Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
INCIDENTS AT vICKsBURG.

nj he'es 10 the Western papers from Vicksburg relate
many perlous incidents in the assaults upon the enemy
.otkI al that place. One of them SAYS:
"On the right Gen Sherman has StsaIas III
~ qnarey TO the foot of the parapet Our man lie n
dches on the slope of the paape on tbs aide of na M
no principal forts Unable to take it by storm they arc
determined not to retire The Federal aud rebel soldiers
ire not twenty i've fee apart Both are powerlss. to
hlct much harm. Each watches the other and dozan
luskels are href whenever soldier exposes himself
Dove the works On either side. Nearly the same condi
Ion OF things exists in McPherson's front His sbarp
shooters prevent The working If the enrmys pieces in one
two forts Fancy yourself lying thus the slope Of
Parapet, clngDg by your hands and knees only twenty
hve feet from fellow with sharp eyes aud true aim
who would think sport to knock you over aud you have
/ q good idea OF the perils OF the soldiers life 70
letter to the Chicago Journal dated Rear of Vicks
burg May 2o says OF the second assault on the rebel
works on the 22d ultimo:
"Storming parties of volunteer and fororn hopes
were advanced under OF field batteries and sharo
| shooters, aud supported by brgades The men moved
oravey and well into the field aud up the works but
| Ia VAIN We could not take the works The men dug
steps In the earthworks with their 0nets and placed
their coors on the rebel parapes neither party
coud remove tne every man who showed himself falling
| from the shot OF rlfeman
"Col. Humphrey, Of the Ninetyffth Illinois, was in
Gen. Ransoms brigade In the second assault his resi
ment was hesitatDg: Gen. Ransom called to HIM to move
forward dropping his sword in salute the General
he ordered, Forward Ninety fifth aud fell dead The
coIorbea was shot and fell at the same instant The
regiment wavered. Cen Ransom seized ibe coors ana
advanced in front of the ne three line officers .t their
places, came to the General and took the coors The
line advanced and those coors planted on the rebel
parapet
During the day the coors of the Ninth iowa
were planted on rebel parapet the coorguard digging
steps with their bayonets The colors remained in that
position seven hours Every Of the Ninth that at.
tempted to get them shot by the r-bs Euarv
rebel that essayed to touch them was winged by one Of
our sharpshooters The Ninth brought away the Flagstaff
aud about tWothrds OF the coors the rebels have per
haps onethrd. When coors are advanced TO such no
siton that every hand that essays feel the staff il
winged you can well understand that there is sharp
shooting"
The same correspondent gives the following summuv
OF the armys exploits and of the strength of the rebel
Notifications:
"Thls is the total of armys work In sxteen davs
It has marched hundred sixty miles fought va
battles, taken the capital Of Mississippi DESTROYED all
communication with the rebel army at Tuahoma can
ured thousand prisoners peces of art
ery eight thousand stand Of small arms seven miles If
heavy Notifications on the rebel right completely invested
the city In the rear and opened for a and perfect
line OF supplies During these sixteen days the army had
but four days rations from the depot of supplies
vicksburg is defended in the by works fifteen
feet In height with bitches feet wo ks stand
ing steep hsides every approach protected by rife
pits and covered by artillery 1t cannot be taken by az
sault, but will be taken 1t is doomed city. This morn
ing mine uni of the forts in front of Shermans
corps was blown up and the site is in our possession
Our loss so far about five thousand killed and wound
ed, perhaps less.'
NEAR VICKsBURG, MAY 80 1863
the time for several Days On one or two yioor
cannonadng has been kept up five or ten minutes
at points where real fanced movements Of the euemys
forces were being made then all would subsde AGAIN
Even the shapshooters would lie idle Spades are once
more trumps We are erecting earth-works to project
aud mining blow the face out Of one or two
prominent forts that nearly unapproachabe
The idea OF carrying the place by seems to be sban
doned and the safer aud plan Of starving Gen. Penn
berton into submission no finds favor every where
This morning the heaviest of the siege was
Kept up without intermssiOn nearly three hours New
batteries have been placed position and one hundred
and nifty guns playing the city at daylight The
hng was rapid beyond belief aud reports along the whole
line averaged per second for minutes together The
roar OF heavy sege-guns was awful and the earth was
shaken by the conclusion. At present. A. M there 10
a lul.
The latest official advces from yicksbure are to the
evening of Wednesday, the 81 instant at which time the
siege continued.
WALNUT HILLS, JUNE 2, 1853
Blars expedition has returned without the loss of
man Fy-slx miles of country, from the Big Black to
the fazoo, secured by troops Several bridges
grist mills aud cotton gins used to grind corn were de-
stroyed also large quantity OF cotton marked c. s. A.
The country towards Yazoo City is teemug with ag-
rcutural riches cattle sheep and hogs abound Flour
shing crops OF corn oats wheat and every
side Hundreds OF negroes sampeded the approach of
| our troops, aud followed them into the lines
Joe Johnston has not yet been heard from definitely
Is supposed he cannot raise sufficient force attack
| GraDt.
The annexed private letters from officers Of Com Por
ter's feet are published:
In FRONT VIcKsBURG JUNE l. 1853
was IN rife-pt yesterday, twenty yards from the
enemys lines, Shermans front The poor devils have
had all their guns silenced and can't fire shot They
throw hand grenades on who are working away
underneath their FORTS and who throw them back again
You may talk of Sevastopo and Maako it baby
W rk to this Nothing yet equaled the work Of
soldiers In getting up these works You would have 10
see it to believe it, All the Richmonds would be nothing
to the onetwenteth of the miles of works these
devils have thrown up 'front.' and the distractions they
have left behind our army for miles If we can ever
get reporter to tell the truth, he will write tale of more
interest than any that has been published for century
Now and then we sink vessel. get sunk but we
will pump the water out of them the town alls
which will certainly be in ten days.
NEAR VICKsBURG JUNE l. 1863
There is nothing TO comm unicate except the re-
turn OF second expedition up the Yszoo They returned
perfectly successful having destroyed eight transports and
large amount OF cotton and other vaubs and captured
some prisoners and provisions The condition aud posi-
ton OF our army in the of Vcksburg is still good and
4 Gen. Grant is confident OF never saw such
line OF deiences IN front of Gen. Shermans lines
At places parallels within fifty yards of the
enemys works aud lie down directly under the
guns of the rebels If assault is made with ten thou
sand men they cannot help taking the city The enemy
cannot have hous and their works. and Grant
Gays he whip any renio cemens they can bring No.
/ Our mortars still bJmbarding VcksburQ and doing
great deal Of good We have killed great number OF
bef cattle and done great deal of damage Our gun
boats below come up every night fle slowly during
the night
An officer has just come up from Banks and reports
i HIM IN the that He has closely