The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1863, Page 8

“quarter. He has most diligently labored for that end, 4 WWkEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBP,gaRy 5, 1963. Se -— Pore nn A i prawn A a i i . ‘The city, under the tnilitary management, wae, =. / hever quicter. Disorder ‘kenvess, thefts, robbories, 4 fires, &c., which nded, are comparativery Un~ yr; known. ur potice is a dull placo, and the loc#? a s va columns of our journals are poorly supplied with semaatinny reports. Cd ‘most start Teports daily reach us of outrages by ~ NATED tee ett an ‘our soldiers al! too tae Tine st ths tba and Charles: ton Railroad. The Seventh Kansas regimont of cavalry are particularty mentioned as the perpetrators of ontrages: | for which their officers ought to be dismissed the services: Fences are pulled down and burned, hogs, cattle and fowls. Vicksburg to Port Hudson---The Fiel@ of the Ceming Struggle on the Mississippi. killed, horses aud mules stolen, houses-burned, znd 9i)'age> wud rapwe aro their common, every day pursuits, 3m ladies have bad their clothes on their persons truwn.s over their heads, on the pretoxt that they had maney cx their peréons which they would not give up. lation as has followed in their can never be adequately shadow: to be seen to be appreciated. O mand thoir men are guilty, and should be raade wo gutter vel deso - in mop the Ya vays. We have net beard of any of the boate having made their appearance at Yo inu’s Point yel, Let them come ‘om; we are ready te meet them. The Vicksburg Whig of to-day says:— ‘There were indications yeaterJay of the return of the mp atieet. A heavy smoke was) aile all day ubove You int. Porsems who were tasing observations from Jeast ten boats urt House give It as tbe opinion th were mov ing down, Letex,—Re liable information was received here yesterday Alteraovn tint fifty transports and three gunboats passed Grocuvilie on Tuceday aiternoon, coming down, DRATHS OF UNION 91.0! IN THB VICK*BURG HOSPITAL, {Compiled {vom th Wiitiam Veugh, Co, 0, 640 Daniel Patterson, Co. K, 16th Ohio, Charles W. Hyde, Co. K, 13th Minot Thom is Bobb, A, 16th Ohio, January 25, Plorence shines, Co, D, 58th Obie, Januiry 18. John tarding, Co. A, 58th Unio, Jannary 19. & Laks) GRA’ ON TOR RANKS Cy (48 MTSSUERIPPT, Abvot Uhpeo hugdred yards above tho Lead of the canal theo is a.camp which was used by ur soldiers last sum- mer. |t looked entirely deserved, Apparently no living ‘hing had béen near it for many months. At one side hero was a row of graves, ten in number. On one of them there was @ headboard—spiit iu halves now—with this inscription on it:-"'S, S, Stevens, died July 17, 1862, aged 38, Seventh Vermont regiment.” ‘The other boards ne Our Cairo Correspondence. Carmo, Jan, 31, 1863. Active Operations—About. Movements—Our Army Corsrs- pondents—When the Altack Will Commence—Death of* Colonel Stewart—Gunboats Versus Batteries—the Vicks. burg Canal, de, Affairs down the river, though quiet, wear an interest. ing appearance and augur active operstions within a short time. Below I give you the present formation'ef General’ Grant’s army by corps, from which some iden of the atrength to be hurlet against Vicksburg at tho approach™ ing assault may be cathered. [We bave receive d tho pian of organization, but enppree® its publication for :uilitary roasons.—Ep. Hinarn.} ‘The two last corps comprise the present Army of Ove ‘eunesseo, and, with the exception of the forces jp the: several districts performing garrison doty, wit mainly- proceed to’Vicksburg to assist im the campaign sgaiuap» that stronghold, Ms Correspendents have written and telegraphed from this. point and from Memphis all manner of statements regard+ ing the anticipated movement, and these statements aré~ #© various and conflicting that the public must by wih time be completely befogged. Let me digress here 1. give my good friend the public? a single hint in regard te-- the reception of news, When an announcement is raade by: telegraph that a movement will positively be made ox @. certain day, make the heaviest kind of bets that the movement will not be made at the time specified. All telegrams from the seat of war are subject to mili- - tary censorship, and a censor would be sadly deficient i the discharge of his duty did be allew an announcement” to be telegraphed and published in the uewspa pers givingt definite and refiable information of the future imove-! ments of the army. If the correspondent, on.the vcon-; trary, attompts to ‘aph an erroneous statement, tnet- p sleeve, and permite tt to pass, ‘pi. These graves reminded me of the burial of a soldier which | had witneseed afew days before further up the river. ‘ihe circumstances were as follows:— A steamboat, having sick and wounded soldiers on board, was anchored rear the island opposite the mouth of White river. The iand is | is covered with cotton trees. interspersed with cypress and sycamores, and at low water is almost-entiroly overflowed. Several soldiers who had died on board the t were buried there. When the water rises, and the jowlands are submerged, those brave fellows will be sleeping on the bottom of the river; but when the water recedes thelr graves will rise again, as it were, to receive the bright beams of the summer sun. Sv it will be during the circle of the seasons till the time, Aud thus it is that the waters of aitliction drowt the eurthly hopes of their friends at home; but whist those pitter waters are assarged, and is forever gone, will not the familiar forms of thei? loved ones bi ‘stored to (hem again’ That will be in eternity for the cod of sorrow is ouly beyond the tomb. ACTIVE OPERATIONS. Oar army is ip the best of spirits. The weather is Warm and pleasant, Active operations will be imme- consoling himself the reflection that if the evemy, aint commenced against Vicksburg. Several of our gunboats a gone be reccumcitre ‘amid’ the wonrbee iaa- get hold of that ment, and Sct upon. tt, thoy! ws of the dark Yazoo. Though the rebels in Vicksburg willbe very sadly |...Then, ag to statements oon-? ‘and the inbabitants of the surrounding country are quite tained io letters, be ‘equally ehary of: receiving: conidvnt that they will drive us back again, we feel quite i es confident as thay that Vicksburg will’ be cotuesd ana them. A reliable correspondent has not ; ‘the navigation of the Mississippi river reopened to the only a reputation tain, but has to Gulf. careful to abide by the governing the pubheat! Our Memphis Correspondence. Maamins, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1863. A portion of Gen. Grant’s army has already moved off W trangports for Milliken’s Bend, and the remainder is u tho way to this city to be transported to the same des- Vination, In a week or two—judging by the progress Ytely made—Gen, Grant may find his army concentrated &@t Milliken’s Bend, preparatory to the grand attack upon Viousburg. That this one may be successful every loyal beears. most devoutly prays; and yet there are many weagons to induce the sagacious observer to fear for the result. of news from the army. Hela, im fact, his own censor, and if he transmits-coniraband will-be Danishodp. from the army. The aunoun future move. ments of an army ts always of contraband information, and~ ciroumstances to be communicated ‘an intelligent professional c regard for his position and got into disgrace by violati tor the government of his co fore, commauivate informat! of intended operationss Such announcements come fro! rant scribbiera avd! irrespousinie penny-a-liners, who, in nine hundred = Wainest rules proscribed Ho will not, shore? ninety-pme cases Out of a thousand, know nothing at «ila. about what they are writing. ; To return, thérefore, jet me say that announce: that havo been published that the attack on Vick will be made ‘‘on the 10th of February,” “in one we “ag soon as Graut’s army gets down,’ or at any specified time are alike groundless and unreliable. body knows aside from the commanders-in-chie ‘the blow will be struck. the movement against Vicksburg is. now in- prow is a fuct that admits of no concealment... The eneiny wa as well as we that McClernand, with bis army, aoe debarked on the Louisiana bank of the river. op): site Vicksburg, and that Grant’s army is being t ported from Memphis to the seat of operal as rapidly as vessels can he found to convey ity: REBEL PREPARATIONS AND PURPOSES. Some two months ago General Joseph E. Johnston was Sent w the West by Jeff. Davis, in order to revive and fetrieve the wauiug fortunes of the confederacy in that and with what success let the lamentable affairs at Holly Springs and at Vickeburg testify. It is understood to be Jobnston’s policy to hold the Mississippi at all hazards, ‘and thus keep up the rebel communication between Rich- ‘mond and Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. For this pur- Lot the public be satisfied for a short in (pose he has massed nn immense army at and near Vicks- stg ey Bs of evente, f>urg and Port Hudson. Neither of these places, in dt we this powerfully combined army w bak Jobnston’s opinion, can bestormed, If taken stall, it When the blow ie struck ail i details will gape ‘qnust be by siege. It is conceded that Port Hudsen may by the very large corps of . Be taken; but Vicksburg they think absolutely impreg- = \ amable. SYRENOT OF THR RESEL ARMY. 4 last accounts Jobaston had an army of fally 900,000 men at Vicksburg, or within easy supporting dis- Rance. To take this stronghold, then, with its high hills, extensive fortifications and closed approaches, defended by such anarmy, will require, it is estimated, not leas than 200,000 men, and even then the work must be slowly performed, if performed at all. It is well to let the peo- understand the whole truth. It is best tolet them know DO matter what the force which shall be sent for the eduction of the place, the enemy considers it impregna- to the number of men who can operate and approach ta batteries, pits, forts and bristling bayonets. FORT HUDSON Qe also said to baves large force placed for its defeaco— @uffcient, the enemy supposes, for holding the place against Banks and Farragut combined. The prospect, that Grant will receive aid from below, in his aplated attack on Vicksburg, is extremly doubtful. ein better to know this in advance than to have to ‘uninjured. ‘The hi water of the river at the 0 demonsttated mest fully the impracicabity last summer for the turni river so as to leave Vicksburg foie & Fa i the milee toland- realize it as a fact at the moment the deficiency cannot be aetensta th teces ted os once woe nal Eee = The rebels are not only determined to put forth of be Y Folate, in this curious Fiver daring tunes of! greatest efforis at Vicksburg, bu they are impressed course ere: grith the belief that the greatest success will crown their iy Teeiere tad the moms tak coe mere @loria. Already have their drooping spirits been cheered ox the small quantity of fh 4 ‘ey Van Dorn’s raid upon Holly Springs, compelling Grant finding ite way tbrongh the canal wilh form ‘40 fall back to the rtver;and it is intimated that this policy sbute—that ts, sunsrop serene ruauing banied an island’ @f cutting our communications will be their main reli- and sometimes navigable in high water. There isa ence, while their forces are concentrated at their strong: eet points. Hence wo find them operating on the Cambor- Mand, where they have captured aud sunk three steamers ead a gunboat, But for this the Union army might long @ince have been to Chattanooga and en route for Georgia. gh pect of this kind, which will make an island of the SS Se the | always keep its present course, unless, Gefect in this canal affair is ri ied. This purely in the location of its point of intersection wi river at its head. There have boen numerous cu ate = 26 made in this river in former for the ‘We may expect thw game, which has already been so suc- shortening te gr ‘The ge oe bottoms 16 a ecesfully practised, to be continued, while they will and sandy. hazard as few pitched battles us possible. It is easy to uni, ite ee a a anah na tant at a @er, then, that our long delay has given the enemy a de- @ided advantage, and that it will take more men and time than we seem to have supposed ty make bendway against ‘the rebel strongholds. That Grant and Sherman will do ‘all that men can do we are willing to believe; but if, aftor all, they shonld fail, not because of incapacity or inabili- ty, but because they could not accomplish impossibilities, Vet the blame rest where it belongs. This eanject and in order €. guin idling on this eu et in ore some tr! advan- THE FORCES THAT CAPTURED ARKANSAS POST. tage in the lows amount of diggiog to be done, brought the Those who sapposed that the Union ermy which cap. upper end of the canal to tbe river's bank at a point» @ured the Post of Arkansas would march on and possess {oere there was uo current at eR, Det on one. When the water is uearly up to the of the banks ©» little surface wator will fiad its way througe this intended ebannel, but beyond that nothing can be looked for. ‘The only remedy for this blunder now is to ont a branch . from the the caval tothe proper point in thertver. Fr have no knowledge whether this is intended to be cone - or not. Little Rock were doomod to disappoinument; for aftor remaining there four or five days, during which the fort was destroyed, every bouse burned and the rifle pita Glosed, our forces set anil for Napoieov, and long ere this are moored at tome safe point, where they will oo. operate with the grand movement against Vicks. jurg. ‘The defiat at tho Post seems to have cansed a decided ebange iin the rebel programme. Tmmeviately all the forcee at St. Charles, Duvall's Bluff, Arc abd other places were withdrawn, and the Places uot only evacuated, but eutircly deserted, except With here and there @ wilow or a poor man whose necos- Gities compelled them to remain, The consequence was that ‘eneral Gormen's expedition up White River was an fnavoidable failure, He got to each place just after The Vicksbarg Canal. {from the Vicksburg ig, Jan. 23.) THE NRW ATTACK ON VICKSBURG, Yesterday exactly resembled the morning of the tsb tT ing! weanaporte were bringing down troops an@ All da} ere bring’ a landing them about amile anda half above the famous canal. Camp fires were visible along the levee, and large squads of enemy could be observed with « yiasw mancouvering about the eanal. In the afternoon Whito’e Becauuo the rlircad cary Sout aat nig thee ore field was dotted with tents and troops were percestibie Seostituled ine apni ef us expedition’ ont hee all along the river in front of Dr. Young’s (the old Bioue) Gonst)tuted the Aprils of an expedition costing thousends lace, Some twenty tranaports were fastened te of dollars por da The “Loulsiens bank, and one was on guard uy the Mississippi shore, just opposite White's cotton gin. ‘Among the transports that cao down with trope during tho day we noticed the folowjag:—Platte Valley Lioness, Kennett, Von Phul, Contineftal, Gener! Ander- son, Bitver Moon, HRawatha and Emma. Ap iron cln@ ‘boat came down about noon, and took up ite jositint’ jow the transports, Occasional visitors, in the shape of shells, were sent over to the troops who were pitehiom thoir tents, by our men at the lower batteries, but effect is not known, Thoy are, we believe, ont of rau of any of our guns. The mortar below the city come monced bellow ing slowly in the afterooon, and a fow shote 3 : wore fired from the upper batteries during the day. The RIA OFRRATION, The rebel gueriilas Lave boon quite setive ar @uring the past weok. A fow of Richard pam within Our corporate lnnits, took posseasio Shing, ia & grocery story that they wanted, lige for coveral houre, and then departed, takin with t United Swtes cavalry horse, with accompanying menis. A similer daring act was performed y by Who guerilics on the Arkansas side. They hauled up two Dales of Cotton w the river bank, just above the city, and ax the steamboat Millboy was coming down they hailed her, 3p parently to take on the cotton, but really toateal the boat * Captain of the Miliboy had a vivid recollection fate of the steamboats Jacob Mussoiman and Cramp 3 enemy appear to be coucentrating a foroe near thee By and, instead of obeying the summons to land, hurrio| we ’ “a ume gromd, Yea 00 mare, ned at tervals t in the harbor, which immediately repaired WOT, W IG VILLE 3 will render their situation ¥: ‘anpleasant wow ad shelled the couvtry all around WLKIAMS \ nH Faal le 5 tee Ye ‘ : a oom that they have given op the Yaxoo for the proveoty RARLS WORKING ON THE RAILNO: = . | at least, and will attempt the reduction of Viek: burg by & pie eee busily engaged repairing the ~ ah new route ed by General Grant's army on its retiring from ANOTHER ACCOUNT. North Missiesippt. At lost accounte the road hadgnot C ti 0 (Correspondence of the Mobile Advor: been finished to Oxford, though the enemy's cavalry have ar de tring Viexanena, been seen |b fix mi this st of Holly Springs. : i ae tag Fanon cael, and largo TOPOS Wan engaged in reconnwitering that work. The rive rising rapidiy, and in @ few days the wi nm road, wateh.n feation, Th @ operated to prevent any yeon other wie pow Column bus ane Pp, and henoe wil rom ie to run gore Of his barges Shrough the diteh, The Pla Me rT Ne able vo tiirew lee through, by whieh " iver below, and perhaps, on sone ca Reeth oot agg n with Op Keon must be Sora ae is tah oun Of auneade rhe a Merny his, . Wf + our batteries, and gts id nag to bring hie troupe woeernare is . a 0 5 t few days. in conseg 4 : ‘ (oe governisent tuende to te ERANO LAKE Eparraerions the taking f Vicksburg Wn tarrsbiy hard, jo, wns hep booses in town in order to provide hos; Xo ayy ae epee 6S 4 ay, 2 Wil Sad foe ending aoe ie ‘a vowga hd | ro eumged te ‘Pee = a en N REG LANDING : tising and finding their range and effect. ral shot fately medical « pon Lange hee ot Need collected for each permit to buy or Tue CrvsO ROLE. aisaipp! is regulariy opened for navigation; and if this bo | count. This wonla prevent officers in the army from yerne communication an the Vij fnd now thet their manager corrupted rade, and {t would realize sevoral trade at any roilitar, t where t 4| For the present, and until farther orders, no atenmboats | go the present cotton in market wili reach fabulous | being corrupted by the trade, troad hae beeu interrupted, able hands we may reasonaiy hoy bette € | by civil authori es, he money thes co! od Lay go down the rivor to bay cotton or to trade | prices before the amount ts considerably enhanced millions per month with which to meet the hemry ex: enh on (iat road yesterday were captured by the things anh pecret cores and boepital fund, T ted | 1 4 i 4 he here were any prospect of induc hie morning + inf “ lies for it. The consequence is there ia but | The trae policy for the government in reference to this of the war. If t mokees. Gop. Lee was this morning engaged in inepect COnTON TRAD! WONT ATION® quite & equirming atnong the cotton deaters; bat 1 4 oa My Us tw buy it all | Ing the politicians at Washington to coneide ¥ of (en. Grant's ~ _—- : — . —— ———-- — have been ait at the Yankee gunboata, but they a too far in the distance. , t tie cotton coming fate market, and the price cotton cation is to appoint an a any question | oe the w bout the city, and everything that can ad@ By General Order No. 5, ienved from General Grant's | jearn that ft hae deverrgd Bay one from pereeing ¢ a cating ® "hw tant ‘ ‘oe the rounriotwn ea | >a p= army Advances, and let egent bring | of practical utility, there might be some use tp vrging ee strength will be iminediately attended to esaquarters, the sum Of cue bvotved dotlape is to be P exciting trattic, We rier cot . cd autil the Miss} ft 1@ market avd sell i} ou gvveroment ac | spe Such gobeme vion thelr attention Pe a