The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-06-10
From Vicksburg.

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ult., says:
We learn from Col. Wm. II. cambridge,
of Gainesville, that a despatch was received
in that place from Gen. Pemberton 10 Mrs.
Psmberton, dated Yicksburg, Saturday
evening, May %, in which he says ave
have repulsed the enspy the sixth time,
with great slaughter. think the worst 10
over, and Vicksburg is now safe" This
despatch was brought to Jackson bv Il
Lieutenant Of Gen. P.'s staff, and sent by
telegraph from that city TO Gainesville.
The Mobile Advertiser and Register, Of
the 2sth ult., says:
Gen. Grant having made seven assaults
npon Gen. Pemberton = entrenched lines ut
Vicksburg, and having been bloodily 70.
pulsed in each, has gone to ."dig2ing."-
This means regular ajege operations and
an attempt to starve y garrison that he can.
not whip. Meanwhile. he leaves his dead
Yankees unburied under our works, with
out any proffer under Asg of truce to give
them the decent in;erment which they are
entitled to; at least, at his hands. Grant
evidently thinks that the dead carcasses
of the poor wretches he has sent to slaugh.
ter will be more serviceable to the "best
Government the world ever saw on top
Of the ground, than under It. The stencil
arising from those fostering bodies will an.
noy the confederates. and that is reason
enough for a Yankee, Government to out.
weigh oil the considerations Of decency
and humanity. Can he starve out Vicks
burg! Not in q hurry, certainly. II is
well provisioned for some months, and half
HA@ e., l. a L.
possession Of Snyder's Bluff gives him
large advantages in his proposed siege. 1t
enables him to shorten DIV line Of commu
nications With his base of supplies, and a.
voids the danger Of turning the batteries on
tho river front, or the expense and delay Of
. long transportation around Vicksburg on
the Louisiana shore. Meantime, the inter.
est Of the situation del ends, and the eyes
and energies of both belligerents will in all
probability, be turned and concentrated up.
on this point. II is not unlikely that the
great battle Of the war--perhaps the deci.
sive bsttls-will be fought within cannon
hearing Of the Hill City. From the DEATH
like quietude on Rosencranz's lines, il 10
promised that Grant has been reinforced
from the Tennessee army.
Tho Yankess will need great numbers
for the work before them, and they will
send them. We shall want them, and they
are gone and going. We should not be
muci surprised to fEd both Rosencranz
and Bragg transferring their long expected
fight 10 Tennessee to the coil Of the Miss,
issiPpi Valley, and then may begin the pro.
phstie battle Of Armsgeddon.
Gen. Johnston Is quietly massing pow.
kuV =
just received leads us TO believe that his
numbers are already greater than we have
supposed. In . short timo one hundred
thousand Copfsderatss. will be already to
dispute the sovereignty Of the lower Mis-.
sissippi, and, il victorious, re.establish the
freedom Of Louisiana The fate of empires
hangs upon the struggle being inaugurated
on the banks Of the Mississippi. We re-.
pose in full confidence in the genius and
patriotism Of our General and the god. like
valor and heroisn Of our un.quaied sol.
disrs.
JAcKsoS, June l.-Grant demanded the
surrender Of Vicksburg on Thursday, piv.
ipg three days. Psmbsrton wants but 81.
teen minutes, and says he will die 10 the
trenches first. The Federal troops are de-
moralised, and refused to renew the attack.
On Saturday. the gun bosts were firing hot
shot. The Federal loss 10 $4,000 to 10000,
including Generals Kerr, Lay, BurdridRs
sal Others. Port Hudson 10 invested.
NoRrHsls REroIrs.
The Nashville Dispatch contains the fol-
lowisg despatch from Vicksburg, dated
Saturday Grant drove the rebels to their
lsss sntsssshnsais. The Federal loss ws'