Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-28
LATEST NEWS.
BY ELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
the LEWIS FROM VlCKSBURG.
THE SITUATION LAST FRIDAY.
ALL THE w A'rER BATTER
IES ia KEN.
Pemberton Offers to Surrender, but his
Condition is Refused.

CHICAGO, May PA special dispatch from
Cairo to the Journal, says that paroled pris-
| oners who left Sherman's Landing on the 23d
say that just before leaving they conversed
with the bearer of dispatches from Pember-
ton to Johnston, who had been captured. The
dispatch bearer says the number of rebels in
Vicksburg is between $4,000 and 10000. On
Friday morning Gen. Pemberton sent a flag
of truce to Gen. Grant, offering to surrender
Vicksburg if Gen. Grant would allow the reb-
els to lay down their arms and march out
The offer was refused.
Thursday the rebel batteries on the hill
north of the town were taken and turned on
the enemy. On the evening of the same day
the water batteries at the foot of the hill were
captured. The same evening the water bat
teTies below Vicksburg were taken by Por-
ter's mortar boats. Friday, after the refusal
to accept PembeTton's terms, Gen. Grant
''moved on his works. and the rebels were
driven to the inner Notifications.
Gen. Logan guards the Black river bridge
Gen. Grant feels certain that he will be able
to take care of Johnston. The latter has
only about 10000 men, exclusive of what he
may have by reinforcementS. Gen. Grants
army is larger than is generally supposed
quite numerous enough for the work in hand.
1t stretches quite around the doomed city,
each wing resting on the Mississippi river
Vicksburg is full of women and children;
not only the original inhabitants are there, but
many who have come in from the surrounding
country for safety.
a special dispatch to the Times "copper"
head, dated three miles east of Vicksburg,
on tine 10th, says :-"Our wounded at the bat
tie of Champion Hill number over 1900 The
enemy's loss is acknowledged to be not over
half that. We had about 20 900 troops en-
gagged, and the rebels about TO- 900, according
to the accounts of their wounded. We took
5000 prisoners, and about 5000 at the battle
of the bridge. Gen. Sherman crossed on a
| pontoon bridge. Mcpherson and McCler-
nand's forces built three bridges on Sunday
night, and crossed their commands by Mon
| day noon.
BY four o'clock the advance of Sher-
mans corps, under Steele, reached the
enemy's works back of the city, and took
aposition on the right on the bluffs above, and
| commenced the bombardment. Gen. Nc
PherSon planted his command in front or in
our center. Gen. McClernand took the ex-
IRENE left, reaching almost to the river be-
low. All possibility of escape is cut off Eve
ry living man, woman, or child, must fall into
our hands. All the forenoon yesterday, the
18TH, the different brigades were taking posi-
ton, forming lines of battle, &c.
AT two o'clock on the 10Th the battle began
in earnest. There had been skirmshing all
the forenoon. Gen. Steele drove the enemy
from several forts and took one complete line
OF Notifications fronted by rifle pits. His ex-
IRENE right rested on the river bank under
the bluff at shutdown. His division fought GAL
lantiy all day, though hungry, dirty, foot sore
and sleepy Sherman's left and McPherson's
right are in supporting distance Both ad-
vanced their lines of skirmishers to within so
yards OF the breastworks, and their artillery
within 900 yards; and they are in position at
these distances. This morning Gen. Nc
Clernand is not progressing so fast. but is
doing well. We lost about fifteen hundred
killed and wounded yesterday. This morn
ing simultaneous assault will be ordered on
the enemy's works, l understand from all
points.
WASHINGTON, May Midn,qht.-The
last official intelligence from Vicksburg is to
4 o'clock Sunday morning when all was rep
resented as going on we'll
LOUISVILLE, May 27.-Passengers from
Nashville report that large portion of the
rebel army is leaving Tullahoma. it is sun
posed in the direction of Vicksburg.