The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-13

RICHMOND. VI
LATEa fAtn The noRTH.
We ars indebtAd y ths courtesy Of Han,
Robert Ouk, cenmissionsr Of sxehanae. 70,
1ls of New York papers Of The sth iraf. r.
esivsd By dag Of ts1se Thursday. The Sollov.
Ing = fron the 'sitaaticn" article In tho He.
raid:
s1on rHs KAPsAHAHsoeK-LAfai rxon vrcxs
Reports rseslvsd in waahinston veaera.v
ay that The n!se division Of the sfxth any
hank of the river which they oceuplsd on ia
day. They hsl advanced no fnrfkef 1han tL1
open plain behind the rifls pits fron whieh m
enemy were driven. 4 visit 20 the ifont dis.
closed ehe enemy In unusually strong foree h
h1s OLD position on the right, lea and font Of
on. advance column. The enemy @e CONSTANT.
~ busy. and large columns seem 10 be moviua
Up ana taxing position to await further opera
0sn. Hooker was across the river, and visit-
60 the picket lines on Saturday. The picket
filing On that day was almost continuous; but
sinoe then our pickles have been nearly unmo-
Tested. The enamy appear 10 be in lasge fOrce
on the south side Of the river, and itcannot be
aecerfained whether any considerable poition
Of Less army have been Withdrawn.
hte rad Of our troops, with the assiat-
ance Of three gonboets, up the Mastapony
river into King William county, Va, which
Wa directed By Gen. Ksyes from Yorktown,
has resulted II dssidsd sucoese, After meet.
t1g With sl1ne bsisf l1aaAee fIon !; -
cnemy ON troops destroyed rsbsl lbnhdryat
Aylets's. togsthsr with several mills. ma
chine shops, Lumber yard, and four Govern
pediuon was commanded by Lieut.. Col Tevis.
and retornsd to Yorktown on the 9th inst. At.
Ter accomplishing q very successful result
with tsifing lose.
A Dispatch from near VicksbuFa. dated on
the I'd Of June, reports the return Of General
B&ir's expedition through fifty six miles Of
country, from tho Big Black to the Yazoo, and
eleven miles below Yazoo City. Several
bridges and number of grist. mills and cotton
large quantity OF cotton belonging to the
rebele. The country towards the Yazoo is
said TO be teeming with agricultural riches
Cattle, sheep, and hogs, abound In ali direc.
tions. Floufisbing cropg of corn, oats, wheat.
and rye. are seen on every side Hundreds of
negroes tied at the approach Of our troops,
and followed them into our lines
Telegrams from Memphis, to the Sd inst
say that Gen. Osterhaus was watching Joe
Johnston on the west side of Black river
bridge with an entire division, ready to inter-
cept his junction with Gen. Pemberton. Gea.
Johnston had shown himself with strong
force near the bridge on the Let and "a inst.
but fell back again to jackson on encounter.
ing the hre OF our troops. The same authority
states that communication with Gen. Banks is
kept up ON the Louisiana shore, that gueriIlas
hnkrx r L.
and Grand Gulf with impunity, and that every
negro with Federal uniform. On il hung a.
soon as captured.
The formidable batteries along the Missis.
s:ppi, on the first line above the water bat.
teries, are all silenoed save one at the extreme
upper part of Vicksburg, which mounts two
heavy guns and two 2S-pounders. The rebel
of very heavy calibre. Our forces have
mounted six heavy guns in front and battery
bearing diagonally at that point
Di.PArCAKs FROM vJCKsBURa.
The dispatches from Gen. Pemberton to
Gen. johnston, captured On Thursday. read
"Our forage is all gone. The men are on
quarter rati0nA The ammunition IL nearly
exhausted. We can hold cut ten days"
On Friday General Grant ordered every
gun in position TO throw shells into Vicksbur9.
In one hour thirty-six hundred were safeiy
lodged in the city, but with what effect is not
known.
Cairo, June IA steamer from the Yazoo.
Wednesday, has arrived.
The rebels burned the upper works of the
gunboat Cincinnati
The fire in Vicksburg on Monday night was
caused by the explosion of our shells. One
whole aide of Washington Square was de-.
stroyed.
The planting of siege guns was progressing.
IL was the intention to open fire ON tho en-.
emy with them along the whole line on We'd.
nesday.
Our lines have been drawn in 90 that in
many places the armies are within speaking
distance.
- 9Chsckas0w Bayou, Monday. June l, via Ca
iro, 5.-l have no important change to report
OF matters III the rear of Vicksburg. Grant is
well up to the ensmy's works. Logan has
planted battery Of heavy siege gums within
IOO yards OF the rebel forts, and constructed a
covered pathway from behind high hill,
through which his gaDnsrs can pass to and
man still hold all the ground they have occu-
pied.
FRkI sP1aCH AHD FIRE. PRESS In CHICAGO
scksxs II THE CITY.
The revOkiog Of Burnside's order suppress.
ing the Chicago Times, by Lincoln, has been
published. 1t was brought about, it seems, by
threats of the people that, If the Times was
suppressed, the Chicago Tribune (nieger.
worshipper) Office would be mobbed and de-.
stroyed. A secret meeting Of Republican,,
with few prominent Democrats, was held,
to adopt petition to Lincoln for the revoca-
ton of the order. The following are ihe reso.
lutions:
Whereas, In the opinion of this meeting of
citizens of all parties, the peace of this city
and State, If not the general welfare of the
country, are likely to be promoted by the sus-
penaiOn or resembling OF the recent order of
Geaeral Burnside for the suppressioAeof the
Chicago Times Therefore,
Res0lred, That upon the ground Of sxpedi-
sncy alone, such of our citizens a. cAcur In
this opinion, without regard to pasty, are
hereby recommended to unite In q Pc .,tion to
the President, respectfully asking the suspen.
sion or rsseinding of said order.
The undersigned, in pursuance Of t.. above
resolution, respectfully petition the Pr~sident,s
favorable confederation and action il sccord.
ance Herewith. Which was unanimously
adopted.
Senator Trumbau and Representative Ar.
mold announced their intention to telegraph
the President to give this resolution his seri-
ous and prompt consideration.
The committee were directed to oond the
resolution aud petition BY Telegraph to the
President
The Chicago Times, of the 5th, chronicles
the scenes ct the meeting there on Wsdnes.
day: