, 1863-05-28
BUT ONE MORE LINE
REMAINS.
5000 Rebels and 50 Can.
non Captured.
A FLIGHT OF VARIOUS
RUM0RS.
The Richmond Press on the
Situation.

AV AAAtAAVAA N10 VIA AAA |
Situation.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trlbun:.l
CAIRO My u, 1863
have this morning received the following
dispatch per steamer G. ". Graham:
MEMPHIS, May 27.-Late Information has
come to hand from Yourg's Point, per steam
CT Luu,ina1y, on board Of which comes Gen.
4. L. Lee of Kansas, direct from Vicksbu:g,
he having left there on the night Of Saturday,
the 23d.
Gen. Lee has an ugly wound in the side Of
his 1ace. He reports that the two outer works
Of the enemy were taken at Vicksburg, leay~
i,g but one to take. The rebels were com
plctely surrounded, Grants army stretching
entirely around the city, from the river on the
north to the river on the south.
Grant bad certainly captured 5000 prison.
ers and cighty.onc guns, field pieces.
The steamer Luminary brought 900 Con-
ftderate captives from Haihes' Bluff to !
Ycunc's Point. She leaves to- morrow morn |
ing, on her return trip, with cargo Of stores |
aud ammunition.
That yicksburg ere this is ours, with the
whole rebel army defending it, there is but
slight doubt, and that il will be certainly ours
in q few days, there is no doubt whatever.
jackson, Miss, has been destroyed, and the
Federal army that captured that city are now
acting Us reinforcement for Grant ut Vicks-
burg.
You should hare Ind these facts by telegraph
for your last issue, but nothing could he sent
| over the wires as they did not work.
The Graham brought Memphis papers Of
Monday, but their news has been anticipated.
An officer, just arrived, states that General
! Grant lad, On Fridny, fourteen Illinois regi-
ncnts that hadnot been in the fight at all.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuno.]
CAIRO, May a1.-9p.m.
No boat has arrived here from below later
tl.an;the Graham. which came carly this morn
iug She brought number ofparoled rebel
prisoners. Ono Of them, man Of some in
trlligencc, has been an eye witness to some
Of the transactions Mt VicksbuEg and vicinity.
lie says, among other things, that soon after
the fighting began at Haiuc's Bluff, where it
WIS evident th7t the rebels must be beaten,
| Pemberton sent flag Of truce to Gen. Grant,
with message, saying that if his men were
allowed to ground their arms, and depart
with the usual honors Of war, be would capt.
ulate or evacuate his stronghold without FUR
, | t1er bloodshed on either side.
This proposition was promptly nesatiyei
by Grant, and he reiterated his already histor
ical answer promulgated on Il former occasion
r under somewhat similar circumstances, "Tel
your General that demand and will only &C
cept an unconditional surrender Of his entiT
! force. shall Immediately proceed to NOV
n upon his works. Thus has this Genera
: again we'll and fairly earned the appcllatio
4 ciyea linn by his soldiers Of n Cnconditiona
= Surrender Grant"
Il Should this story prove unfounded, rs mos
I rebel stories do prove. it is certainly goo
- enough to be true, and Grant is just the ma
C to make such respun=eto such \ demand Q
l, the part of an insolcnt but covering foe.
!e From the statemcnt-of this prisoner, it is fa
to presume that it would take Grant som
days to consummate the capture Of Vicksburs
t. as fortification after fertilization would iaS
in to be taken, and every inch Of ground woa]
IS have to be purchased at dear loss Of life, At
ae the expenditure Of much strategy, and sh'
r and she'll. Penned in as they were, the rebe
r would tight with desperation.
~ ~ But there Is no doubt Of the final rcsul
r. We hare only to wait oE time. Vi:ksbul
H. must soon be ours.
IN Quite movement has already conmeact
from the North in tho way Of sending sauita
~ stores, physicians and nurses to succor o.
II. sick and wounded at Vicksburg.
as The steamer Champion arrived this ate
ne noon, having on board Gov. Mskw ooa
ut Iowa, Adrt Gen. Baker, Ex-Goy. Low, st
ci- gcon General Hughes and Hon. John Ni1so
nj; Of the same State, aud Gov. Solomon
Wisconsin. They we're joined by the Chica
ch delegation, consisting Of Messrs. P. L. Z
e., derwood, 0. Marsh, ". ". Harsha, T. E. F.
'ey 1ier and Rev. Mr. Morse-au under the c.
re Of J. E, Ycatman, Chief Of the Sanitary Co
m mission. They have all embarked upon
''s Champion and started for Vicllsburg.
During their stay in Cairo all were hospi
IL. bly, entertained by Gen. n. B. Buford, co
irs mandcr Of the post, and staff A review oft
cx- military took place in the afternoon at
~ which the 14th Iowa were addressed By Ad
~ tant General Baker, and Governor Salon
mt, addressed tho Wisconsin troops. On
g. whole it was very pleasant and predta
80 occasion for I'LL concerned. The best wisl
me Of soldiers and citizens go with these gent
er, men from Wisconsin aud Iowa, and the s,
rhc tary Commission.
III. Especial Dispatch to tie Chicago Tsihunc.]
has WASHINGTON, Nay II, 1s6;
There is nothing from Ticksbur5. I
news is expected tomorrow. It is nea
ocS two days since anything has been reeei'
az. from Gen. Grant,
5 as Dr.. Wood, Assistant Surgeon General, t,
dc. graphs from st. Louis that every arran
r Of a,o,+ h,s hna, mode for +ho v;,1-sh
had "sA' 49, A~' '1A~
i.s wounded
ipl- In the hospitals at Louisville, Na=hvi
anu Cincinnati, St. Louis, Memphis, Padut
-1s- KcokuI, Camp Dennisou, Columbus
lass | Cleveland are thirty thousand empty bt
apl. besides large hospital building At Jetters
aud r;,,e Ind can,hle of accommndat,,u 2
or
e to patients.
the c..n, May o7-We have been vaf+inr
have rs,.. ,. g.. 1-:,,E7
she'd ac5 1o1 eone1n41is ts1.eA 11oW aeAeoeis'
s. 1t has not come by either boat or te1egr:
Our latest from Sherman's Landing i
rider Saturday morning.
In FRIDAYS attack on the fortifcatio1
II eanguinary battle ensued, in which the
81 cral loss was severe. The rebels fought
GOODNESS Of desperation, reserTius their
until our forces came within murderpus IA
'''' The rebels were driven back, howere;
t and main forcc into their last line of eutrc
R.9. ments. That was the situation On Fl
evcg evening, aud the contest had not been
:, and