, 1863-05-26
General Ernnt's Operations
Against ViclksbnrE.

The attention Of the country is at this mo-
ment fixed upon the important campaign Of
Grant against Fickeburg and Jackson, Miss. |
From our Western exchanges VIC glenu some
intelligence from that quarter that will be read
with Interest. 4 correspondent Of the Mobile
.3drrrfis Rays:
Gen. Pemberton is represented to express
the fullest confidence in his ability to check
Grant and capture the detachments which
have been sent inland in order 10 turn the
Tic people are determined to resist to the
last, and with the military force nov here
thr:t is no doubt but that We eau successfully
hold our OVID. The President has taken mel-
surcs to provide arms and equipments f,r
all the men the Governor may raise through
cut the State, and everything goes to show
that the determination Of the Mississippiaus
to defend their soil is cheerful, en- hnsiastic
and universal. Three hundred citizens of
Brandon are drilling every day-thc same is
the case, relative to their population, Of Can
ton, Meridian, and other towns: but it would
be imprudent to state how many have shoul.
dercd their muskets. Suffice it that hardly
any one Is backward at the call Of Governor
Pettus.
If the worst should come, and our troops
In the field back Of Vicksbnrg be likely to be
orerpowcred By superior numbers, Port lIud.
eon could be cyacuated, aud the garrison there
thrown mpon Grants flank, readily restoring
| Irfcsu1nc you are aware in Mobile as to
| what achievements are on the way from the
East. The feeling of our military men is san
gune and bnoyant, and no fear, beyond few
temporary inconrcnicnces and robbcr3es, is
| entertained Of the final result.
0fone thing, however, We may rest assured
| -t'ranf will not be economical Of his fank-
| ccs. Their term Of enlistment will soon be
up, and he must make some great attempt,
t no matter how .perilous and difficult, in or
der to Justify the stupendous expenses If his
I PAHpHNtnn- nrn In f$rnE Ertf,r IAN fn n
not soldiers?
lie is compelled to risk great, decisive
| engagement bctore mastering his troops out
OF teTvtce, and 1t will be immate.ial how
many 1nen he loses so long as lie can forward
exaggerated accounts of Confederate cucin.
cerlng aud rebel slaughter. lie has prob4b'y
4 month more to operate in. II he cannot
lind weak point in our dcfences, he will be
necessiiated TO take the bull by the horns,
and advance madly and desperately to certain
| destruction.
We are lucky in nh>ving all fighting Generals
| on the Biz Black. First, there il Lorinc the
one armed, who has done probably mole ira
yelling in the last two months than any other
man in Mississippi, and been sent to every
point in the department which required cner,
| r. aud courage to avert the Threatened dam
| ger Then Bowen, who led his MEN at Grand
Gull. was unhnrscd four times by hostile bul-
let's. Then Tfghlman, the old hero OF hun
dred desperate battles.
Colonel Pett-s, who is competent Judge,
estimates the Yankee strength to be between
forty and ffty thousand, distributed along the
road from Port Gibson to Big Black, aad
commanded by Gsaut in person.
The same correspondent says.
Ficksburg is now tho centre OF operations:
The military officers hive all, even to General
that city.
The two armies are now facing each other,
Inc t one eager for the impending battle, conf
;, aen1 ana ssh reliant, Notwithstanding the in.
eq1aiNy OF numbers; the other hcsitAtiag
and tca11ni TO advance. In spite Of its i'm 90.
sang pa1ssphernalia , and the boosting aud bius-
: with proper vigilance and prompt action
On the part OF the authorities and tue people
; Grant will most assu1edly be foIIcd il lis d.
: sfgns: 80 N@17 oe'
9 The 1firistipptan says:
HThe critical condition Of our affairs In hf,s.
1 &issippi, requiring the presence Of soldier
c whose reputation inspires universal confl,
dence. has caused the transfer Of General Jo.
scpl E. .IolEsln to that department, aud vs
: ltazu thai hc Is now G: rcu!- for YIcksburg.