The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1863, Page 3

these prisoners to areal desire on the part of the rebels wo r@ thems, since their own wounded were without ‘or fod during the same lenge of time, pm pp of the died from starvation ae er cut them completely off, by surpriae, from their bases of scpphes at Kichmond and Gordo-s- stitute. They could procure no visions or other necessaries, nor gould they seod away wounded and prisoners until the roads were repair ed. wbich, it seems, was accomplished om Thursday. AMK VAL OF TRISONRAS AT RICUMOND. ‘The priseuers reached Richmond on Thursday evening, atgovenycuck, They were conducted irom the care down to tbe Libby ison by a guard of armed citizens, * 7k HL OF FARE AT LIGY PRISON Wale contived in Libby the officers were alowed two- Mhirds of uu ordinary ration of bread and bacon, and were peruutted to ; urchuse sugar and rye coffee. They were charged one dollar and halt pe for sugar, Dot but thirty seven withstanding the gove-ument price was nv ba 1s, Ob reraonatrating at this outrage, Cap- ener ty 4 —- NEW YO eT VICKSBURE. Important Official Despatch of Admiral Porter, Immense Destruction of Ler, ¢ Mmanaing the prison, told them they were fortunate to get the sugar apy way ad al apy price. Some of ths party were rexared from Libby to retura } eg pen ayo North on haaele neds wit exchange, on Weduesday, tho 15th, at our o’el ck Pd. " MORS MRD MARCHING. They were cb iged to march on foot from Richmond te Peiersburg, a distance of tw -twe miles, the rain fall- aby 1 tocret.ts all tho bight. Rebel War Material at Haines’ Bluff. he road ran erp dea raiiroud «Dp which trains were passing, one of w oon. taived thice e.upty cars, a decided aggravaticn w the ‘wearicd, fools sre prigoners, but they were forced to tramy on, not béing allowed even to hait for rest, and if Any showed adisyosition to.Jag b-hind, the sharp prick of & bayonet. romiaded them that they were violating wrde 8. The Whole of the Yazoo River in Our Possession. ‘THR NOBPITALIT HS OF TRIERSBURO. 4 It w.s seven o’ci-ck io the morning when they arrived at letersburg. ‘ibvy were all thoroughly creached with rain, evkl, worm out with positive fatigue, footsore, bun- ary—voarly all of thom ready to sink down from complete physieal oxhaustion. Yet, ia this conditien, the march. was coutinucd th:cugh the streets of she city, and the pour privilege of purchasing somo-bing to cat at ex Orbitint prides wos even devied them. For this in they were indebted to a Lieuienant Dietrich, who was in command of the guard. ‘this chivalric cilicer, waen applied to by federal officers for The Brilliant Success of the Army and Navy Additional Details of the Battle of Baker's Creek, ae, &e., ae, Telegram from Admiral Porter. Wasuinoron, May 25, 1863. The following was received in Washington at ten minutes past eleven this morning:— Caro, J., May 25, 1863. Hon. Gipzow Watuss, Secretary of the Navy:— The following despatch has just been received from Admiral Porter. ly pe ee KEES)? ON BXRIDITION, LIVE YAN © , During this timo the same Liewtenont Dietrich bi y female to the door, as he said, ** to show her some tive fankecs "?.‘ Yo Jouk at them,” he suid, very wit 31 but dont to them, or they may bite you.”” A. M. Pennocr, Fleet Captain of the Mississippi squadron. Fracsmr Bracnnaws, Hates’ Brvrr, Yazoo River, May 20, 1863. I Hon. Ginzon Weuxes, Secretary of the Navy:— On the morning of the 15th I came over to the Yazoo to be ready to co-operate with General Grant. Leaving two of the iron-clads at Red river, one at Grand Gulf, one at Carthage, three at Warrenton and two in the Yazoo, left me a RAR? ARIES. The treatment those officers received during this ehort in Petersburg was barbaro's. It was disgracetul to yy people cluimng to be civi.ized. It even “" PRGUSIRD SOME OF THKIt OFN OF ICERI, & Major Vangbn, of the rebel cavairy service, finally it to Ibe Provost Marshat persuaded him to allow tioned to hire a vonyey- proceed to City Potut, M With the consent of the Provost Marehal a chaise was ured froma person named Robert Clark, to whom ‘three officers paid forty dolla:s in greonbucks for | Smalfforce. Still I disposed of them to the best ride City Loint. This forty dollars | w8 | savantage. ured as equivalent to si: jo:}are m Confederate Be. which was the price deminded, STONHMSN TAKEN ATL. THR NORERS. ‘The rebels exylayied the cause cf the heavy charge by ‘ing (hat StoneiLan liad taken all the Lo: ses from the ary awiy from their government, ana the govern- Wt, b) get square with Stoneman, were vetzing the ©, their loyal subjcete. A VISIT FROM GOVERNOR LETCHER, During the confinement of this party in Libby prison were visiied by Governor Letcher and several other On the 18th, at meridian, firing was heard in the rear of Vicksburg, which assured me that General Grant was approaching the city. The cannonading was kept up furiously for some time, when, by the aid of glasses, I discerned a company of our artil- lery advancing, taking position and driving the rebels before them. I immediately saw that General Sherman’s division had come on to the left of Snyder’s Bluff, and that the rebels at that place had been cut off from Joining the forces in the city. I despatched the DeKalb, Lieutenant Commander Walker; Choctaw, Lieutenant Commander Ramsay; Romeo, Petrel and Forest Rose, all under command of Lieutenant Commander Breese, up the Yazoo to open com- munication in that way with Generals Grant and Sherman. This I succeeded in doing, and in three hours received letters from Generals Grant, Sherman and Steele informing me of this vast success, and asking me to send up provisions, which was at once done. In the meantime Lientenant Commander Walker, in the DeKalb, pushed on to Haines’ Bluff, which the enemy had commenced evacuating the day before, and a party remained behind in the hopes of destroying or taking away alarge amount of ammunition on hand. When they saw the gunboats they ran ont and left everything in good order—guns, forts, tents ‘and equipage of all kinds, which fell into our hands. As soon as the capture of Haines’ Bloff and fourteen forts was reported to me I shoved up the gunboats from below Vicksburg to fire at the hill batteries, which fire was kept up for two or three hours. At midnight they moved upto the town and opened on it for about an hour, and con- tinued at intervals daring the night to annoy the garrison. On the 19th I placed six mortars in position, with orders to fire night and day as rapidly as they could. The works at Haines’ Bluff dre very formida- ble. There are fourteen of the heaviest kind of mounted eight and ten inch and seven and a half inch rifled guns, with ammuni- tion enongh to last a long siege. As the gun carriages might again fall into the hands of the enemy, I had them burned, blew up the magazine and destroyed the works generally, 1 also burned up the encampments, which were permanently and remarkably well constructed, looking as if the rebels intended to stay for some time, These works and encampments covered many acres of ground, and the fortifications and the rifle pits proper of Haines’ Blaff extend about a mile anda quarter. Such @ network of defences | never saw. The rebels were a year constructing them, aud all were renderéd useless in an hour. As soon as T got through with the destruction of the maga- | zines and other works I started Liewtenant Com- mander Walker up the Yazoo river with sufficient force to destroy all the enemy's pro- @ fing of truce eae aman 1 petty in that direction, with orders to return with . Vi 8 8 A ver | se ah en or re be Confederate authorttier, anid secure himseit the | CiYs ® navy yard and store- it of martyfom ‘x @'porrecuted loyntivt. ' houses. Yecm.it snore than probable that in the face of th | jn the meantime General Grant has closely in- Honth be assumed the cnem: c stetonte iaila ‘na given to vreterstana | vested Vicksburg, and has posession of the eneral Resecrans that, should be arrange to teturn | best commanding poitite. In « very short time a ir lines im the same way, the President’s orders | assault will take place, when I hi general '» ope to an- . bea ns mie ate ea a | nounce that Vicksburg has fallen, after a series of Mcnrnaxavono, May 2%, 1863. | ¢ne most brilliant successes that. ever attended an L. Vailandigham wes received here op an exira from Nashville between ten and eleven o'clock last | ®F™MY- 1, After some hours’ conversation with General Rose- There has never been @ case during the war sand others, he was put In An oped spring wagon snd | where the rebels have been #0 mccessfully beaten ‘ted by a squadron of cavalry to the outposts, end at ALM. wday was delivered into the hands of the | t all points, and the patience and endurance oridics. A single private soldier received him, to | shown by our army and navy for #0 many months "be made the following deetaration:—“Iam a citizen | = ’ @tate States, | are about being rewarded. ‘ Sonnac sae It isamere question of a few hour, and then, ‘was—Virginia would not huve seceded. At the samo be admitted that the electivn o; Douglas would not averted scconsto.| and disvnion, as Wey (the South) been disunionists for fifty years. TRWONERS DESPOURD OF VRIVATE PROPERTY. ‘the Unica prisoners arrived at Libby prison the tcok—even from the off.cers—their belts, sashes, eens and whaiewr writing mate: sls they had about materials were cont aband. of Jeventh corps, vaming Lieut. Ahiert, of the Aft New York, tal tie forgoints and privates ‘a.lege that when the icnowe that the Fieveuth ering him ( ver requer rm least fre one round did not want NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. A jragg’s Rebel Forces Falling Back. ‘Mvnraxesporo, Tons., May 25, 1863. ‘teligonce which I consider direct and reliable indi- that large bodies of revel cavairy are going South- d; that General Breckenridge’s corps hus fatlen back 2 hie advanced position, and that there are now 20 Wt troops between Murfreesboro and Manchester. LLANDIGHAM AMONG THE REBELS. Moryrmenono, May 25, 1963. ellandigham srrived here on a special tain, under a escort, at ten o'clock last evening, having left evilfe (bis morping, and possed through Nashville rout stopping. . os arrival was expected by the military and public, the time not being known, no demonstration of any tools place. 3 was quietly taken iv a carriage to the quarters of or Whee, Provost Marshal Goneral, where he was ro- od by General Rosecrans and a number of other off) He appe.red to be fully composed, and abstained «the expression of any disagreeable sentiments » two P. M. bis southward journey commenced. oc Miles, with @ mounted escort, started down to f ly; bat on approaching the nearest rebel picket, manded by Colonel Webb, of the Eighth Alabama, sight miles out, he beeame perceptibly affected of taking leave of bis companions, he said in sub- co: Jam a citizen of the United States, and loyal to 1. To want you to understand that you have bern ysoner to the Confederate authorities.” Colppel Webb be made similar remarks. The jormer | ived bim with a remark that be bad read his speeches “144 mot like Bim ; that be could not receive bim within ‘oufederate lines, but be would permit bim to remain 8 yomt until be bad ascertained the pleasure of the orttiies, » | | | | ny ree A , RK_ HERALD, low Vick-barg, tue Missi:sippi will be open its ea- oe tire length. D. D. Porren, Rear Admiral commanding the Missiselppi squad- ron. DETAILS OF THE BATTLES. The Advance on Raymond. Raymono, 18 Muze Souruwear or Jacuson, yee} May 13, 1663. When | lest wrote Gea. McCiernand was on the extreme right, with Osterbaus’ division advanced to Rocky Spring. General McPherson at that time lay, with hie army corps to the westward, near Hankingon’s Ferry, 0b as road running pearly ‘parallel to that occupled by Mc Clernand, Gen, Sherman was on the road between Grand Gulf apd Gen. McVhorson. On Toureday, the Th inst., Gen, McPherson woved tis corpa to Rocky Spring also, and bis camp was occupied next day by Gev. Sherman. Oo Saturday MePhersca again moved to'the eastward, to the ‘village of Utier, crossing tho road occupied by MeCler. band, and leaving the latter on his left. On Subday worn wg MoCiernand marched'to Five Mile creek, and encamp- edon the south bank at noon, on account of broken Dridges, which were repaired the same day. Monday morning Sherman's corps came up, parsed McClernand’s, and encamped that night at the village of Auburn, about ten mies south cf Edwards’ Station, on the railroad from Vicksburg to Jackson. As soon ng }t passed MoClernand’s corps followed a few miles and then, tork @ road going ob- liquely to the left, leading to Mall’s Forry,on the Big Diack river, Thus,on Menday eyoning General MoCter- nand was at Iiall’s Ferry; General Sherman was at Au- darn, six or cight milks to the orthoast, and General ‘McPherson was about elxht miies etill further to the orthoast, a few miles north of Utica. The whole formed an itimense line of battle, Sherman’s corps being in the contro, with those of McPherson and MoClernand forming the and ‘eft A, AL opserved algo tha! a and (rains wore pissing before noon. But the principal opposition t) the }ive of march was in the front of Geueral McPherson, General Logan’s divi- sion cance upon a body of rebel troops, estimated at about tem thousand, posted on ondren’scr’ek, two miles south west of this, at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. Brisk skirmishing began at once, ard a eral ongageme::t was goon brought on. y (98 in frent of Geveral Sherman) was almost y concealed at first hy the woods bordering the stream, behind which their forces wero posted, Their hobs 4 was on an eminence that commanded cur approach. Our troops had to cross an Open fled, ex»red toa terrible fire. Tho First and Second brigader, comman‘ed by Ge eral J. E. Smith and Geno ral Dennis (both Iilincis “mneo), were in the thickest of the fight, and suffered most. After three hours’ hud fighting the cncmy withdrow sullenly in two columns, the principal one taking the road to Jackson. The federal jogs in killed, wounded and mirsing wiil not be far from three hundred Joss is gnuch greater. We have alresdy buried five of their dead left on the field. Our own Killed will, it is thought, fall below that number. Among those who fel nobly toate he foe WW » te. was Colonel Richards, of the Twentieth stantly killed. Colonel Fa. McCrok, of the Thirty Mest Mineis, is bad'y wounded in the foot, and started for home this morting. lioutenants Parrett and iamb, of the Peventh Mirsouri. killed. Captain Stevens, of Company H, and Ltoute: Sayrea, of Company C, Twentieth Ilinois, are also among the killed. At this writing it is impossible to give a full list of killed, or do Soe than convey general account of the result of the tLI0. To-night General Grant's headquarters are here. Gene. ral Sberman ts six miles from here, on the road to Jack gon. General MclI’berson purhed northward th's afver- noon to Clinton (a station on the railr Jength, cnt the artery that anima Gibraltar. Its reductin now is only a question of time. Its sarronder is, to my mind, made cortain. intercepted despatches General Grant jearns that ‘on Vicksburg whevevor bard rebels bave reer to stake all on Rciefinas ebutey by and cavalry dashing of the doomed and jil-starred city cably sevied. The escape 0° the forces now in it seems impor sible. * No fen's need be felt for the of Gen, Grant's army. Corn, salt meats and live stock are abundint everywhere. The soldiers are well fod and weil satisfied. Ata review a few days ago Gen. Grant's appearance on tbe fie'd was the signal for such an outbreak of universal enthusiasm as rarely ever grocted the heroes vf ancieat or modern days, The soldiers s-emed to be giving vent to along Pert gp admiration for their ok) comm, and woke the echors of the State with abouts and yells, Nothing Nike it was ever be’ore observable in this depart ment. seen with such a spirit,our army is wel vineible. bathe demonstrations on Hawkineviilo aod Hall's ferries, Cen, Grant bas succeeded in completely deceiving the enemy as to the real point of attack, Gen Pember ton has been sending troops to both. . Whilst we have po Amann ay Dyer probably be fo son in two dae at farthest. wil The Eu’ ‘ce of Baker's Creek. CaamPiox His, Twrsty-erx Mites Easror Meet May 16, 1893. only thie morning Ceneral Me“lernand’s ¢ rps wee pat im motion, General Hovey's division was on the mnin road from Jackson to Vicksburg, but the ba'ance of the corps was a few mailes to thy south. General Ward was on a paralle! road, and Genoral McPherson's corps fotiow ed Hovey’s division clrnety. At nine o'clock General Hovey discovered the enemy in front on Champion Hill, to the lett of the road, near Taker’s ereek, apparently in force. Skirmishers wero thrown. out, end the Givision advanced cautiously sod slowly t> give McPherson's advance division under Goneral Logan tocome within supporting distance. General Hovey's divieion advanced actins the oher field at the foot of Champion Hit jo line of battle. At eleven o'clock tho battle commenced. The piil Steel! was covered with timber, and is, in fact, but an abrupt terminus of a high ridge, raoning north aod south, flanked on both rides by deep ravines and gullies, and in many places e>verea with an impenetrable growth of secubby white oak brush. The rebe's anpoared de- ficient in artillery throughout the battle, but opened with rather a heavy fire from a four gun battery of rifled rix- pounders, planted about 400 yards back from the brow of the hill, The woods on both sides of the road lead. ing up the face of the hill, and winding back on the ridge a milo or more, were filled ‘with sharpehooters, supported by infantry. Here the battle Degan just agour men entered the edge of the umber, and raged terribly from eleven til between three and four O'clock, Gen. Hlovey’s division carried tho beights tm gallant style, and, taking rebe’® lay thick in the vieinity of the guns. Their horses wore more than hoif killed, gun carriages and caigsons were brokon, and knapeack#, blaskets, email arms and other debris, attested the deadly struggle. The colors of the Thirty first Alabama rerimont were eaptared there At this juncture Mitcheti’s Ohio battery was opened at about eighty yarda from the brow of ihe bill, The rebgis made a darh (or it; bat the Reotcess Of the horses pre vented ite capture, Al the same time tue rebels appeared with fresh troops on that wing, and redoubled Uheir efforts to hold their position «nd dislodge our troops on the bill, Hovey wan tiowly drivém wack’ to the brow, but a bri- gate from General Quimby wae ordered to bia support, and the grouml was speodily reeovered and the rebels finally repr tned. At tha commencement of the engagement General Lo. gan's division marched past the brow of the bill, and, forming {fi line of battle on the right of Hovey, advanced in grarsl atylo, swooping overs thing bofore them. At the Gdgo of the wood in front of Logan the battle was most . Nova man finehed hor « ine Wivered in this division. Ali Lebayed like vetcraus, and moved to new positions with s conrelous tread of vietory, Two tat torice Were Captured by this division, and ‘enough hard done to immortalize it, They also captureta lores portion of the prisoners, small arme, ke, Yotwéen three and fou o'clock Geveral Osterhaus’ and General Mearibur’s divisions came jute setion on the @xtreme joft, and completed what had Been on auept, Clously carried forward, They were both miles away wheo the engagement began, but were broaght forward with alt despatch pomsible. The enemy were tn fultre | terror with him daring We last hours of hie at. | tréat e600 after, and (hore fivisions pureved 11M eine o'eoee, and are now eneamped | Ward's Station, righ miles bopend the battle groan. Prov Pebel prisoners | learn that Gereral Momberton Verpenanied m poston. Pitebugh See aod og whe commanied at the hatte pose Raymond. ort. cheesy | with the expeption of Port Hodson. which will fal. of was. bad saberdimne’s eornmamds, Fei airy UESDAY, MAY 26, 1863.-TKIPLE Suui fy gm tho firat battery, drove the | gunners from their | and catered the pieces. The | i of the whole of General Pem- army on Satmday. great dissatisfaction exists towirds ember | and the surrender He i@ accused by many of selling o + to Covert berton’s Grant, aiso of planning military operstiona for tho hast four weeks 90 a8 to insure the latter's succcss. Ls Sepewonenge to do moro reek ne Wasninorox, May 25, 1863, Ioenes. I think it will be about one thousand . wolnded. It tay prove leas, bub it cannot be such General Dix telegraphed from Fortress Monroe more. Bvt fow officers of distinction aro tojured. | to-night that a flag of truce boat is expected to- The Twenty-fourth Indiana jost one hundred | morrow, and that a deserter who came into Sul- mea, Lieutenant Coloncl Swain, commanding, ‘i wanibilled. Not-a general or aif oficer on our side wae | ‘°!K to-Gay from Franklip said that Vicksbarg had hurt, This has becu the hottest and most britliant fight | been taken. “If wo," the General added, ‘we tm the Souihwest for several months. The men areen- | shall know to-morrow with certainty, It may be thustestic whenever General Grant appears. His reck: | | wumneis.'t leas exposure of himself on the fold begets unbounded ‘The [ollowing, procured from @ high official ADDITIONAL FARTICVLAKS. wounded mon can be enumerated. Three different men whd were sboi down in tho battle wore subsequently sabred by the sebels when they temporarily retouk the groand, ‘The men lived to narrate the atrovity, but will searosly recover, : Mie Battic of Big Biack River Bridge. Brack Riven Bapas, TweLve MILES ua} Vickanura, May 17, 1868. Goperal MoClernand’s corps marchod to this place early this morning. General Osterhaus was in the advance, amd admuration amon, tho privates, Well authenticated cases of rebel darbarity 10 oUF | source, is the very latest from Vicksburg, dated Memphis, 10:30 this morning, and which was re- ceived here to-night:— ‘The telegram is fromGen. Hurlbut. He encloses astatement from an ordnance officer, showing the ‘condition of affairs at 9 o'clock on Friday night. ‘The city was not at that time taken. Great advan- tages, however, had been gained, the enemy found tho rebels strongly intrenched on the east bank of | making @ firm resistance. tho river. Batteries were soon in position, playing on the Ms works, At ten o'clock Generul Lawlor’ brigade ‘a Carr’s division charged across the open fields, two ‘The impression prevailed that we would take Vicksburg the next day. We at that time com- hundred yards in width, wading tho bayon in front and | pletely commanded the town, Our men had their swarming yer into the iutrenchments. Seventeen cannon were taken inside the earthworks, and from 500 to 2,000 captured. No description can do justice to tho intrepldity of the rogimenta composing this brigade. The rebel fire from arti and murketry was appalling ; but they rushed cn colors planted on the enemy’s works, and were lying on the extreme slope, Our captures were about six thousand prisoners and seventy-four pieces of artillery, some of which to vielory regardless of death, and literally swept | had been destroyed. everything before them. Gen. Mark Green’s Mwsourt brigade (rebels) , over twelve hundred strong, waa cut off by the Eleventh Wisconsin and surrendered, General ‘The position of our troopa was, some within a mile and others @ mile and a half of the Court Vanghan's brignde was alxo principally captured. The | Houze: General Grant is represented to be in Joss of the Eleveuth Wisconsin was sligut. The Twenty. firet and Twenty-third lowa Jed in the charge and sus tained tbe principal boss. The Eleventh Wisconsin also captured @ stand of colors. good spirits and confident of more brilliant results. It is supposed there are fifteen thousand rebel troops at Vicksburg, who will doubtless be Furlous canuonading continued all day from the rebel | made prisoners in the event of the captare of the battertes on the other side of the river. They fired the bridge to provent our crossisg. Pontoons have been seat to Geperal Sherinan’s corps. He will probably cross a town. ‘The deapateh further saya that thé mortar and fow miles above here and attack in flank, The forcoop: | gunboats were in front of Vicksburg, hard at povite is thought to number twenty-five thousand. Our army ia i@ excellent Sighting condition and think them- selves invincible. As General Grant rode to tho front to-day he was every- whore greeted with tremendous and uproarious cheering. This morning two four-ponnder howitzers and two gix- work, Adverse Repert from Murfrecsbhore, Mvavnesanong, Tenn., May 26, 2863. The rebels aseert General Grant has been beaten, pounder rifled guns were surrendered, with horses, bar, + but give no particulars, ness and ammunition complete, without a shot,a few miles “back on the road. These guns becamo soparated from the main body of the rebel army yesterday in tho rotreat and were cut off by our advaveo. Our loss in to-day’s fighting is net heavy. Tho robot killed and wounded is unknown, Their troops did not fight as obstinately to day as yesterday. ‘They seomed to expect adeteat. ‘Ihe wonder is they were not wholly withdrawn to the otter side without an engagement, Gen. Usterhaus was slightly wounded, ie on the field again. x THE LA TEST NEWS. Camo, May 25—10 P. M. No boate from below had arrived at Memphis up to nine o'clock to-night. All the boats at Milli- ken’s Bend have been sent up the Yazoo for the purpose, doubtless, of meeting any possible con- tingency. It may, therefore, be twenty-four hours before we have anything definite. ‘The last positive despatches come to-day by the Polar Star, which left the mouth of the Yazoo at one o’clock on Thursday.. The battle was atill raging with the Jand forces in the rear; Porter's mortar boats below and mortar boate above engaged. Our Memphis Correspondence. Momeni, May 18, 1863, Flatcring Tidings from Grant's Army—The Siiuation at and Around Vicksburg—Occupaticn of Raymond by National Proopt—Our Columns Press towards Vicks burg—Great Battle Impending— Victory Considered Cer tain—Military Movements About Hplena—Col. Hateh's Sugvess—-Guerivias Driven from Wet TennesscemGen, Thomas, the Negrg Tecops and the Nineitth Lkin is Legi- meat—Ifeavy Sale of Government Cotton, dic., «¢. ‘Yhe tidings whicb reach us from Grant's army are flat toring tothe jast degree, The rebels ploced their entire dependence om the impregnability of the works, but (hese Gen, Grant has eaptured, wevere fight at Port Gibson, forced the enemy to ful indismry, Our latest advice, which are to the ith wat, left Logaa acd Usterhaus iv pow cesion of Royny od, Miss., about ton iniies from the railroad which (onnects Vicksburg with Jackscm, Our the best possible spiriis, was towards the rairoad bridge seras Big Meck, which “ts located about ten miles ast of Vicks burg, and wherc the enemy, under Pemberton, wel posted, expected to give us bettie, Gentlemen high in officisd porition express tho most confident belief thet ere this Grant ham fought the battle of the war, aud tht the rebei stronghold is Dow alntoct in our posession. It bs certain that Grant's position is betitor than ever was before, be having his army ow the high land and ridges, above the river and at pointe equally near to Jackson aud Vicksburg, where he can mass big entire force at any Moment, to bo precipitated wherever they can be most victorious army, in imarching onward It is believed that a large number of women and | empetunily omployed, The delay im (everal Grant's m vo- children still remain in Vicksburg. Cmicaco, May 25, 1663. A special despatch from Cairo says:— ments is wwavoidable from tho wature of the country. His reinforcements and supplies, after being Usnsporied hundreds of miles by water, have to undergo a conside tabic amountof laud carriage, and it is pet the part ot prudence to yrecipitate a fight till we are ready for a sue Dates from below to the morning of the 22d ore cees{n! enue. If General Graut is not os fast as some, he received. The bombardment of the enemy's ap- per works wan continued by the mortar fleet. Persons who saw the operations through a has be@a more sure than many, aad the country can af- ford to wait a few days for one of the grandest achieve Mmeuts of the war. Thst bo will be sucemeful every ove glass who understands his plan fully believer, aid it is picansnt to koow that in @ vory short time th's goveral fuith to biw say they arc satisfied that Grant has captured & | guccosg will become a grand and historical fact. The taking battery on Walnut Hill. going on all around. The Latest News via Washington. Wasnineron, May 25, 1863. Although no positive and direct official informa- tion has been received here of the final reduction of the stronghold of Vicksburg, all the news re- ceived from every source indicates its capture by General Grant on Saturday Inst; and no doubt is A furious cannonading ia | of Vicksburg necesearily involves the full of Port Hedson, which places the whole Missterippy! river in peesereion of the natu. The ecniederacy will be cut in two. Arkan- sas, an inert member of the conte jeracy, » iW be brought to the position Of Missouri, and ite powers of misebief will be fone. The southern portion of Louisiana, already stricken down by Vanks, will be cut of from ite corrupt ed aMitation with Texas, the great shembies from « beore the Southern army has received ite boot as well on ie broad. A glance at the map will exhibit whut « petty South American looking repubiie ts loft for the “ise ditch"! Ve Wweated In, and the chivelry to fight for. Soon the bilig of Vicksburg will bo gieddened ih the entertained that with Vicksburg all that was left | stare and Striper, aud national uroope will ring ist! of the army of General Pemberton las becn com- pelled to surrender. A despatch was received to-night from General Dix, stating that a deserter had arrived to-day at Snffolk from Franklin, who said that Vicksburg had been taken. General Dix adds that if this is #0 we shall have the jxformation authentically to- morrow, Another despatch received to-day from General Mnribut, at Memphis, states that by a steamer just arrived from Chickasaw Bayou @ letter was received from an ordnance officer of General Grant, dated nine P. M., Friday night, confirm ing the previous statements of successes, stating that six venty-four cannon had been captured. At the hour | when the letter was dated General McPherson's force, in the centre, was within one mile of the thousand prisoners and #c- court house at Vieksburg, while Genera! Sherman on the right, and General MeClernan’ on the left | were cach within a mile und @ half of the town | and the ynnboats were shelling the city in front. He concludes by saying that Vicksburg must cer- tainly be taken by to-morrow (Saturday). Thie ia the latest intelligence the government has rece!ved; but no doubt is entertained that the capture of Vicksburg will be announced officially by the ngxt arrival from that point. From the various despatches up to to-night, and tly most accurate information in the possession of the government, it is believed that Gen. Grant has nothing to fear from the concentration of any con- siderable rebel foree in iia rear. The only force ayailable to them for this porpoxe are the six thousand umier Gen. Jolineton, the small number driven away from Pemberton onder Gen. Loring, and one or at mostiwe brigades from Port Hud- | enciny lomt thirty-five kided and ninety nine w and | | of Unete Columbia” through its streets, Then the avehanged Mis siseippl will once more be (ree to @ Fejoleing world tho vicinity of Helena has becorne ibe theaire of sctive inevements among the rebels of tate, {ince Price was fmt iyte Arkansam (he enemy seem to have conciuded tha by inenacing Helena they could gain an impotent advantage, but their operations to this cod bave not thas fur been productive of prolific results, General | rention recently started Colonel Cayton, to command of the Fifth | ie 9 the junetion of the Utiea and Cay Kaoras, Filth Hitnois and Firet Indians cavalry, witha regiment of infantry,» make @ reconnelise nce toward Little Ruck. About two miles irom Witteburg on the st Francie river, they came apon two brigades, in command of Goneral George W. Carter, and, after severar revervly contested fightx, i» which the eneny wos severoy worsted, our forces fell back serogs the L'Anguitie river, with 9 Las of two killed and eleveu wounded. Ihe ded The brigades eucountered under Carter were the ad vaues & Marmuduke’s forces. aud from the fect that Price Jet Little Reex on the 11th “t, taking the direction of Witteburg, Ht tx thooght pot improbab'e that he meditates an carly attack on our defences at Helen Cavalry raids are now all the rage io thin rection am's dominions, Grivrson's suceersful raid whole length of Miasiriprt and Colmet Iinteh's Urilitant movement apon Oko! have dome inne te inepire confidence and deter m’ a among cnr troope, mort of whom, 00 the lice of the raliroad between | Memphis and Corinta, have now been mounted from the through the son and rales capiured by our victorious trvope Last Friday Comonel Match returned from ao rau | into Alabama, bringing box mx hondred of the enomy'e horees a»! aboot tour hondred prisoners, He hed « ayiriiod Abt with Chalmers oar the Talishatebie, but funtained po injury, Cobmel Hateb bas demonstrated | Fare will ans comunander, and 9 Cote & good work bere | tm keeping the rebels int wholesonne dread that their | movements are ail watebed, ‘The rebel gucrilias, who hed © og enneyed the } people of West Teunersee, ave vecw, 10 & cunaderable | exient, diapersed, thanks 1) Geceral Horibut ond Generat W. 8. Pith; at now the fo ret ae to thelr | tormer peaca’ul purauity. The jlanters ore bony with their plantations Cotter bas Leon planted to « comeide | pubic extent, and feckw promiciny, a 40 Whewine the } corn and wheat. Peston hae returned, aod the peopte are coming out and freely seknowiedging the error of } their way and raliying to the fing of tbe Union, onder which stone they Gud pootet son--in all mak‘ug, at the very outside, not more than fifteen thocrwnd men, ‘The destruction of the bridges across the Big Mack river wi}! prevent the speedy arrival of this | small force, and it would only add to the glory of | the triumph of Gen, Grant for sucha force to in- | tack upon Vieksborg. The ery significant edt! Whig of Saturday, upon inte nd od to prepare the y rial of the Wichmond haborg, evidently tatie sel for the intelli wcuee, Corlawly eaprited there, of ite cantare } Adjetant General Theo ae ja along th the troop | fte bee ered « ot every potet ie | pei of the neere otming idler, set order tog thet th be binély At lathes | yener‘ay the & Iiincls regiment, after bejng addrertet to rerpowd tavornbly, and Con Toowes has clven them just One week to repent and Moyt tre Hegre yor ene be oe ie bamd the | pepiment od deiribute the p ivates among other corye. | Gao everts, to ks pkey Carly in fee, wil proteb’y | aterset viviters fron ail perty of the eyo Minter. Cm tb 4th of. one Thema 1. Yeotnen, Be a acer tot th " merit rperty, wil over for *s'¢, at P eer tion, ‘F.49 two to tew tyamend halen Move, The ae event Die Shh rer He te ett 3 specntators ond deslers all over the Union. The other Partakor of a politi al character, On the 6th of June the Union men «f Memphis propore to celebrat 1) @ MaDhor worthy of the occasion, the anniver- sary of the fecoral occupation of Momphiv. Distiogeish- od oratore from alt seetions of the Union have been in Vited W attend, and we confidently calculste on a de moprtration creditebe alike (o our city and the cecasioa Mt commemorates. In @ few days the city will have boen cceupied Ly tho federal army for twelve months Thus far no harshness hax characterived the acta of our rulers, The most marked leniency bas been evinced toward the penpie; but ar that thie kindness ond forbearance hive been in every instarce appreci.ted. Elsewhere orders Fequiring that the oath be takenor leave have bees imued, Dut in Memphis, though ther exhibitions of disloyal- ‘y every day, no such extreme measures bave been resorted to, Hut there will evidently be a change soon, The disjoyal will soon have enjoyed the protection Of the Union for ove year, and jt is not improbable thas they will then be required to make up their minds whom they will serve—whether they wil! continue to fight against the best government jn the world or give in their Adbesion to the constitution and the Union, These who: fail now to give i their adhesion will doubtions be sent to see their friends and fatten on short allowances in Dixie, The military court of inquiry lately iu semsion at ft. Louis vetted here for a day or two, ani took wp their line of march almost before it was kvown that they were hero. If their object is to pretend to find out derelict officers at the rame time that they give -all acch an opportunity to thwart impartial invon- tpation, they could not have adopted a more excollent expedient. A thousand such examinations ax that held bere could not eventuate in exposing even the mort shameless corruption, except by accident, Rut | under- stand the rearon the court was in such a burry here, they wanted to get up the river and take @ recess while the stenographer could write out bis notes of testimony at Milliken’s Kend and Memphis, It is suid that rome of the testimony taken below seriously implicates General Curtin; Lat as it will scon be publiebed the country cam weil afford to wait for the official reoord before passing Judgment. It is to be hoped there will be no snore such courts, oF elee that all porsibie means will be taken to convict the guilty partics and dismins them from @ ser- vice which they degrade by the grossent cerciictions. * Meurma, Tenn., May 18—3 P.M. the Brilliant Operations at Raymond—Jidails of the Ad- wance, de. We have just received information that General Lo fan's division encountered the rebels in large force now Raymond on the 12th, and after a bard fought battle re- pulred the enemy and drove him back at the point of the bayonet towards Jackson. The steamer Now Kentneky has arrived at thie point with advices from the Army of the Missiesipp! up to the 12h tnstant, and from Young # Point to the evening «f the Lob, On the 11th Mel bersen’s army corps, Muor General Legan's diviaion in the advance, wevel out ow the road leating to Jaekeon, Mieetetop, ard at dusk on that day jeame up with the enemy, who was in force pear the town of Taym od, dietant from Jackvon twenty mites, and from the ‘cen and Vicksburg Iailroad abot ten miles. Lary PRs ing Of the 12th, Geveral Logan made on atiack on the cnemy, anda tera treme any battle, whieh 4 nearly all doy, the rebels were 4 back te * Neko, witb a lor® Of about 1.500 in Kifled, weunced sod prison em, Our lowe in kiied and woanden is ab ot 406 The rebels bid Gugnged about 10,090, under the e mand of Ge eral Crees, ferwerly of thy Seventh Texan, while our force wae emty T0°0, At the evee of the fight the federsis were etrongly feinterced by Govwral Quimby. The national army preted forwurd towards Jockeon Daring the hottest of the Seht Ge eral Groggy went a fag of trece to Conoral Lago, axking @ comation of by sti'itlex till be could bury bie dead Lovan replied be wonld gave bim thyt: trouble, and that AI the dead, rebo's as woil aa foler Is, e ould be deerut'y baried An altnck wax to have been made on Vickebirg on Saturday morning by tLe gunboats, It te bere vider stood that the mccorn Of the exredit! Dn wre even moe than was anticipated, Warrenton has | tn the we persion of the Union army for some aye, Thy dint ore that it bad ¢) trevel from Young's Point to the trensports on Fridny was only eight miler, The Ui ioniets, in (he Nght Of the 12th, lost sino: g the Killed Cotone! Richards, of the Twentieth 1 juni, Thin iw agevere kes, An ong the wou the Thirty fret Htinete end Kentucky, Colonel MoCook w his Sighting porition in the feld. The town of Warrenton i# in the posession 4 our troops. The rebels eome days rinee evacuated that jcint but not Ui they had destroyed mont of the town and their batteries, We bave the intelligerce that General Logan tricmpt antly m.rched tnto Jockson om the 14th oun be able to resume Suppites for the Woanded Vieksbarg. The following derpateh bar bee from the Western Yanitary Comm enon, Any funds er articles that may be placed in the hands of Mr Rererelt or ent t Of Meiden lace, will be prompty tor Retief receive Hr. Locm, May 2), 1608. Jee A, Rooervnr J eave t ond args upp lies tor € Foor Pot ald as? Contributions are needed and w ooh? be wnoet aceoptabie, Our brave folders deserve wall of thé om he. 4 resident Western Ban) Sr. Low, Moy 25 The steamer Champion, ia¢en with vegetable, fruite, ond other loxuries for the weunted soldie +, «iil eave for Vieksborg to morrow REBEL ACCOUNTS. The Battie of Raymond, Mive. [Froth the Jacksob Mineierippian, day 13.) Our forces engaged the enemy at Fordien's place, wbieb yues roads, em ling int Raymond, and two miles and « half soathwert from that pliee. The engagement commenced Letwees eleven And twelve o'e ork, and lasted four hourt, posed, from ebe Drirg, \o have been a rhortly enutertet one LATER, Deejatehos to the Governor 1 that the evemy, with overwbelming mum bere. bh ven « , 0 Haymond, At four o cick )cnterds ag the enemy were stil) advancing, and oor galant veteran were compelled to fall back before @ vastly suport fo.ce ATILL LATERM. Tex oCree POM We learn from a gtntiemin who wee eneuged in the | fight that tne Yarkeor hove drives cur forces out of Ray vere save on 0), teat rondown We bad (eeited atmbers over ond, «nd " rein ™ ut bit their large tnpel ed them to mente bad rrived advantages at One tne powered oun forces ade € of Jackson, Mire. towbar Pun, Mey 22) A gentionnan of thie city, jut feturted from Jackern, 1 the late pomne (aleve! ing partiontars retaty exptare of tuat oy by the Yankoor tt ee ‘Tresday a rharp content wee bad wih the of Grane: army at Raymond vit or eight teller eouth weet of Jackorm, The eomy cotowmbored of ot lett fire to one Our forces were competio’d to felt tad wpen Jacksow, whic they ait im gemd enter tate at wight (im Wednesday evening. just of @Ork, the (ruin te whet Geversi Jobarven an8 tal Wed then prrnege for Views bang arrived in Jackeo, and the Ceneral remained over foperimtending the movements 6° (Be trrane (Cm Deareday morotog, af eb ot lee 6 elak the enemy appeared to (ores mew 1 Mes eth Jackene and wihedty o4 ond drove inour penta. Our (ofee 418 bot oanmed wight thoonen4?, a4 0 papht ted been the movements Of the eemwy What several of cnr requerote tad oot pet been srrangedtor sei, The fore of Uhh eiemy wee eet mmaied at thirty thousand 1h eowmed (be the perpeme of General Jooneton tmarety ty delay the tenting © arrieat fe the Clty ar lay a* poem! bie, (0 order t aiow our foram tint to wih trew our cee ety ote quneterm ation @ were Cor interment WA Jackeon at three o'clock P.M om Troretay. He wtatae that some (heer oF far buildings hd been Dates) Belore be left—set Oo fire by Che theche ot eewmy The trtty whieh left Jeckaon On Theraday orgs Dring overtaken amd captared by a bette het Vackoe Owsley A few tater weet of fren don Oe ONE OO A MOE Bint 08 from the read, wot th » 0a tive havins been joereased to y sulee aa hoor, (he train excaped, od that Rrapdoe ttm ponmernam of came wola ¥ nen ty Ub ve teeve yh ce ew . CONTINUED OW SEVENTH PAGER