but 1t is the duty of every honest man to
see that this detestable maneuver shall fail.
Inc Examiner says it is rumored that Gen.
r. Hill and Gen. Ewell have been appointed
Lieutenant Generals.
ANOTHER REBEL VIEW OF THE SITUATION
AT VICKSBURG