, 1863-07-14


erals Heron, ]. E. Smith and Logan marched
their divisions into the city from different d.
rections.
Starvation wus the immediate cause Of the
surrender. Mule meat had become quita
common lately, and not generally relished BY
The men. It Is thought singular By many
| that Ptmbertou should surrender to us on the
| Fourth The only reasonable conjecture
| given seems to be that the fear Of m extern
sive and prolonged cannonade WAS quite gen
era-
EMHERTo1 LOST HALF u15 ARMY.
The statement ia made that when Gen.
Grant landed In Mississippi, Pemberton had
under his command at Grand Gulf and Vieks-
burg over 60 000 men, and about l3Q pieces
Of artillery force larger thnn Grant army
at that.time. It is also said that the 1000
or 28, 600 now captured are the last OF his
army. Over one, half was lost By deaths,
wounds and desertions during the series Of
very largely by desertion ut Champions Hill
ard Black river bridge. What recordi In
two months and four days Grant destroys an
| army larger than his own, and takes the most
atrongly fortified position on the continent,
with comparatively small loss to his Own
| force! ...,:
TIE RESULTS.
vi,tna11p nnenine ths Misaissin7, qivar. ~ r.
occupation Of the best portion Of Mississippi.
and SO threatening the rear Of Br8gg's army
| that be must soon whip RosecraDs or fall
back; Mobile and other, points left unpro-
tscted; depression all through rebeldom, and
" THE FORGE N yucKsBuRo> =.
The rebel force in Vicksburg. is larger by
900 than ne anticipated. The whole num-
Der sar1endefed may not exceed Il, 900. We
had not calculated on more than 1900 or
5000 prisoners. 1 am not ret able to learn
the number Of their Killed and wounded
dur1pg the siege. They always appear sensi-
tiYe ABOUT their losses, and will not IS gen
that question. Citizens tell me that seven
or eight women, and some few children
and negroes we1e Killed by mortar
shells: There are at preaent about
four thousand sick and wounded in the diff
Hospital / over heard rabel cali ont to !
Federal soldier, ':look here md see how old
Porter has served your propertY,' pointing
at the hospital at the ea1no time The glass
Is nearly al broken by the explosion Of shells
IN the Vicinity; the root and brick walls aze
badly battered by pieces Of shells. But one
shell. passed into the building that dlscoY-
cred, and that one made an ugly hole.
THE AnMAMES1.
They claim tn have had over +uer+v +,,r,-
eond men 1T for Sntv A. +ha t,tsa snS5 ILLUS
der Tnciua;nr -n",fa a. suv - suttoa" tn
terjes. the nnmher ~ cannon taSan Iii pA nt
vorV mncb frn,o ona on hun51aa t'aTh Ts ~ nos
ra1ions :Tnotcr,s1 E;n5e a,d sS.,. tAGR H. ato u
1ority are heavy bruss field pieces and hovft.
zers. l saw few parrott guns and few
ritled guns OF other patterns. And all these
a,e s"id to have been captured from us since
ne. tne VIZ negnn. lnere vas one large brass
captured dn1ltg the Mexican War and taken
to New Orleans, and !. now recognized as
oelhe part o. Tue stralings Of Floyd, Buch-
anan q Co., The rebels havo q great passion
1oE pet1ng their guns and giving them names.
At Black River Bridge We captured two guns
ietteIed in fine style Lady Bowen" mud
lady Price:" rebel artillerynan was
leaning on twenty pound parrott gun and
as passed, i asked 4 1t was good one.
~ 1ae - 80 ~, slr LIT name ls Cfazy
YnrIecss', There Il renera1 nnnrn;nS2 Eu1
throughout the army At fba 1nsa ~ & Wh;s,
tling Hick.H He il known to nesr1V a1i mr.
amy, and to al he cunnoat and river men ona
wh,s,le which E ;mn,rted - ayarv t1'A1. ~
T. tIair 1.1rsst ,na1ee.hfs ~ ~ th.:y sno..
inch ahnt th,nn snJ 4 ~ soms tcs.t;I unit :.
Ionp range. II wasth;a rnn tR.t contro1,oI
+na5 5a.,th - ~" an.s 6un lnas eouttuS1
~ atn3t.sii1 ~ oas saehson9g Canal
tH& 1lFEf DlQcRAQ6 uufI fEr2DflY. when IT.
moved to the rear Of Vicksbnrg. saw but
very few gun carriages OF ,caiskons thxt had
not been injured BY our shots. Parts Of
wheels aud pieces are scattered IN every direc-
tion. But few sound wheels are to be seen.
AN moS aurs y1cKsnrRo
v3crshn-r A. .1,o+ ,,ort,a, - 1.,s .,,
tSa ~ ona1 PoeLaon ei and enclosed
~ ,rnn Piecas ns naata ~ anos5 n1etaiy oea
" psr;o,s s;sas ~ ~ o.sas eh snells ano snots
~ si5 IIa shapss, some ~ pieces
cnne]omprnta @ msas ~ Ihy s'1gs, ~ IN
saqr n,,n ,o,io af sh"3,s .y 9a htstole.
t,ns IeaSaence l;t+ia hanH ta1a net t 10 doos
1.ti,rotsa ~ ha me ht.15n eao 1sef, auu
rha T.en..atno ~ ~ - r. Iunueu % ~ ,nu1aoel
+hat +bay .rere III ostsaxaJ W. nglso T., me
fis hon:e "GP IL Il ts 1onr anu aoous
en- tho tofm 599gneht appt oaehng correctness
~ '10 1oe1A '4sA'outs 11ln ps'sseo-
AhAuk1T1oF.
We hare captured large amount of nmmu-
pition, principally grape and canister, and Of
small arms. Shells aud solid shot were not
rifles taken will far exceed the number OF
prisoners. Eacn man n tce trenches kept
TWO, three or 1our aoubly loaded for uso in
case o1 assault. Ihe men used ordinarily
Engilta [l1es. Inc extra guns. were mostly
sPIn,ghhslqa h adaa nna hRarpers FeEEy nuskets, and
s'"4eh ~ 11oso' nucnanan q Co.
. The general p1nnder that 1,,s f,11er ,o,o +bo
noseessfon nf the Gove,nn,ent +.annat ~ the
tetjmated1 1ho nmmher ~ boraes -. 35n,,,as ~
and Wagons. must be iau1a' All the ,ninaei. i
formerly belonging 10 Loring,s command
and many heionuiner n other 131is,n-,s 80 ~,
disposed of in tic samo way. ). It win be re-.
@emnerea tnas IT, ne @ iarEsr part Of Lorings
command ,s1 Naa cnt on M at champion Hills, aud !
9ia 1ot Ee1 lnso slcksonrg, as expected. |
Ia. p3a sI4aF1pg t4e transportation IN charge
t..C I ~ teac1lug mere Will tne tfanspor.
"a eatvn oa11 ~ tnG mno4a eommano. me amount
Ia Ia,gs s4@a1llhnso alhs u ana aoonI ne Town Is
ths nnfmae bei.n9;n1 mos ~ a1a nfcae. noF1es, s1
cansa +het y 9est they could for the good
Nuas tus ~. 2. a. alo not furnish forage. |
Nsat;y ,:.1a -! me 1ne horses belonging to OIL.
ehe}s rhpas5 5 n.ais, naVe neen Killed by our
the nccidents e1u'rmon rann sefy ntn muca resfet
has = stron@ nttacbH|aaar Heua1ne a. s9atheIn man
Ior.e - Ho3. 1senesns Mnoi, aa tos nls m7orlte
Elm Than HI rs,i uSn r.ina no,s inaspensaolo to
: -. ,.r., '-o "oo1o 1nensa''e'
ns eaA1aaIA OF TEE WORKS.
.,,1.n pug Ienel fnrt1hcat1ons every one seems |
suisappua1t1hea' IT. soon aIter Me arrived here and
the SemarS 10y to mn On nEe'genf i1 citizen nsde
~ b sdM;Aspus, d;aans, aaa "4en YOU 60 In you viii
,,.sona uT far Fhn a,.ta nonte not give MS
nn,.n..t;a a. ~ n9t 1fom prevtous
idea Of tie strene+h of the r. worIs aRp.'cd 70 o15
t1n1vMEe are d'ssnnofnte ~ ~ "1Ths Tha He q saa
fhnf etrenoth snd ao1;dtt1 .ha1t nLts H. - nus
Gated BY the external appearance. like The
waning Southern Confederacy, the best side
-r1An or rua wonTa
nu ,,o,..., eeI.. 1,-,-.>l
1ao Benelal pan OF tne "nole line or WORKS
..,.i ~, ~ nGsnlGuo; Natuie loTAed an irregular