Year: 1863

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The situation at Vicksburg is more
clearly made known by the dispatches
elsewhere given. It seems to be as fol-
lows: Gen Grant is still closely invest
ing the city. He has been strongly rein
forced. He is confident in his ability to
check and rcpcl the interference Of Joe.
johnson with lis position and hold upon
vicksburg. The latter is reported to be
approaching the Black River Crossing,
and our forces were being strongly placed
there, The bridge destroyed at that place
was over one mile long and eighty feet
high. 4 prominent railroad man, now of
this city, associated with its original con-
construction, says that this bridge cannot
he rebuilt in less than six months under
the most favorable circumstances At
present the Black Rirer forms q strong
rear liuc Of defence for Gen. Grant


The bombardncnt Of the city still con
1inucs, and the people are driven to resort
to cellars and excavations in the earth, to
avoid our shells. The supply OF food is
scanty, rs is shown by every class Of testi-
mony, that Of the rebel papers included
Pcmbcrtou recently attempted to relieve
Ills st1ait by sending out the families Of cit
izcns, and their negroes Gen Grant kept
the hitter and ordered the return Of the for
1ncr, to share the fate Of the city, which
must soon fill into our hands. The full
correspondence and lists Of names Of killed
and wounded, which we give in another
: column, will command wide and close Pc
11!sal, from the close interest Illinois las in
the operations of Gen. Grant.


A day Of more than ordinary excite
1nents, eaw temporary, but harmless in
tcnsifcation in the events Of last evening,
and at midnight our streets were quiet rs
nsual. On such occasions Of strong pub
1ic feeling, facts arc developed whose exist
cnce are dissemblcd in more quiet and
peaceful times. Thus, Yesterday proved to
I'LL our citizens the existence of an element
Of disloyalty here as genuine, and ven
omous as any that will greet Vallandigham
in his new home. 1t showed up in unex-
pected quarters faltering and timorous
loyalty, as mean and cringing as any that
has before this been frightened By Copper
head vnporings into creating stumbling
blocks in the path Of the Government.
It gave a shaping Of good law into a
mean purpose, even as square block may
be lcwcd to fit round hole. Yet orer
and above all these, even as the spots on
the sun bear small relation to the sp1en-
dor Of the orb itself, Yesterday proved Chi
cago to be fully and overwhelmingly loyal,
with IN ability to spare get other thou
sands Of her citizens to the field, and still
have in reserve enough to throttle home
treason.


Very appropriately, Gen. Burnside is
his own commentator, in our columns this
morning. His order No. 80 strikes at the
root Of the whole matter. Every loyal
man will give it careful reading. Every
disloyal man will not fail to read it. The
satisfaction it will give the former, viii be
twin birth to the discretion it will awake
in the latter. Gen. Burnside has brought
lis guns 10 bear on the ''fire in the rear"


4 letter from our own Viclsburg cor
respondent detailing later events, and Civ
ing long list Of killed and wounded, will
be found on the third page. It will be
perused with deep interest,"


The Union League are to hold an open
air meeting in the Court House Square to-
night. The speakers On this occasion will
comprise numerous list of distinguished
gentlemen. Wepublish the call elsewhere.
It is unnecessary to urge the loyal men to
turn out