Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-06-05
ADVICES FROM GRANTS ARMY.
Position Of our forces around
Vicksburg.
Reported removal Of Hunter coll
tradicted. -s-
Burnside'S recent order denounced
by the Illinois Legislature.
National Canal Convention.
COpperhcad Peace Convention in
New York.

...- New YORK, May 81.
The HeralIs Washington dispatch says
the Government has no intelligence from
Vicksburg later than the Goth, when Grant
was progressing favorably.
The silence of the Richmond papers is con-
sidered an augury that nothing has occurred
at Vlcksburg encouraging to the rebels.
The correspondent OF the Post, dated near
Vicksburg, the 22d, says: @
This is the fourth day that Grants army
has lain around the entertainments of Vicks-
burg. During that time there have been
daily battles, and continual canonading. At
least 1000 of Our men have been placed hors
du combat in the several charges ordered
against the rebel earthworks.
During last night the gunboats and NOR
tars in front Of Vicksburg kept up continual
fire, and several buildings were burned by
the exploding shells. ... ..a
At eight o'clock this morning the cannon
aiding commenced along our entire line front
ing the enemy's works. The rebels guns
were dismounted and cmbrazures torn out
Their parapets and caissons were destroyed
The rebels were powerless to reply, as our
skirmshers were close to their works, uner-
ringly picking off the rebel gunners.
Smiths corps and Osterhaus' division charged
through the murderous cross and cnfilading
fire, close up to the rebel works, where an
impossible ditch with sharp stakes was en-
countered. Our men planted their flag di
rectly in front of the fort, and crouched down
behind the embankments out of range of the
rebel fire. The rebels inside the fort could
not show their heads above the parapets with
fwOv, how oh
and could only effect anything by cutting off
the fuse Of shells, lighting them, and then
rolling them out over the outer slope of the
embankment. Subsequently our boys, with
picks and shovels, dug a breach into one of
the forts, and this was taken.
One fort was CALAMITY taken by storm by
Carr's division.
During the three days we lost five killed,
including three Colonies, and fifty wounded.
Steele's force is reported to have lost l 900
men.
The HsralGs dispatch from Washington
says the reports tonight justify the belief
that Segar is elected in the Accomac District,
and Kitchen in the Alexandria District, Of
Virginia.
New York. June 1.
An extra of the Havana Diara of the oath,
received by the steamer Sheldrake, reports
the arrival at Havana of the French war
steamer Darien, from Vera Cruz, with dis
patches from Gen. Forey, announcing the &C.
cupaton of Puebla by the French forces I'M
der his command. The prisoners include
Gen. Ortega, % other Generals, 900 other
minor officers and 1900 men. 1t appears
that on the 10th Gen. Forey opened with
heavy artillery on the fort, and on the 18th
breach was effected. The French troops then
moved to the assault, and after desperate re-
sistance entered the place, when Gen. Ortega
surrendered Internationally. On the Goth
one division of the French army S arted for
the City of Mexico. ,qig
New YORK, June ].
Memphis papers Of the 2Sth state that the
Bulletin confirms the statement that Grant
invests. 1t also states that our forces have
succeeded in taking portion Of the rebel
works. The forts remaining to be taken are
very formidable and command the entrance
to the town. Several charges have been made
upon them, but with little success.
The rebels seem to think their position is
impregnable. The river batteries have been
mostly silenced Sherman is on the right
two miles from Haines Bluff. McClernand
one and half miles from the Court House in
the centre, and Mcpherson at the lower end
of Vicksburg. The report that Pemberton
offered to surrender Vicksburg on terms is
confirmed 1t is also believed that the re-
ported arrival of Banks forces at Warrenton
is true.
CAIRO, June /.
The Memphis Bulletin of Saturday gives
an account of two skirmishes between our
cavalry forces and the rebel rangers under
Col. NJ G. Crellis, and with 4th Illinois from
Germantown. They encountered rebel
force and drove them south of the Tallahatchie
with loss of six killed and three MORALLY
wounded. The other under Major Walker,
9th Kansas, from Helena five miles out, on
the 25th ult.
He encountered force of rebels and had a
sharp skirmish. The Federal loss was five
killed and twenty three wounded.
Sergeant Joseph Griffith, of company l,
22d Iowa, on the 22d ult at Vicksburg, with
eleven men, charged rebel work and took it.
After holding it some time the rebels retook
it, killed the eleven and knocked the Sergeant
insensibe He recovered consciousness Just
as ten rebels in the fort had fred their
muskets at our forces. He sprang to his feet,
caught his musket, took the rebels all prison.
ers and marched them into the Federal lines.
Gen. Carr is not hurt as reported.
Gen. Hovey has not been injured nor has
Gen. Steele. The prisoners that have arrived
here to-day are as follows 3 Colonies, B Lieut.
Colonies, 5 Majors, staff officers, 40 Cap
tains, As Lieutenants, 65 I'd Lieutenants, IL
Sd Lieutenant 100 non-commissioned officers
and 1920 privates.
/ New YORK, June g.
! The steamer Arnold, from New Orleans,
gath, arrived this morning.
i A dispatch in the Era, of the Oath, dated
Port Hudson PLANES, 22d, says: Yesterday
Augers whole division was engaged in a
nine hours fight on Port Hudson PLANES,
four miles in the rear of Port Hudson, on
Bayou Sara road. The rebels were thor
oughly whipped, and left large number of
killed and wounded on the field
The rebel Gen. Gardner sent in flag of
truce at midnight, asking permission to bury
their dead. We took 1000 prisoners. The
enemy was driven three miles from his first
position, and Anger bivouaced on the field
of battle. Our loss was IL killed and Sc
wounded. The lis New York and I'd Loui-
siana regiments suffered most. Our men
fought with great bravery.
NEW YORK, June 2.
The Heralds Washington dispatch states
that intelligence has been received through
rebel channels that Vicksburg has fallen. A
verifcation by our own advices is awaited.
The Times dispatch says that Hunter has
been relieved of his command of the Depart
ment of the South, and Gen. Gilmore succeeds
him. ..s e
! A reconnaissance to Warrenton, to-day,
developed rebel movement in that direc-
ton. ..s
About two thousand Western troops. quar-