The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-20

and Natchez Courier up - ne II 4lq lpst-, iroIn
which We make the f9Itwing fxtFacis:E-
THE yrcHT ON rns I'D AFvIc4strRc.
correspondent OF the CindinnIti cbmrner
eial gives long account Of the fight I'D yicks-
burg. which took place oqs the2 ult. Ae-
cording to this aeco unit the assAufHFas genel al
ainne the yhole ex tent Of the works, ianc was
meant 10 be made at 10 clock, but IL II tie
skirrnfshers had not advanced exeEpEi in front
Of two brigades. Gen. Sherman. bnlEhe left
advanced first, and succeeded, with hard fight
ing and heavy loss, in taking FBreeIfeJe f4ris.
Bot he was not.Homptly snpYorI4d aud re.
tired, 10 succession, the assault Wad dnade on
tho right and centre with partial @ueeess and
terrible losses; and, IN the same way the cap
tured works were Abandoned for want OF suffi. !.
eieHt support. Two companies OF The 7th His
souri, rushed into rebei work. and we're
captured. The loss OF officers was vety great
because the rebels sent out EharIshHotefs to
pick them of. E|l5l Eli f7fef
Col. Boomer, ofxhe e6th Msss udi. and Col.
DolIins, Of tho 8fst Illinois, were among the
killed In Stevenson's BrgaEle, The loss Was
three hundred killed and Wounded. Total
loss 1000; though there was = great tendency
10 exaggerate. IN eolne Division Hospital the
wounded were said 70 be tRodsanhs when Ire
thcnght two hundred would be large esti-
mate. ILL
IL is stated that a rebel couried lad been
patches from Penbertonx4pl Johhstdn. The
brrthsn OF the dispafch was, that Johnston
nhst not attack Grant with els lhau nifty
thousand; and a. such number foulh not be
massed in several weeks, without 1einfotcing
Hem fsnHessee and Virginia
No further assault would be made! Grant
was digging, and had already planted heavy
y guns Commanding part of ibe rebel works.
Cen. blair had made reeopnoissante below
the city. and had returned without inolesta,
tion from the rebels. lel
There bad been great frein th city, About
Washington square, caused by Federal shell
and the main part of the place was burned
Vicksburg, as the correspondent ,litnks
must surely fall.-M MississippA1a l2A
All eyes are now turned eagerly towards
Vicksburg. Tremendous firing has been Ileard
there for the last two days. aid inkelligeLee Is
70 the resqlt Of i is looked for With nlsense
most perfect condolences in the vapr and endu
rance Of our brave garrison When all The
circumstances OF tho various sieg@s and bonn
hardmeats Of VicksbuIg are " NeiEhed il viii
be conceded that the annals oft3Tar scarcely
furnish parallel TO the stubboIn Resistance
and unHinching heroism which khe has dis
played. Let her hold ont yet ahd her fame
win be more enviabls than Gibraltars or Sc
vastopel's. Let her sllIi hold opt and those
who have participated in her defense will de-
serve and receive the proudest laureis which
adorn the Southern hero's ehaplet. The graf
itude of a nation will be theirs. And she will
hold out. We are confident that IshB is inyin-
cible. few more repulses OF thd enetny--
the loss Of few more OF his tens pf thousands
aud Vicksburg will rise f3om the ordeal AoBiy
defiant and wreathed in perennial glory.
HfssisiPpi4Dl, Oh
THE FEDERAL ARMY AT MEcHAAIcsBuhG
We are informed by gentleman direct from
Vernon, that tie enemy are reported 1 800
sirong at. .Mechanicsburg, eight |or ten miles
west Of Big Black, in the direction 5f fSnyder's
Bluff
On Thursday, Col. Adams cavalry. were
driven TO the river by the cavalry Of the enc
my. Ii 10 also reported that Cen Walker was
attacked and defeated by sthe enemy, with
heavy loss.
LArER-A horseman. who arrived some
hours later than our first infprniaht gives quite
q different version Of the engdgelhent. lie
reports that our troops were lvictJfiuns, aud
took 4, ,0OG prisoners MsslssipHluh. 6fh.
THE BownAa HbusRl
In yesterday s edition we stopped the press
to announce the destruction ot this! the ouly
hotel in jackson. The alarm of fife was Civ
en- at twenty minutes past O'Clock, Wednes-
day morning. and so rapid was the progress
of the flames that in fifteen miHutes from lis
discovery the entire rbof on both wings fell
IL and ten minutes later the UPPER story was
ID hanes The fre originated ii 1lle top ~ the
house under the roof as there Vas no fire IN
The upper story when discevrredlby the senti
mel. 1f
Rumors. have been circulated that one o.
two persons perished in lhe flames. but is con-
tradlcted by the officers Of the house Ii has
been coniectured To be- the work Of an iucen-
diary but we are inclined 10 Attribute II 10
accident. 41A#i
The loss of this hotel is greht public ca
lamity, especially II ia impossible TO rebuild
al present. iElBlI
The building was insured foE $25 600 and
the furniture Tor S1O 900. All the furniture aud
other preparations OF the eskabl EshIhent were
lost. We understand that the loss pf- -Messrs
Daniel l. Co.. the propretors. ihI this respect
+ was $40 00O. = MiesissiPpia's. OF ths llLt.
Quite thrilling incident vas witnessed
yesterday morning (says the MissEssippian.)
while the Bowman House was bhruing Mai
Smyle, coInmandant of the post at this place
was ssenin the third story Of tile hotel Iaf.er
tho flames had overlapped nesEly the enfire
building. He had slept so sotindeg that be
knew not of the fire until it had nearly Com
peted its work Of destruction The stairway
WAS already crumbIing. There Eas no escape
but to leap from the window, a distance Of so
feet. With a perfect pressnHe 4f mind he
threw down his blanket and atira9 ed the at
lention Of the spectators below Some tout
our hve experienced 6remen belohging 10 d
Louisiana regiment, seized the blanket, aud the
Major took the fearful leap, weare happy to
say, without the slightest injury 70 hfmsslf.