The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-27
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TO THE FREEMAN.
O'CLOCK A. M.

7 O'CLOCK A. M.
WASHINGTON, May &c. The following ha
Jeen received at Headq uarters ofthe Army here
MEMPHIS, May 25-1l;3O A. M.
To MAJ. Gen. Haiieck:
The Luminary is just up from Vicksburg
There are no official dispatches. Ordnance off
Ger Lyford writes under date of May %, as fol
lows '.Our loss is not very heavy for the DO
sition we have gained. The rebels make firm
resistance. think weshall have the place to
morrow. We completely encircle the town anC
our men tonight have their colors planted or
the enemy's works, and are lying on the ex
treme slope The gun and mortar boats are il
front working away" EII1Na won
Our captures thus far are about 5000 prison.
ers aud "a pieces of artillery some of which
were destroyed. Gen. Grant is in good spirits
If we take Vicksburg we shall take 10000 pris
oners with Gen. Pemherton and all his stores
&c.
(Signed) S. G.. LYFoRD.
L. A. HURLBuRr /, Maj .-Gen.
WASHINGTON, May rs. The President, Sec
rotary of War the assistant Secretary of the
Navy, Gen Halleck and Gen. Hooker were in
council several hours at the Executive Mansion.
1t is understood that dispatch was received
to-day which states that another line of defences
has been discovered in the rear of -Vicksburg,
which it would be necessary to take by storm.
1t is reported and believed that Stewart has
sent about 100 men to reinforce Mosby to the
end of continuing the latter's depredations
around our lines. The impression prevails in
the neighborhood of Rappahannock Station that
Stewart is concentrating large body of his cav
airy between Culpepper G. Il. and Brady's Sta
ton.
Up to ten o'clock tonight, no later intelli.
gence from Vicksburg than that communicated
to the public to-day had been received by the
President 1t is not believed that Gen. Grant
himself has recently sent any kilograms to the
Government respecting his movements.
CHICAGO, May 26. A private dispatch was
received in this city to-day from an officer in an
Illinois regiment, dated near Vcksburg the Oath,
from which the inference may be drawn that
the city was not captured up to that time. The
dispatch says nothing as to what was done on
Saturday. +
WASHINGTON, May 26. Acting Rear Admiral
Porter, in dispatch from the Yazoo river da-
ted the 18th inst, says a few days since the
Mound City. Lieut.. Com. Byron w ilson came
UP as far as Warrsnton to reconnoiter. The
rebels have been engaged for some months in
building strong casemated water battery, in
tending to mount eight l0-inchr guns in it. r, n
On approaching the works Lt.A wilson sent
q party on shore to rcconnoiter On climbing
up the classmates to look i'd the party discov-
cred that company of artiersts had taken
refuge there, snpposng themselves secure. Our
men fred their revolvers into the crowd, and
warned the vessels that the rebels were about.
Wilson then commenced Smelling the fort, and
in short time the whole work was destroyed.
Tins ended in the space of an hour, a fort which
had taken the rebels five months to build work.
ing day and night. G. 4u~rr e.. .-...-v,
The rebels set all the houses containing their
stores on FIRE, the gunboats approaching, and
what they left ordered no be destroyed. War
renton had been a troublesome place, and merit
cd this fate.
New York, Ma, IS! < cincinnati p.p.r
contains the following
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF CENTRAL KY, }
.a5n93 c@ ,eLexingtons May %. &
have Just returned from an extended tour to
several on tposts on the Cumberland. The re-
Dor of large rebel forces in East Tennessee
have been much exaggerated 10 Tie principal
numbers are in Wayne County, Ky, under
Morgan and Wheeler The reports of reinforce
nents to Buckner are not reliable. Capt. Tul-
lays detachment of the 44th, which crossed
the Cumberland ford on a reconnaissance to the
Gap has returned. He advanced to the Gap
and captured all the rebel pickes, when the en-
envy Gsd; aNvthayingE fihisnf forcest TO ven
turs taking the Notifications, be fell back
whereupen The rebels pursued and attacked him
Facing about hs again routed them and safely