Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02
FROM YICKSBURG.


The editor Of the Atlanta Confederacy has ~
interview with Mr. n F. Coz, who left Vcksburg me
10Th ul, and brings cheering intelligence from the be-
leagured city and the men under command OF General
Pemberton The Confederacy says
ge was several days in reaching Jackson, and had II
number of military adventures and hair breadth escspes
lie brought out with hm very important dispatches for
General Johnston which were safely delivered aud ia
due tmc We would take great pleasure in describ
The manner of his getting out from Vicksburg, aud the
thrilling incidents connected herewith If it were piu
dent &C will only say that be came right through TIC
Yankee lines aud though bis escapes were narrow he
was no; Mt any time arrested. We will leave it for "a
keedom TO guess how lie passed through them wthoG;
being taken or suspected
lie saws that perfect confidence prevails among 0'r
men They are fully able to hold Vicksburg as long ss
they have anything TO eat The utmost enthusiasm PFC
walls among them Genaral PembeTOn. Strange hoT
changes eau be wrought in the vi Wa OF menl When
PemberOn with his army retired before Grant, after the
battle of Bakers Creek, aud came into Vcksburg the
81 lers almost TO despsed him. aud some few ex
cted him TO surrender the city at Since he has
shown his fighting qualities and his deterEnaon TO hod
the place their admiration for him knows 10 bounds
Soldiers always love brave lighting commander; AMI
soldier who may even he a coward himself desplses
General or Colonel, or Captain who not brave
Our total loss At Yicksburg in all the assaults which
the Yankees had made ppou it up 10 the time Mr. Cox
left was CPS, of whom only l22 were killed.
Grants bitches are within one hundred yards Of Gu
Notifications in one place. but nobody is uneasy about
this lie was mini and Pembarton was couniermining
when he left.
Psmberton has provisions enough 10 last him -
months Nobody is in 4 hurry. All seem content TO
wait the '.Good Time Coming" No sign OF starvation;
no alterng in enthusiasm confidence the part ci
the soldiers or the people.
correspondent Of the Charleston Courier writes from
jackson, June 18th, as follows:
talked with gentleman just from VickSbnrg. lie
escaped from the city by euding The pickets-of whom
there are seven different esand, az great risk, made
his escape TO Jackson. lie reports everything encCurG
ing; plenty of provisions for from forty TO sixty day.,
aud that the city can be held against all odds so long
provisions hold out. Our oss reported at from three
hundred TO six hundred. Among the killed are several
citizens and two ladies'. The damage to the city gene
ra y is nconsiderabe One extensive business block ON
Washington street destroyed by hire.
CRAFTS loss up 10 this time is generally believed n
be about 80 900, and renioreements 10000. An int.
ligcnt and observant gentleman who has just CONF
from inside their lines says their loss Il IN the negi
borhood Of 10000, and reinorcemenis 25,OOO L. Is
supposed we have 25,O00 troops in Nicksbufg. Our
cavalry scout as far a. Big Black. Gen jackson has
5000 or 4 600 cavalry between Brownsville and
Black Our cavalry cross the river and capture amt
bring to this side numbers OF cattle day or i~"
ago. party of our men captured 10 Yankees aud 90
head Of cattle.
hear that Gen. jackson is Anticipating Yank, c
raid against the railroad between Jackson and Cohtor
and il preparing for (. The railroad between JArh
son and Vicksbug is almost entirely d--i-'.--.,
pos burned Il viii oo5s IN tim 10 repair the
damage done to the Southern Railroad. This road -
an important line of communication and it will be 10
the interest OF the Government to aid the company ~
rebuilding the road
Our line of deienccs at yicksburg eIeud aboutsevtn
miles in n semcirce around the city. Grant as mar"
approaches within fifty yards OF cur works lie las -
Il reported from 100 QUO to 600 men. Negro steal
ing has been carried on to perfection. Some who e
capped from the Feds" report having seen numbers Il
negro regiments Our scouts have captured negro
lieutenant and fifteen negro men. The Yankees lost
terrible number in their assaults on our works among
which were great many negroes
| could make good conjecture As 10 the loce oil
Gen. Johnston but don't choose TO furnish the eneny
an opinion on the subject. lie needs and hear, will
have rcinforcements. His forces are between Big
Black ard Canton and his headquarters are at Jack
son.
Generals Dick Taylor, Kirby Smith, Price, Mar.
maduke, are all along the other side OF big Mud
dy."
General Walker, of Taylor's command, captured 800
wagons loaded with provisions for Grant, together wiLI
teams and drivers
hear of real Yankee trick to get provisions past
our batteries but our boys oo sharp for them
They had ashed barrels of pork to RATS of logs aud
the barrels sinking of sight, nothing but the logs
visible. L. is said captured 800 barrels IN one
lot
We daily looking for Johnston to attack Grant
We have every confidence in Johnston and Pemberton.
Port Hudson holds out brayely. No apprehension is
felt for that place. We have repulsed tho enemy TWEEN.
ty-seven different times there Provisions are plenty.
May God Gown efforts wiki success in the defence
of these two important points.
Crops are fine, aud the prospect is that "smlllrg
plenty" will the year. 1t predicted that wheat
will be cheaper than meal The wheat crop is hue
here.
short time must tell the tale Of victory or deea
Gen. Johnston is sure man, and seldom strikes until
he is ready and then his blows fail hard.
DIED.
Al The rtsence Thomas Ellis In MsnEie1 count. 90