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C,oLoxim: I have the honor to submit the follow ing report of the operations of the Army of the Ten nessee and co-operating forces, from the date of ray assuming the immediate command of the expedition against Vicksburg, Mississippi, to the rediiction of that place: THE PENINSULAR CANAL. From the moment of taking command in person, I became satisfied that Vicksburg could only be turned from the south-aide, and in accordance with this conviction I prosecuted the work on the canal, which had been located by Brig. Gen. Williams across the peninsula on the Louisiana side of the river, with all vigor, hoping to make a channel which would pass transports for moving the army and carrying supplies to the new base of operations thus pro vided. The task was much more herculean than it at first appeared, and WAS made much more so by the almost. continuous rains that fell during the whole of the time this work was prosecuted. The river, too, continued to rise and make a large expenditure of ibor necessary to keep the water out of our camps and the canal. Finally, on the Bth of March, the rapid rise of the river, and the consequent great pressure upon the dam across the canal, neat the upper end. at the main Mississippi, levee, caused it to give way and let through the low lands back of our camps a torrent of water that separated the north and south shores of the peninsula as effectually as if the Mississippi flowed between them. This occurred when the enterprise promised success within ',a short time. There was some delay in trying to repairdarnages. It was found, however, that with the then stage of water some other plan would have to be adopted for getting below Vicksburg with transports. Captain F. E. Prinie, chief engineer, and Colonel G. G. Pride, who was acting on my staff', prospected a route- through the bayous which run from near Millikents Bend on the north, and New Carthage on the south, through Roundaway Bayou into the Tan sas river. Their report of the practicability of this route determined me to commence work upon It. Having three dredge boats at the time, the work of opening this route was executed with great rapidity. One-small steamer and a number of barges were taken through the channel thus opened, but the river commencing about the middle of April to fall rapidly, and the roads becoming passable between Miliiken's Bend and New Carthage, made it im practicable and unnecessary to open water commu nication between these points. THE LASE PROVIDENCE AND COLDWATER CANALS. Soon after commencing the first canal spoken of, I caused a channel to be cut from the Mississippi river into Lake Providence 7 also one from the Mississippi river into Coldwater by way of Yazoo Pass. I had no great expectations of important re sults from the former of these, but having more troops than could be employed to advantage at Young's Point, and knowing that Lake. Providence was connected by the Bayou' Baxter with Bayou Macon, a navigable stream through which tratasports might pass into the Mississippi below, through Ten ses, Wachita, and Red rivers, I" thought it possible that a route might be- opened in that direction which would enable me to co-operate with General Banks at Port Hudson. By the Yazoo Pass route I only expected at first to get into the Yazoo by way of Obblvrater and Tal lahatchie with some lighter gunboats and :a few troops and destroy the enemy's transports in that stream and some gunboats which I knew he was building. The navigation, however, proved so much better than had been expected-that thought for a time of the possibility of making this' the route for obtaining a foothold on high land shove Haine's Bluff, Mississippi, and small-class steamers were am cordingly ordered for transporting an army that way. Major General J. B. McPherson, command ing Seventeenth Army Corps, was directed to hold his corps in readiness to move by this route ; and one division from each the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Corps were collected near the entrance of the pass to be added to his command. It soon became. evi dent that a sufficient number of boats of the right class could not be obtained for the movement of mote than one division. . THE McOLERNAND AND ROSS EX.PEDI TIONS--GREpNWOOD. UNDIROLOTHING. ast While my forces were opening one end of the Pass the enemy were diligently closing the otherend, and in this way succeeded in gaining time to strongly fortify Greenwood, below the junction of the Talla• hatchie and Yallobusha. The advance of the expedi tion, consisting of one division of MoOlernand's corps from Helena, commanded by Brieadier General D. F. ROBS, and the 12th and 17th regiments Mis souri infantry, from Sherman's corps, as sharpshoot ers on the funboats, succeeded in reaching Cold water on the 2d day of March, after much diffi culty, and the partial disabling of most of the boats. From the into Coldwater to Fort Pember ton, at Greenwood. Miffs., no great difficulty of navi gation was experienced, nor any interruption of magnitude from theenemy. Fort Pemberton extends from the Tallahatchie to the Yazoo at Greenwood. Here the two rivers come within a few hundred yards of each other. The land around the fort is low, and, at tire time of the attack, was entirely overflowed. Owing to this fact, no movement could be made by the army to reduce it, but alt depended upon the ability of the gunboats to silence the guns of the enemy, and enable the transports torun down and land troops immediately on the fort itself. After an engagement of several hours, the gunboats drew off, being unable to silence the liatteries. Brigadier General J. F. Quimby, commanding a division of McPherson's corps, met the expedition under Ross with his division on its return near Fort Pemberton, on the 21st of March, and, being the senior, assumed command of the entire expedition, and returned to the position Ross had occupied. THE EXPEDITIONS THROUGH STEELE'S AND BLACK BAYOU. On the 23d day of March I sent orders for the with drawal of all the forces operating in that direction, for the purpose of concentrating my army at ken's Bend. On the 24th day of. March, Admiral D. D. Porte - r, commanding Mississippi squadron, in formed me that he had made a reconnoissance up Steele's Bayou, and partially through Black Bayou, toward Deer Creek ; and so far as explored, these water-courses were reported navigable for the smaller iroL•clads. Information, given mostly, I be lieve, by the negroes of the country, was to the effect that Deer Creek could be navigated to Rolling Fork, and that from there, through the• Sunflower to the Yazoo river, there was no question about the navi gation. On the following morning I accompanied Admiral Porter in the ram Price, several ironclads preceding us, up through Steele's Bayou to near . Black Bayou. At this time our forces were at a dead-lock at Greenwood, and =I looked upon the success of this enterprise as of vast importance. It would, if sue. cesaiul, leave Greenwood between two forces of ours, and would necessarily cause the immediate abandon ment of that stronghold. About thirty steamers of the enemy would have been destroyed or fallen into our hands. Seeing that the great obstacle to navigatioU ' so far as I had gone, was from overhanging trees, I left Admiral Porter near. Black Bayou, and pushed back to Young's Point for the purpose of sending forward a pioneer emits to remove these difficulties. Soon after my return to Young's Point Admiral Porter sent back to me for a cooperating military force. Sherman was promptly sent with one division of his corps. The number of steamers suitable for the navigation of these bayous being limited, most of the force was sent up the Mississippi river to Eagle's Bend, a point where the river runs within one mile of Steele's bayou, thus saving an important part of this diffi cult navigation. The expedition failed, probably more from want of knowledge as to what would be required to open this route, than front any impracti cability in the navigation of the streams and bayous through which it was proposed -to pass. Want of this knowledge led the expedition on until difficul ties were encountered, and then it would become necessary to send back to Young's Point for the means to remove them. This gave the enemy time to move forces to effectually checkmate fur ther progress, and the expedition was with drawn when within a few hundred yards. of free and open navigation to the Yazoo. All this may have been providential in driving us ultimately to a line of operations which has proven eminently successful. For further particulars of the Steele's Bayou expedition see report of Major General W. F. Sherman, forwarded on the 12th of April. As BOOR as decided to open water communication from a point on the Mississippi near IVlilliken's Bend to New Carthage, I determined to occupy the latter place, it being the first point below Vicksburg that could be reached by land at the stage of water then existing, and the occupancy of which, while it secured to us a point on the Mississippi river, wosid also protect the main line of communication by water. Accordingly, the lath Army Corps, Major General J. A. lllciDlernand commanding, was di rected to take up its line of march on the 29th day of March for New Carthage, the 15th and 17th Corps to follow, moving no faster than supplies and ammunition could be transported to them. The roads, though level, were intolerably bad, and the movement was, therefore, necessarily slow. Ar riving at "Smith's plantation, two miles from New Carthage, it was found that the leveepf Bayou Vidal Was Moken in several places, thus leaving New Car thage an island. - - - The transports injured in running the "blockade were repaired by order of Admiral Porter, who was supplied with the material for such repairs as they required, and',who was and is ever ready to affordell the assistance in his power for the furtherance of the success of our arms. In a very short time five of the transports were in running order, and the remain der were in a condition to be used ass - barges in the moving of troops: Twelve barges loaded with forage and rations were sent in two of the last six boats that ran' the blockade; one-half of them got *through in a condition to be used. Owing to the limited number of transports below Vicksburg it. iyao found nocoosary to extcAll ling OA INA FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1863 The Great Vicksburg Campaign, RUNNING THE B.4TTERIES All the boats that could be were collected from the different bayous in the vicinity, and others were built, but the transportation of an army in this way was found exceedingly, tedious. Another route had to be found. This was done by nkaking a further march around Vidal to Perkin's plantation, a dis tance of twelve miles more, making the whole dis tance to he marched from Milliken's Bend to reach water communication on the opposite side of the point, thirty•five miles. Over this distance, with bad roads to contend against, supplies of ordnance stores and provisions had to be hauled by wagons with which to commence the campaign on the op posite side of the riven At the same time that I ordered the occupation of New Carthage, prepara tions were ma.e for running transports by the Vicksburg batteries with. Admiral Porter's pinboat fleet. On the night of the 16th of April, Admiral Porter's fleet, and the transports Silver Wave, Forest Queen, and Henry Clay, ran the Vicksburg batteries. The boilers of the transports were pro tected as well as possible with hay and cotton, More or less commissary stores were put onleach. All three of these boats were struck more or less frequently while passing the enemy's batteries, end the Henry Clay, by the explosion of a shell or by other means, was set on fire and entirely consumed. The other two boats were somewhat injured, but not seriously disabled. No one on board of either was killed. As theee boats succeeded in getting by so well, I ordered s ix more to be prepared in like manner for running the batteries. These latter, viz : Tigress, Anglo Saxon, Cheeseman, Empire City, Horizonte, and Moderator, left Milliken's Bend on the night of the 22d of April, and live of them got by, but in a somewhat damaged , condition. The Tigress received a shot in her hull below the water line, and sunk on the Louisiana shore soon after paesing the last of the hatteriee. The crews of these steamers, with the exception of that of the Foreat Queen, Captain D. Conway, and the Silver Wave, Captain McMil lan. were composed of volunteers from the army. Upon the call for volunteers for this dangerous en terprise officers and men presented themselves by hundred., anxious to undertake the trip. The names of those whose services were accepted will be given In a separate report.. It is a striking feature, to far ae my observation goes, of the present volun teer army of the United States, that there is nothing which men are called upon to do; mechanical or pro fessional, that, accomplished adepts cannot be found for the duty required in almost every regiment. BOMBARDMENT OF GRAND GULF. PHILADELPHIA, travel to Hard Times, Louisiana, which, b • he circuitous route it was necessary to take ' War:. ed the 'distance to about seventy miles from Li liken's Bend, our starting point. The 13th •my Corps being all through to the Mississippi, an the 17th Army Corps well on the way, so much o the lath as oould he got on board the transports nil barges were put aboard, and moved to the ont of Grand Gull on the 29th of April. the plan ere was, that the navy should silence the guns o the enemy, and the troops land under cover of the un boats, and carry the place by storm. At 8 o'o. A. M. the navy made the attack, and kept' p for more than five hours in the most gallant liner. From a tug out in the stream I 'witneased the vhole engagement. Many times, it seemed to , the gunboats were within pistol. ahot of the enern bat teries, H soon became evident that the guns r the enemy were too elevated, and their fortificat': s too strong to be taken from the water side. The hole range of hills on that side were known to b lined with ritie-pita, besides the field artillery c: Id be made useful in ease of an attempt at landing This determined me to again run the enemy's ba vise, turn his position by effecting a landing at R dney, or at Bruinaburg, between Grand Gulf and It ney. Accordingly, orders were immediately given if r the troops to debark at Hard . Times, Louie* and march across to the point immediately below rand Gulf. At dark, the gunboats again engaged lb bat teries, and all the transports ran by, receitin but two or three shots in the passage, and these ivi tout injury. I had some time previously ordered s Crr nn- DOiBBROCe to a point opposite Bruinaburg to a ter fain, if possible ' from persons in the neightierhff3d, the character of the road leading to the hiehltads hack of Bruinsburg. During the night I leraed from a negro that there was a good road from Bruin shurg to Port Gibson, which determines met° land there. PORT GIBSON .-- About 2 o'clock on the ist of May the advSrice of the enemy was met eight miles from Bruinsh ig, on the road to Port Gibson. He was forced to tali back, but as it was dark, he was not pins ed far until daylight. Early on the morning oft,e rat I went out, accompanied by members of my sift', and found McOlernand with his corps engaging the ene my about four miles from Port Gibson. At this point the roads branched `in exactly opirositk.direc• tions, both, however, leading to Port Gibal The enemy had taken position on both branche thus dividing as he fell back the pursuing.forcerr. The nature of the ground in that part of the country is such that a very small force could retard the Pro. gress of a much larger one for many houref The roads usually run on narrow, elevated ridge), with deep and impenetrable ravines on either sob. Oa the right were 'the divisions of Hovey, Oir, and Smith, and - on the left the division of Osterktals, of McClernand's corps. The three former succeilled in driving the enemy from position to position, 'nett to Port %Gibson, steadily all day. Osterhaus did not,- ' however move the enemy from the positiol occu pied by him on our lett until Logan's divirOn of McPherson's corps arrived. McOternancl, wt) was with the right in person, sent repeated messes to me. before the arrival of Logan, to send Lsgan's . and Quimby's divisions of IlloPherson's ooms to him. -• -A I had been on that as well as other parts,hf the field, and could not seehow they could he useq there to advantage. However, as soon as thtkiedir' ce of McPherson's cons (Logan's division) are ed, I sent one brigade to McOlernand on the - rig t, and sent one brigade, Brig. Gen..f. E. Smith co wand 'Log, to the left, to the assistance of Osterhau GRAND GULF. 1 By the %judicious disposition made of this bt ,brade, under the immediate supervision of IldePhersti and Logan, a position was soon obtained glvinglue an advantage which soon drove the enemy frcr that part of the field, to make no further stand s uth of Bayou Pierre. The enemy was here repulse with a heavy loss in killed, wounded, and priSoners. The repulse of the enemy on our left took place late in the afternoon. He was pursued toward Port Gibson, but night closing in, and the enemy [flaking the appearance of another stand, the troops, slept upon their arms until taylight. In the morning it was found that the enemy had retreated across Bayou Pierre, on the Grand Gulf road. and la bri gade of Logan's division was Bent to divert his-at. tention whilst a floating bridge was being built noross Bayou Pierre immediately at Port Gibson. This bridge was completed, eight miles marched by McPherson's corps to the - north fork of &Vow Pierre, that stream bridged, and the advance of thin corps commenced passing over it at 5 o'clock the fol• lowing morning. On the 3d the enemy was pursued to Havvkinson's ferry, with slight skirmishing all dal4,during which we took quite a number of pri soners, mostly stragglers from the enemy. ;Find ing that Grand Gulf had been evacuated, and that the advance of my forces was al ready fifteen miles out from there, and on the road, too, they would have to take, to reach either Vicksburg:Jackson, or any intermediate .point on the railroad between .the two places, I determined not to march them back, but. taking's small escort of cavalry, some fifteen or twenty men, I went to the gulf myself and made the necessary arrange ments for changing my base of supplies from Bruins burg to Grand Gulf. In moving from Milliken's Bend, the 15th Army Corps, Major General W. T. Sherman commanding, was left to be the last to start. To prevent heavy reinforcements going from Vicksburg to the assistance of the Grand Gulf forces, I directed Sherman to make 'a demonstration on Haines' Bluff, and to make all the show poeitible. From information since received from prisoners cap tured,-this ruse succeeded admirably. It hail .been my intention, up to the time - of crossing the Missi ssippi river, to collect all my forces at.Grami Gulf, and get on hand a good supply of provisions -and ordnance stores before moving, and, in the: mean time, to detach an army corps to co-operate with General Banks on Port Hudson, and effect a janc- - tion of our forces. THE MARCH ON JACKSON About this time I received a letter from General Banks giving his position west of,the Mississippi flyer, and qatating that he could return .to Baton Rouge by the 10th of May ; that by the reduction of Port Hudson he could join me with 12,000 men. I learned about the same time - that troops were ex pected at Jackson from the Southern cities, with General Beauregard in command. To delay until the 10th of May, and for the reduction of Port Hud son after that, the accession of 12 000 men would not leave me relatively so strong as move prompt ly with whatl had. Information received fronaday to day of the movements of thegumay allse.t.tat pelled- me to the course pumued,.,,W.litlet,lythrat awkinson's Perry waiting for wagons, supplies, and Sherman's corps, which had come forward in the meantime, demonstrations were made, success fully I believe, to induce the enemy to think that route and the one by Hall's Ferry above were ob jects of much solicitude to me. Reconnoissances were made to the west side of the Big Black to within six miles of Warrenton. Oa the' th. of May an advance was ordered, iricPherson's Corps keep ing the road nearest Black river to Rocky Springs, McCiernand's Corps keeping the .ridge road from Willow Springs, and Sherman following with- his craps divided on the two roads. All the ferries were closely guarded until our troops were well advanced. it was my intention here to hug the Black river as closely as possible with McClernand's and Sher man's Corps, and get them to the railroad at some place between Edward's Station and. Bolton. Mc- Pherson waste move by way of Utica to Raymond, and from there into Jackson, destroying the railroad, telegraph, public stores, &c., and push west to rejoin the main force. Orders were given to McPherson accordingly. Sherman was moved forward on the Edward's-Station read, crossing Fourteemmile creek at Dillon's Plantation; McOlernand was moved across the same creek, further west, sending one division of his corps by the Bald win's. ferry road as far as the river. At the crossing of Fourteen mile creek both McOlernand and Sherman had con siderable skirmishing with the enemy to get posses. Mon of the crossing. McPherson met the enemy near Raymond, two brigades strong, under Gregg and Walker. on the same day engaged him, and af ter several hours bard fighting drove him withl heavy loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners. Many threw down their arms and deserted. My position at this time was with Sherman's Corps, some seven miles west of Raymond, and about the centre of the /army. . - - - On the night of the 12th of May, after orders had been given for the corps of MaClerland and Sher man to march toward the railroad by parallel roads, the former in the direction of Edwards' Station and the latter to a point 'on the railroad between Ed wards' Station and Bolton, the order was changed, and both were directed to move toward Raymond. This was in consequence of the enemy having re treated towards Jackson after his defeat at Ray mond, and.of information that reinforcements were daily arriving at Jackson, and that General Joe Johnston was -hourly expected there to take com mand in person. I therefore determined to make sure of that place, and leave no enemy in my rear. McPherson moved on the 13th to Clinton, de stroyed the railroad and telegraph, and captured some important despatches from General Pemberton to General Gregg, who had commanded the day-tie fore, in the battle of Raymond. Sherman moved to a parallel position on the Mississippi Springs and Jackson road. McClernand moved to a point near Raymond. The next day Sherman and McPherson moved their entire forces toward Jackson. The rain fell in torrents all the night before, and continued until about noon of that day, making the roads at first slippery, and then 'miry. Notwithstanding, the troops marched ¶r excellent order, without ging , gling and in the best of spirits; aboutdfourteen miles, and engaged the enemy about 1.2 o'clock M., near Jackson. McOlernand occupied Clinton with one division, Mississippi Springs with another, Ray mond with a third, and had his fourth division and Blair's division of Sherman's corps' with a wagon train still in the rear, near New Auburn, while McArthur, with one brigade of his division of McPherson's corps, was moving toward- Raymond on the Utica road. It was not the intention to move these forces any nearer Jackson, but to have them in a position where they would be in supporting dis tance if the resistance at Jackson should prove more obstinate than there seemed reason to expect. CAPTURE OF. JACKSON The enemy marched out the bulk of his forces on the Clinton road, and sugared McPherson's corps about two and a half miles from, the city. A small force of artillery and infantry took a strong position in front of Sherman, about the same distance out. By a determined advance of our skirmishers these latter were soon driven within their rifle-pits just outside the city. It was impossible to ascertain the strength of the enemy at this part of the line,la time to justify an immediate assault ; consequently, McPherson's two divisions engaged the main bulk of the rebel garrison at Jackson without further aid than the moral support given them by the knowl edge the enemy had of a force to the south aide of the city, and the few infantry and, artillery of the enemy posted there to impede Sherman's progress. Sherman soon discovered the weakness of the ene my, by sendier a reconnoitring party to his right, which also had an effect of causing the enemy to re treat from this part of MS line. A few of the ar tillerists, however, remained in their places; firing upon Sherman's troops until the last moment, evi dently instructed to do so, wit.h the expectation of being captured in the end. On entering the city it was found that the main body of the enemy had re treated north after a heavy engagement of more than two hours with McPherson's corps r in which he was badly beaten. He Ivas pursued until near nieht, but without further damage to him. During that evening I learned that Gen. Johns• ton, as soon as he had satisfied himself that Jackson was to be attacked, had ordered Pemberton pereinp toffy to march out from the direction of Vicksburg and attack our rear. Availing myself of this lam- IfIFILIOD, I immediately issued orders to itleOlernand and Blair, of Sherman's corps, to face their troops toward Bolton, with a view of reaching Edward'a Station, marching on different roads converging near Bolton. There troops were admirably located for such a move. McPherson was ordered to retrace his steps early on the morning of the 15th on the. Clinton road. Sherman was left in Jackson to.de stroy the railroad, bridges, factories, workshops, arsenals, and everything valuable for the suppoO of the enemy. This was, accomplished in the:mhat, effectual manner. • On the afternoon of the 15th I proceeded , as far west as Clinton, through whiob place McPherson's corps passed to within .supporting distance of Ito vey's division of McOlernand's corps, which had. moved that day on the same road to within one. and a half miles of Bolton. fkn reaching Clinton,. at 446 P. M., I ordered McOlern - and to move his command early next morning toward Edward's DdpOt, march, Mg so as to feel the enemy, if he encountered him, but not to bring on a general engagement unless he was confident he was able to defeat him; and also to order Blair to move with him. . About 5 o'clock en the morning of the 18th two men, employees on the Jaok son and Vicksburg rail road, who had passed through Pemberton's army the night before,. were.hrought to my headquarters. They stated Pemberton's force to consist of about eighty regiments, with ten batteries of artillery, - and that the whole force was estimated by the enemy at about twenty five .thousand men. Prom them. I also learned the positions being taken ,up by the enemy, and his intention of 'attacking our rear. I -had determined to leave one division of Sherman's corps one day longer in Jackson,- but this informa tion determined me to bring his entire command up at Quo, arid / twordingly.dopAtitecl him 14% 3,60 lIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1863. Dr, to move with all possible speed until he came up with the main force near Bolton. Pay despatch reached him at 7,10 A. M., and his advance division was in motion in one hour ft ors that time. A de spatch was sent to Blair at the'starte time, to push forward his division in the direction of Edward's Station with ,all !possible despatch. McOlernand was directed to establish communication between Blair and Osterhaus, of his- corps, and keep it up, moving the former to the support of the lat ter. PdePherson was ordered forward at 545 A. A., to join McOlernand, and Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, of my staff, was sent forward to communicate the information received, and with verbal instructions to MeOlernand as to the dispo sition of his forces. At an early hour I left for the advance, and on arriving at the crossing of the Vicksburg and rfackson Railroad, with the road from Raymond to I3olton. I found McPherson% advance and his pioneer corps engaged in rebuilding - a bridge on the former toad that had been destroyed by the cavalry of Osterhaus's division that had gone into Bolton the night before. The train of ilovey's di vision was at a halt, and blocked up the road 'from further advance' n the Vicksburg road. I ordered all quartermasters and wagonmasters to draw their teams to one side and make room for the passage - of troops. McPherson was brought up by this road. Passing to the front, I found Hovey% division of the. lath Army Corps at a halt, with our skirmishers• and the enemy's pickets near each other. Hovey was bringing his troop's into line, ready for battle, and could have brought on an engagement at any moment. The enemy had taken up a very strong position on a narrow ridge, his left rest— ing on a height where the road makes a sharp turn to the left approaching Vicksburg. The top of the ridge and the precipitous hilt-side to the left of the road are covered by a dense forest and undergrowth. To the right of the road the timber extends a short distance down the hill, and then opens into cultiva ted fields on a gentle slope, and into a valley extend ing for a considerable distance. On the road and -into the wooded ravine anti hill-side Hovey's divi sion was disposed for the attack. McPherson's two divisions—all of his corps with him on the march from Milliken's Bend (until -- Ransom's brigade ar rived that day after the hattle)—were thrown to the right of the road, properly speaking, the ene my's rear. But I would not permit an attack to be commenced by our troops until I could hear from McOlernand, who was advancing with four divisions. two of them on a road intersecting the Jackson road, about one mile from where the troops above described were placed, and about the centre of the enemy's line; the other two divi sions on a road still north, anti nearly the same distance off.. " BATTLE &F CHAMPION HILL. I soon heard from McClernand, through members of his staff and my own, whom I hid sent to him early in the morning, and found that by the nearest practicable route of, communication he was two and a halt:miles distant ; I sent several successive mes: sages to him to push forward with all. rapidity. There bad been continuous firing between Hovey's skirmishers and the rebel advance, which, by 11 o'clock, grew into a battle. For some time this division bore the bruntof the conflict; hut, finding the enemy too strong for them, at the instance of Hovey I directed first one and then a second brigade front Crocker's division to reinforce him. All this time Lo gan's division was working upon the enemy's left and rear, and weakened his. front attack most wonder fully. The troops here opposing us evidently far outnumbered ours. Expecting McOlernand mo• mentarilscwith four divisions (including Blair's), never fit a doubt of the result. He did not arrive, ' however, until the enemy had been driven from the field, after a terrible contest of hours, with a heavy loss of killed, wounded, and prisoners, and a num ber 'of pieces of artillery. It was found afterwards that the Vicksburg road. after following the ridge in a southerly direction for about one mile and to where it intersected one of the Raymond roads. - turns almost to the west, down the hill, and across the valley in which Loga - was- operating on the rear of the enemy. One brigade of Logan's division bad, unconscious of this important fact, penetrated nearly to this road, and compelled the enemy to re treat to prevent capture. As it was, much of his artillery and Loring's division-of his army was cut off besides the prisoners captured: On the call of ' Hovey for more reinforcements, just before the out of the enemy commenced. I ordered McPherson to move what troops he could by a left flank around to the enemy's front. Logan rode up at this time..and told me that if Hovey could make an other dash at the enemy he could come up from where he then was and capture' the greater part of their force. I immediately rode forward, and found the troops that had been so gallantly engaged for so many hours withdrawn from their advanced position, and were filling their cartridge bbxes. I directed them to use all despatch, and push forward as soon as possible,, explaining to them the position of Logan's division. Proceeding still further forward, expecting every moment to see the enemy, and, reaching what had been his line, I found he was retreating. Arriving at the Raymond road, I saw to my-left and on the next ridge a column of troops which proved to be Carr'a division, and MeGlernand with it in person; and to the left of Carr Osterhaus' division soon af terwards appeared, with his skirmishers well in ad vance. I sent word to Osterhaus that the enemy was in full retreat, and to push up with all haste. The situation was soon explained, after which , I ordered Carr to , pursue with all speed to Black river, and across it if he could, and to Osterhaus to follow. Some of 111cPberson's troops had already got into the road in advance, but 'having marched and en gaged the enemy all day, they were fatigued and gave the road to Carr, who continued the pursuit until after dark, capturing a train of cars loaded with commissary and ordnance stores and other property.. The delay in the advance of the troops immediately with McOlernand was caused, no doubt, by the enemy-presenting a front of artillery and infantry where It was impossible, from. the na ture of the ground and the density of the forest, to diecover his numbers. As it was, the battle of Champion's Hill, or Baker's Creek, was fought mainly by Hovey's division of Mcalernand'e corps, and Logan's and Quimby's divisions (the latter com manded by Brig. Gen. M. M. Clocker) of McPher son's corps. Raneom'a brigade, of McPherson'e corps,.came on to the field where the main battle had been- fought, immediately after the enemy bad begun his retreat. . CROSSING OF THE BIG BLACK. Word was sent to Sherman, at Bolton, of the re sult of the day's engagementi'vrith directions to turn his corps toward Bridgeport, and to, Blair to • join , him at this latter *ea& At daylight, on the Fitli, - the'pursuit was renewed with iffoOlernand's corps in the advance. The enemy were foundstrong ly posted on both sides of the Black river- At this point, on Black river, the bluffs extend' to the water's edge on the west bank. On the east, aide is an open, cultivated bottom of near one mile in width, eurroundediby a bayou of stagnant water, - from two to three feet in depth, 'and from ten to I wenty feetin width,from the river above the-railroad to the river below. Following the inside line of this bayou the enemy had constructed rifle pits, with the bayou to serve as a ditch on the outside and home diately in front of them. Carr's division occupied the right in investing the place, and Lawler's bri gade the right of his division. After a few' hours' skirmishing Lawler discovered that by moving a portion of his brigade under cover of the bank he could get-a position from which that place could be successfully assaulted, and ordered a charge accord ingly. Notwithstanding the level ground over which a portion of his troops had to pass without cover, and the great obstacle or the ditch in front cif the enemy's. works, the charge was gallantly and suc cessfully made. and In a tew minutes the entire gar rison, with seventeen pieces of artillery,.were the trophies of this brilliant and daring movement. The enemy on the west bank of the river immediately set fire to the railroad bridge and retreated, thus cutting off all chance of escape-for any portion of hie forces remaining on the east bank. Sherman, by this time, had reached Bridgeport, on Black river above. The only pontoon-train with the expedition was with him. By the moraine of the 18th he had crossed the. river, and was ready to march on Walnut Hills. McOlernand and McPher son built floating bridges during the night, and had thers'ready for crossing their commands by 8 A. M. of the 18th. The march was commenced by. Aherman at an early hour by . the Bridgeport anfftrichetturg road, turning to the right when within three and a half miles of Vicksburg, to get possession of Walnut Hills and the 'Yazoo river. This was successfully accomplished before the night of the lath. McPher son crossed Black river above the .Tackson road, and came info the same road with Sherman, but to hie rear. He arrived after nightfall, with his ad vance to where Sherman turned to the right.' Mc ()lemmd moved by the Jackson and Vicksburg road to Mount Albans, and there turned to the left to get into Baldwin's• Ferry road. By thia disposition the three army corps covered all the ground their strength would admit of, and by the morning of the 19th the investment of Vicksburg was made as com plete as could be by the forces at my command.' THE ASSAULTS ON VICKSBURG -.During the day there was continuous skirmishing, and I was not without hope of carrying the enemy's works. Relying upon the demoralization of the enemy in consequence of repeated defeats outside of Vicksburg ; I ordered a general assault at 2 P. M. on this day. The 10th Army Corps, from having arrived in front of the enemy's • works in time on the lath to get a good position, were enabled to make a vigorous assault. The lath and 17th corps suc ceeded no further than-to gain advanced positions, covered from the fire of , the enemy. The 20th and 21st were spent in perfecting communications with our supplies." Most of the troops had been marching and fighting battles for twenty days on an average of about five days' rations, drawn from the commis sary.department. Though they had not suffered from short rations up to this time, the want of bread to accompany the other rations was beginuing to be, much felt. On the gist my arrangements for draw. ing supplies of every description being complete, I determined to make another effort to carry Vicks burg by assault. There were many reasons to de termine me to adopt - this course. I believed an as sault from the position gained by this time could be made successfully.. It was kmown that John ston was at Clanton with the force taken by him from Jackson, reinforced by other troops from the East, and that more were daily reaching him. With the force I had, a short time..must have enabled him to attack me in the rear, and possibly succeed in raising the siege. Possession of Vicksburg at that time would have enabled me to have turned upon Johnston-and driven him from the State, and possess myself-of all the railroads and practical mi. litary highways, thus effectually securing to our selves all territory west of the Tombigbee ' and this before the season was too far advanced for cam paigning in this latitude. I would have saved Go vernment sending large reinforcements, much need ed ehrewhere.; and, finally, the troops themselves were impatient to possess 'Vicksburg, and would not have worked in the trenches with the same zeal, believing it unnecessary, that they did after their failure to carry the enemy's works. Accordingly on the 21st orders were issued for a general assault on the whole line; to commence at 10 A. NI. on the 22d. All the corps commanders Bet their time by mine, that there should be no difference between them in movement of assault. Promptly at the hoer designated, the three army corps, then in front of the enemy's works corn. menced the arsault. I had taken a commanding po sition near PdcPhersonta frout, and from which I could see all the advancing columns from his corps, and a part of each of Sherman's and McOternand'e. A portion of the commands of each succeeded in planting their flags on the outer slope of the enemtps. bastionr, -- and maintained them there until night. Each corps had many more men than could possibly be used in the assault, over such gropnd as fitter vened between them and the onemy. " More men could only avail in case of braaking through the enemy's line or in repelling a sortie. The assault was gallant in the extreme on the part of all the troops, but the enemy's positian was too strong, both naturally and artificially, to,be taken in that way. At every point assaulted, arid at all of them at the same time, the enemy was able to show ale the force hie works could cover: The assault - failed, I regret to say, with much loss on our side in killed and wounded, but without weakening the confidence- of the troops in their ability to ultimately succeed. No troops succeeded in entering any ofthe enemy's works with the exception of Sergeant Griffith, of the net Reeiment lowa Volunteeza, and some eleven privates of the saws regiment. Of these none ret tureed except the aergeant and poesibly. one. man. The work entered by "him, from its position, could gtve us.no practiattl , advantage unless others to the tight"and left ofit.were carried and held at-the same About-121tt. I received a despatch iron]. INlcOler nand that be Wan hard pressed- at several points, in reply,to which I directed him to reinforce the points hardlrressed from such troops as he had that were not engaged. I then rode , round to Sherman, and had just reached there, when I received a second despatch from McOlernand stating posit'Lvely and iinrquivocally that he was in possession or and still held two of the enemy's forts; that the American flag then waved over them ; and asking me to have Sherman 'and McPherson make a diversion in ;his favor. This despatch I showed to Sherman, who immediately ordered a renewal of the .assault err hie front. 'I also sent -an answer to ale. Glen:mud, directing to order up McArthur to Ws mistienoo, an 4 itartel inunepttely to the potiti6U I had ji.vit left on 'McPherson's line to convey to Him the infcametion from. McOlernand by this last deopatch, thathe might make the diver- Mon reonested. Beiore'refthing glepherson I wet a messenger with it thirit despatch from McCler nand, of which the following:ir w copy: ItsADQUARTURCTIi TUT ItIENTit ARM V Cour.% Ix Tun Ft4CLI) NEAR , YIOH Sno7r6, Miss., May 11363. GIIN3RAL : We have'galned the enemy's entrench ments at several points - , but are brought to &stand. I have sent word to Mealthur to reinforce waif he can. Would it not be beW, to concentrate the whole or a part of his command on thispoint JOHN A:. IVIcOLERNA:Na, Major General Commanding. Major General U. S. Gir_txr. P. S.—l have received your delipateh: My troops are allengaged, and I cannot" withdrawany to retry• force others, IVlca The position occupied by me during most of the time of the assault, gave me a better opportunity of seeing what was going on in front - of the 13th Army Corps than I believed it possible for the commander of it to have: -I could not see his possession- ot forts, nor necessity for reinforcements, as repre• sented in his despatches, up to the time Herta, which was between 12 M.. and 1 P. IT, and' r expressed' doubts of their correctness, which - doubts-the fadts subsequently, but too late, confirmed: At the timel could not disregard his reiterated - statements;. ior they might possibly he true; and that no possible' opportunity of- carrying the enemy's• stronghold' should he allowed to escape through fault of mine, ordered Quimby's division, which was all of Mc Pher. son's corps then present; but four brigades, to 'report' to McClernand, and notified him- of the order. I showed his despatches to McPherson, as .1' had to' Sherman, to satisfy him of the necessity of an active diversion on their part to hold as•much fore in their fronts as possible. The diversion was promOtly and vigorously made, and resulted in the increase of our mortality list fully fifty per cent:, without advancing our position or giving us other advantages. About 8.60 P. M.., I received MoOlernand's fourth despatch, as follows: HEADQUARTERS THYRTEENTII ARMY CORPS, May 22; 1863. GENERAL : I have received 'your despatch in re ,gard to_General Quimby'); division and Generall l llc4 'Arthur's division. As soon as they arrive' r will press the enemy with all possible • speed, and doubt not I will force my way through. I have lost no ground. My men are in two of the enemy's' forts; but they are commanded by rifle-pits in the rear. Se veral prisoners have been taken who intimate that the rear is strong.- At this moment ram rfard pressed; JOHN A. TVIcOLIERNA.Nfn Major General Commanding. Major General If. S. GRANT, Department 'or the Tennessee. The assault of this day proved the quality of the soldiers Of this army. Without entire sueeess, and with a heavy, loss, there was no murmuring or com plaining, no falling back, nor evidence of demorali zation. THE SIEGE After the failure of the 22d, I determined upon a regular siege. The troops now being fully-awake to the necessity of this,worked diligently and 'cheerfully. The work progressed rapidly and satisfactorily until the 3d of July, when all was about ready - for a final assault. There was a great scarcity of engineer officers in the beginning ; but under the skilful Bu te] intendence of Captain F. E.-Prime; of the eagi neer corps, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, of my staffi and Captain C. B. Comstock, of the engineer corps,• who joined this command -during the siege, such practical experience was gained as would enable any division of this army hereafter to conduct a siege with considerable skill, in the absence of regu• lar engineer -officers. THE CAPITULATION On the afternoon of the 3d of July a letter was re ceived from Lieutenant General Pemberton, corn mending the Confederate forces at Vicksburg, propo sing an armistice, and the appointment of • commis-- sionera to arrange terms for the capitulation of the place. The correspondence, copies of• which are herewith transmitted, resulted in the surrender - of the city- and garrison of Vicksburg at 'lO o'clock A. M., July 4, 1863, on the following terms: The en tire garrison, officers and men, were to be paroled, not to take -up arms agninat the United States, - until exchanged by the proper authorities; officers and men each to be furnished with a parole, signed by himself ; officers to be allowed their side arms and private baggage, and the field, staff; and cavalry officers one horse each ; the rank and file to. he allowed all- their clothing, but no other property ; rations from their own stores sufficient to last them beyond our lines'; the necessary cooking utensils for preparing their food ; and thirty wagons, to transport such ar ticles as could'not well be carried. These terms I regarded more favorable to the Government than an unconditional surrender. It saved us the transporta tion of them north, which at that time would have been very difficult ; owing to the limited amount of river transportation on hand and theexpeose of sub sisting them. It left our army free to operate against Johnston, who was threatening us from the direc tion of Jackson, and our river transportation to be used for the movement of troops to any point the exigency of the service might require. I deem it proper to state here, in order that the correspondence may be fully understood, that after my answer to General Pemberton's letter of the morning of the 3d, we had a personal interview on the subject of the capitulation. The particulars and incidents of the siege will be contained in the re ports of division and corps commanders, which will be forwarded as soon as received. In the march from Bruinsburg to Vicksburg, co vering a period of twenty days, before supplies could be obtained from Government stores, only five days' rations were issued, and three days of these were taken in haversack, at the start, and were soon ex hausted. All other subsistence was obtained from the country through which we passed. The march was commenced without wagons, except such as could be picked up through the country. The coun try was abundantly supplied with corn, bacon, beef, find mutton. The troops enjoyed excellent health, and no army ever appeared in better spirit, or felt more confident of success. - THE GRIERSON EXPEDITION. In accordance with previous instructions, Major General S. A. Hurlbut started Colonel (now Briga• dier General) B. H. Grierson, with a cavalry force from LA Grange,.Tennessee, to make a raid through the central portion of the State of Mississippi to destroy railroads and other publicproperty, for the purpose of creating a diversion in favorof the army moving to the attack on Vicksburg. On the 17th of April this expedition started, and arrived at Baton Rouge on the 2d of May, hay's& successfully tra versed the whole State of Mississippi. The-expedi tion was skilfully conducted, and reflects great cre dit on Colonel Grierson and all of his command. The notice given this. raid by.the Southern press confirms our estimate of its importance. It has been one of the most brilliant cavalry exploits during the war, and will be handed down in history as an ex ample to be imitated. Colonel Grierion is report is herewith transmitted. RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN The result of this campaign has been the defeat of the enemy in five battles outside of ,Vicksburg ; the occupation of Jackson, the capital of- the State of Mississippi, and the capture of Vicksburg, and its garrison and munitions of war • a loss to the enemy of thirty-seven thousand (37,000) prisoners, among whom were fifteen general officers ; at least tea thousand killed and wounded, and among the killed Generals Tracy, Tilghman, and Green; and hun di and perhaps thousands, of stragglers, who can never be collected and reorganized. Arms and mu nitions of war for an army of sixty thousand' en have fallen into our hands, besides a large anieSunt of other public property, consisting of railroads, lo comotives, cars, steamboats, cotton, &c.,and much was destroyed to prevent our capturing t. Our loss in the series of battles may be summed up as follows Killed. Wo'ded. Wing. Port Gibson 130 713 5 Fourteen-mile Greek (skirmish). 4 24 Raymond 69 341 32 JackE on 40 240 6 Champion's Hill 426 1,642 139 Big Black railroad bridge 29 242 2 Tick slur , . 545 3,633 303 Of the wounded many were but slightly wounded, and continued on duty; many more required but a few days or weeks for their recovery. Not more than one half of the wounded were permanently dis abled. My personal staff and chiefs of departments have in all cases rendered prompt and efficient service. In all former reports I have failed to make men tion of Company A, 4th Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, Captain S. D. Osband commanding. This company has been on duty with me as an escort company since. November, 1861, and in every engagement I have been in since that time rendered valuable service, attracting general attentionJor their exemplary conduct, soldierly bearing, and promptness. It would not be overstating the merits of this company to • say that , many of them would fill with credit any position in a cavalry regiment. For the brilliant achievements recounted in this report, the Army of the Tennessee, their comrades of the Ninth army corps, Herron's division of the Army of the Frontier, and the navy co-operating with them, deserve the highest honors their country can award. I have the honor to be, Colonel, very respectfully,- your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT, Major General U. S. A. ' Commanding. Colonel J. C. KELTON, Asst. Adj't Gen., Washing ton, D. C. THE STATES 1N REBELLION. Reconstruction. From Correspondence of tbe Mobile Evening News.] " The game's up. It's useless calling for ,us men up to forty-five, for we can't go. Reconstruction on whatever grounds we can get it, say L' These start ling words, uttered in a brisk, confident, and shame less lone, awoke me from my after-dinner torpor as I lay back in my chair in a public house at Tusca loosa. The speaker was a - hale, hearty, old-young fellow of forty-two. His auditors, numbering half a dozen, were mostly younger than himselfiand appa rently as 4t food for powder as any class• of robust 'exempts as have come within my vision. The va rious replies in answer to. the speakerie discourse were flattering enough to him.- Oae of the sub missionists exclaimed.: You're right, John. A :I—d old. Mississippi refugee, with his- family and' fifty niggers, stopped at my place yesterday, and wanted supplies. Told him Ild see him,in purgatory. first; to go home and defend his own. State, and not: run off and eat us all up.. If -having . to run off and! leave everything to the Yankees ringt subjugation, I'd like to know what is. It's time- this thing wise stopped, and now. I'm ordered out; although my substitute is with-Lee—_-and amid leave my property to take, care of itself. Pll bet4---ii first "Such ideas as these I-have heard recently so fM• quently advanced by men of property, who, for vari ous:reasons, are exemptfrom military duty, andwho have.never shouldered ft.rousket ar carried a sabre, that wealth and, patriotism. seem incompatible. Now, when it becomes imperative to lend the aid of their strong arms in support ofi the cause,' men; struction,' sing they all, soonec Oslo expose theiepre elOUß persons, or. relinquish an acre of their- oche rished lands. "Our. President promised that, if the ilorkest hour should- be forced upon us, when our capital should fall,. when our Last military organization should become scattered or expire, he would join the patriot. band of. heroes who, from behind some friendly trEe, would confirm% to greet the invader with the crack of the rifle, and make his. track one of blood, famed ever after in history as the last stand of the freeman. When the last armed man shall retreat-to the Gulf • when every mile of South. ern soil shall be watered with the patriot's blood ; when even the buzzard shall fly frore,the stench of our putrid foes, then subjugation may come honors.. bly, but submission, reconstruction, *aver." A THRICAD OIIRENNOT- In some places in the South, Confederate money is not very highly esteemed. There la one dark spot in the region about Tuscaloosa where produce cannot be bought for the notes of Jeff Davis. The patriotic farmers' wives only receive thread as currency, and the result is that the thread factory in Tuscaloosa becomes the bank for that °community. There is, a regular day and hour specified for the Bale of thread and those times the eager - nem to get a " bundle's of thread in exchange for „Stets as Igreat as was the desire of your traders to get the first issues of postal currency. This is described by " N'lmporte" thus "The wealthy lady steppe from her carriage, sail' directs her escort to tell Mr. Kirkman that Mrs.. Rich.enough-to buy-you desires a bundle, as she re.. turns at once to the country. But as the distrilm7 tion is made by honest citizens, no partiality is, ob.! servable. During much wrangling and dispute, the, fifty bundles are sold, the country people having the preference, and the crowd of a hundredor aa.tinsuc. cessful persons disperse to try for better. success upon 'the ensuing distribution day. Y,mi, see now the sequel. A wagon laden with vege,tables, etc , calls at every house: 'How much do, you ask for butterg , 'A dollar a pound for thread!' give you six hanks of it for as many pounds of butter.' The offer is eagerly accepted, and a. hank of thread, which costs, forty cents, buys, a pound of butter. Such is the origin and operation of our thread cur rency. To keep your taWe supplied, you must pre. seat yourself at the thrUd d3,Atrl,biagor 4 aiAtkcouthag4 THREE GMT'S. to'do so until successful, and then you have the pa= myna for, All wanter.” RmaiALIATIOrd. NAILIIRV Ivsevir. [l iebmoodi. oorreer,ondenee of the Mobile Tribune.] The erKterminteribg deopot has announced Mk curse. He has reAised to- receive a commissioner from urrror entertain the' prolix:mitten to conduct the' war ups 6 principles of civilized nations, ft , being , deemed irdtdmissible. ~Hei permits his generals to murder indiscriminately onr' o'loz - etre and soldiers, and whenever our Prerident attempts retributive juetice, he is' threatened with tenfold vengeance. What is thierbut 'it war Of exterininatiOn I After the brutal murder of ten of otfinnocent soldiers in Mire Bowl by the aerinsider McNeal, PreeidentEravis issued a spirited proclamation in Ilisersaippi. in which he declaredi no ftorther exchange of officers should take place unto% McNeal was surrendered, and de claring that all Yankee officers 'found' tampering with or running off our slaves; should , suffer the penalty of the State - laws. After the battlb of blur freeeboro, in which we took same 6,006 - prisoners, Lincoln refused to rfceive the paroled prisoners un less we also sent the -Officers with them. "mat was the time we should Mive stood up to the letter of the bond. We dui nnt. however ; the oilliers were released—and McNeal's , tenfold murder stand's un avenged. When Burnside 'murders two of cur' oftThers Ya Kentucky, the:Yankee officers (prisonere) - at Rich mond are made to draw lots. Two aratcoirdemned to suffer in retaliation, and tceday Lincoln threstena that, if we dare to touch his men, he will execute Gen. Rodney Lee and Capt. Winder. "Thu_,_ what a farce becomes our retaliatkil mem. surer! r More than this—at the last session, Goneress passed an act that all Yankee cornmissioneeofficers commanding negro regiments who should be cap. cured ehould sutler death, and all negroes found in. their ranks to be turned over to the State authori ties for trial. In what case has the law been. exe cuted 7 - As I urged a year ago, it had been a great humanity had we in the first instance declared we would take no prisoners, though it seems barbarous at first blush. It would have saved thousands of lives, and perhaps ere this ended the war. What bounty could induce a Yankee to enlist when he . knew that his fate was certain death? I believe it is not late yet, and is the best thing we can dm NOBTFIERN PEACE MEN. 4,e arran the Knoxville Register.] - We fully endorse the following views of the Savan nah Republican: I was told yesterday that Vallandigham had said that it would be a bad move on our part to cross the Potomac, inasmuch as it would injure the Peace party.. The Tforid and Herald say that the Peace party is frustrated under the present excitement.— Correspondcnt Charleston Mercury. • Suppose Mr. Vallandigham and the Now York pa pers old Bay it, it is very natural that a Northern man should deprecate invasion of his country, even though he may be on the side of peace. The quota. lions of such opinions we regard as most ill-timed. Their tendency is to perpetuate the long since ex , plead foolery that we could build up a peace party at the North, an idea that lies at the bottom of half of our disasters in this war. It proceeds, too, on - -the idea-that the invasion is destined to ,fail—a de spondentriewwhich no Southern man should enter tain for amsoment. The correct position ' as we understand it, is this We should not attempt invasion unless we are pre pared to carry it throbgh successfully, or at least with a strong probability of success. The proper conclusion is that by punishing the North severely for its crimes, and overthrowing its armies—as we expect to do—we shall make more peace men at the North than we should by twenty years of forbear ance, or five hundred speeches from Vallandignam and Wood. It, seems hard for our people to learn that there is but one road to peace—a thorough di uti bins of the enemy. The sooner we plant ourselves on this ground the sooner will the war be brought to a close. Northern Democracy and foreign inter vention are foolish delusions which should no long er be allowed to deceive. CKRIOPS ADVERTISENRKTS-TRADING IN GREEN. BACKS. We find the following in the advertising eolu!nns of the Mobile Register: NOTIr'E.— COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. MOBILE, JUNE LS63.—.Tobn Bowen bas refused, and avowedly re fus•es to receive Confederate Treasury Notes, in payment for dEbts due him. JOHN REID, Jr., Secretary NOTICE.—JOHN BOWEN HAS. FROM THE FIRST issue of Confederate money, received it for his goods, and for notes and f , CCOTIIKS, will continue to receive it, and solicits payment in same. Bat there are case:, where he has rernsed, - will continue to refine. and when occa sion requires, will tike nleasnre in explaining his rea sons. GIY2-R1 JOHN . BO WEN. Mr. Bowen mu attic a brave man. Another paper relates the following incident which occurred a little later in the same city of Mobile: In Mobile last , week, a Vicksburg soldier went into Mr. Simon's clothing store, on Dauphin street, to purchase a shirt. The clerk, a man named Mark Wohl, attended on him and commenced to exhibit his goods. During the conversation Wohl asked him if he had some greenbacks, and was answered In the affirmative. The soldier selected a shirt and in quired the price. He was told that he could have it for $25 in Confederate money, or $2.50 in greenbacks. The soldier paid him with the latter, and imme diately afterward reported the case to Major Denis, the provost marshal,. who ordered his arrest. The Advertiser says : " W ohl was afterwards taken out on it.writ of ha beas corpus. Gen. Maury, learning of the action, de spatched Officer Mansfield with instructions to re• arrest him and send him to Atlanta, and from there, we learn, be will be taken to - Richmond to be sent across the lines. He was put on board the steamer Mary Wilson, which left at o'clock. Wohl made this transaction on his individual account, being un authorized by his employer.” Here are some more advertisements from the Mo bile papers : NOTICE.—The nndtrsigredwillpaythe highest price for a substitute for the militia. Apply .at No. 97 Main. street. F. KING. Jar A brst-rate Blacksiiith for sale; also. aletter A No 1 Carpenter. Apply as above. E. KENO. WANTED—By a banished son of St Louis. Mo., a po sition as Steamboat Captain or Clerk. A situation as bookkeeper in a- wholesale house or any general busi ness would be accepted, Best of reference given if re quired Address BETA. WANTED—By a lady. who has been driven from her home by the fall of Vicksbarg. employment as a Dress rocker, or sewing of any description. Apply at this office. VALLANDIGRAM'S AI7;..DRESS This document is copied entire by the Richmond Dispatch, whose editor comments as follows on-a por tion of it : " A portion of the above the Richmond Dispatch considers a very strange document. It isl,o the ef feet that he, (Vallandigham,) while in tht Confede rate States, did not-meet with a single person who was,not resolved to perish rather than yield to the pressure of arms; but that every person he con versed with expressed himself willing, if the Yan kees would withdraw their troops, to discuss the terms of reunion.. - do not know who were the persona with whom Mr. T. conversed. We are sure we have conversed• with many more Southerners than he ever did, and we never heard the first one yet speak of reunion. He has certainly made a great mistake somehow or other." CO:AMBITS TS. :WHILE -.Non - = —The impression induced by Grant's late movement is, that Mobile will be the next point of attack. The place has become terribly corrupted by the Nassau cotton •trade—is full of smugglers, bro kers, and others seeking Yankee markets for hidden merchandise, and may—nay, probably will fall. Let it co.—Columbus aria. irou go to—Halifax. The record of Mobile isn't made up yet, and the editor of the Sun ie not the pre deetined chronicler of ite fall—or any other manf— Moelle News. A Nova Fight oft Portland. [From the Portland. Ole.) Argus of Thursday. • We received and published a report of a battle off Schoodac Island; on Thursday, July 23d, giving some particularsof it. Since then, the fact of its oc currence has been confirmed by the arrivalof several vessels at different ports, whose captains either saw or beard it. Butt as yet, we have had no explanation of the affair. Nobody seems to know what it means. We are now in possession of facts that satisfy us beyond. the possibility of a doubt, that an engage ment did occur between two steamers on the day and in the locality named, and that from 53 to 56 shots were exchanged. It appears that a large propeller steamship, painted black, was lying for some days prior lathe 22d. ult. on Grand ;Nieman Banks. She was at one time so near the schooner Ohio, Captain Dolliver, of Tremont, that the Captain feared she would drift on to him, and he hailed her, expressing his. fears of such a result. The captain of the steamer told him to have no fear, that he would not harm him. She laid alongside the Ohio about twen ty-four hours. The battle oceurred between 10 and 11 o'clock in' the forenoon, about ten miles east-southeast from Bakees Island, 'Mount Desert. The day was per fectly, clear, and the battle was witnessed by Capt. Richardson, of Cranberry Island, and others, from the light-house on Baker's Island. With a glass the vessels could be seen with perfect distinctness: The persons in the light-house counted fifty-three dis charges from guns of very heavy calibre. There was% town meeting in Tremont on that day. The heavy discharges 'of artillery shook the buildings and rattled the glass so much as to alarm people, and many went to Southwest 'Harbor to learn what itmeant. They there saw the steamer come in and the boat come ashore. Those at the Town house counted fifty-six distinct discharges of heavy guns. These are the facts amply vouched for which we have,.through the politeness of Captain Booth, of the schooner Ceres, from Tremont. Of course, every one will inquire what all this Dwane? We can furnish no answer. The belierof those who witnessed the fight, was that it was a bat tle between a Confederate privateer and a United States gunboat—that the gunboat got the worst of it and came west to report and get help, and they bad been constantly expecting an official report of the. affair. Why has there been no official explana tion of the matter ? The Navy Department must be in possession of the facts. Some of those who saw her think the black Steamer was the Lord Clyde. . , . REOPENING OF THE BAI.I.L'I.M.ORP. AND OHRt t , AIL AOAD.—Our readers were all gratified : at, :mi nouncement of there-opening of the Baltimi i and Ohio railroad. The rebels burned or blew uoltwelve large bridges, tore down or burned eight first-class. water stations, and broke up: or, carried of most of , their valuable machinery, and fixtures: They stole= over thirty miles of the beat telegraph wire, and out. down a thousand supporting• poles. They tore up, from its solid bed of stone. ballast over seven miles• of heavy new iron track„ but five months in use, and‘ eighteen thousand of the largest oak and chestnut crossties on which the.rails were laid, and burned. every rail and every, tie- thus removed, utterly, de, at eying the latter. and.rendering the iron unfit for use. The destruction embraced a range of eighty miles, between Horper's Tarry and Cumberland. And yet all thsse.bridges, water stations, tracks, telegraphs, &c., in.theirmaseive magnitude, are ma gically restored, or „rather replaced, and the line, sup posed by the enemy to. have been well nigh extin guished, is again, (like_ another Phmnix) risen from its ashes, ready.ta bear upon its well-watched and closely-manned rails the heaviest products of the Western field and mountain, or the delicate forma of the fairest tra:vellers who may seek the seaboard or the air of Oakland for recreation. Aedbut tkerfeen days has been occupied in this work of rebuilding, after the heavy preparatory labor of,gathering and transporling,the enormous bulk of material. This is computed. at not less than four hundred.terston car loads, requiring twenty trains of engines and cars, whose aggregate length would largrely exceed two miles. This. material was carried, by the oompany, on its.. Awn road, an average dietance of more than one hundee,d and sixty ranee, to the points where it wanrermired,. adding largely to,the labor-and coat of th sanbuil diog. —Wheeling Inteligencen LITNIZATITIVE AT THE Sourrn...- , - , The Atlanta ,tontkezn Con i fedemcy has raised its price to $36 a year. 4 This, 'says an Atlanta.paper, "is not as high as the- articles of subrdstance and price of paper would authorize." bill the. Atlanta papers have adopted these rates. West & Johnston, of. Richmond, advertise an edi tion of Wilkie Colitus, "No Name," at $4 ; the first of the five parts of Ices Miserables at $2 ; the stone wall Song Book at fifty cents, the twenty-fifth thou sand having, been published ;-Gilhain , o Tactics at $10; the Sou'Aern Pictorial Primer at fifty cents, and Waner's Surgery at $6 a copy. Mr. Pa/lard's Second Year ol.:the War, Miss Mulooh's Mistress and Maid,The" Romance of a Poor Young Man, Macariah, Thy the author of Beulah, and, Aurora Floyd, are in press, —General Bunter is 'at the Filkmore Newport, and Genefal Buell at the Ocean 'House. General Sherman attended churokin the seine place last Sunday and a week ago Ss:eada3i. Last Sunday the excessive' beat caused him to, aW; hilt he re soavel'eg 19Q4 reaching 9V94 TIMM 1:11i7"A73. PAM M. (PUBLlsmin WEEKLY.) Tax Wan P 6886 WM be Cent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at VS 54 Three copies • 5 00 Five copies 00 Ten copies •• 'l5 00 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the same rate, 1.50 per copy. The MOM?! must CC tiOrithe (Weer/many the order, a nd s to no instance can the,seternte be deviated from . ad they afford very tittle more than the cost of the paper. Poetmastera are requested to act as Agents for Tux: Wan Fauns. rad - To the getter- up of the Club of ten or twenty, as extra copy of as Paper will be given. POLITICAL INTELLIOUCP. •T.he New York Sun, the organ of the Lassoes is the P 4 *nyire City, refers to the nomination of Go ' vernor ,Curtin by the Pittsburg CoriventTot in the fallowing' terms "cover, nor Curtin la a man of unquestioned ener prt an d le c ertainly the most available candidate of hie party, 0.1 Id the only one who could have any chance of, atm 'fem." The mi n teht with equal truth and !Draw have goile further, a cd observed, in the language of an exCiange, that ,"the renomination of Andiew G. c u min f or 13. 074 r. nor of Pennsylvania will be hailed bylout aoldiers ev t',rywhere with sincere rejoicing. No CteVerffor of min V State has devoted his eiferfe so ear-Snails , and aria easfully to the advaneement of tbe comforts and inire recta of our gallant soldier's aer Gov. Carlin. The v.'•'erans of the three years' ser vice, the-nine-aontfor men, and the State militia of every grade; regard as their benefactor an& friend." —The Ofle:Wrath Covna vciai says, upon informa, tends of Vallandigham, A. Don gathered' from the that he has bSen urged to withdraw his name from the Democratletichet, in fat' 'or of some person from whom Mr. 13rourit could cod` take so many Demo cratic votes as be.'• is now 113-E.'l yto do. "The great Federal succeseelitt July hevc effectually destroyed all chances of a 'Tiernocratte Ar.kumph, and the very men who were mosearrtive hi put ting Vallandighant forward, and most voidc'eroug 1n p, 'oclaiming hie cer tain success, are now . maxims ±O . throw him over board, hoping in thativay to move their crazy craft from utter wreck. 111eir 13MV di:dathe, however, stout ly refuses, it is said, th - yiesd, .declar tug that he will not withdraw his name' unless n ew convention shall be called, and norzionsinath.‘ us be regularly made." The Money Luminary 'say,: "We c, we not what may be said of Governor Ciirtft, the en 1 trent abili ties, prudence, and untirine - irduatrg s - tfch have characterized his administieitibiref the. At v"atra'of the Commonwealth, and his de.,,titiowtotheit tere 6 te . cf our soldiers and the cause oPilre'rmion, TEA endear- ed him to the people, and he'erijoyet their's* "frdence . in an eminent degree. He is Vied:to:ll*ot fru! masses, and they will stand by him at' the. ' o3 r, re gardless of enemies from whatevelt quart they may come." -- The. Lancaster 'Examiner arse Ifetraid spe& Ifis of Governor Curtin's nomination in the follaa Yin& terms : "The re-nomination of Go7ernor Am& '"ew G. Curtin, by the Union Conventrim;.at Pittgbii it but a reepon Pe to the hearty ands earnest . 'efr of the people of Penneylvania. It fiat:glorious tr. 1 "' bute to a gallant and faithful publte' officer. No man ever more heartily and thoroughi; commanded the confidence and love of the whole people." The Isrankltn Repository eaya of Governor Car tin :"In obedience to the call of theihyal men of Pennsylvania, he is again before the people for their suffrages. The responsible trust has beerteseffted, and unless Pennsylvanians shall turn upon them selves 'with suicidal hands, when the old tin is about to wave again over a united Republic, he' will be chosen by the largest popular majority ever cast in the State." The Beaver Argiiz, one of the staunchest Union papers in the State, says : "The ticket put in non& nation by the Democrats, is a ticket whose sitippoit era are in favor of the rebellion, and opposed to the Union of:these States. The ticket put in nomina. ton at Pittsburg last week, will be Supported by men Whonre in favor of the Union of the States." There can be no doubt whatever that this is a fair statement of the issues." " There remains," said Judge Branilette, Union candidate for Governor of Kentucky, in a recent speech, "but one course for all true, loyal, and pa triotic men to pursue, and this is simply to do all in their power to strengthen the Government in its et. forts to crush the rebellion. After that is 'dcine, - gott can set about rectifying all the mistakes of the Ad= ministration." The Albany Atlas and Buffalo Argus, Courier, and other Democratic papers, are claiming' Colonel Bramlette, Governor elect of Kentucky, as a man of their class. What, then, was Mr. Wickliffe 1 It is to be hoped that these journals now claiming Cot. Bramlette will continue to follow his lead. On Saturday, 29th Mat., the loyal citizens of Lancaster county will assemble in their several wards and boroughs to elect delegates, - who will meet in Fulton Hall, Lancaster, on the 2d of Sep tember, and nominate a number of State and county officers. —The American Union, a Democratic paper, pub lished at Steubenville, Ohio, and edited 'by John Sheridan, refuses to support Vallandigham — for Governor. ' It has been the Democratic organ Of Jefferson county for'more than thirty years. H. L. Palmer has been nominated by the Demo crats of Wisconsin for Governor. He will be next to the man who alkali be elected. Sohn A. Magee, editor of the Perry County Democrat, has been renominated for the Legislature in the Perry district. The last Doylestown Democrat sneeringly speaks of Governor Curtin as, the "contractor's friend.. In the autumn of 1861, a few days before Governor Curtin visited Doylestown to present the colors of the State to the 104th Regiment, at Camp Lacey, at a meeting of the citizens held in the court-house, to make arrangements to receive the Governor, Col: • W. W. Davis, proprietor of the Democrat, publicly stated that at one time he believed Governor Curtin was deserving of censure for supplying the soldiers with clothing of an inferior quality, and for other wise neglecting their wants ; but he was then fully and thoroughly satisfied that those charges were not well founded, and that the Governor was an honest, upright,-'and faithful public servant, entitled to the full confidence and respect of the people of the State. —Bucks . County Intelligencer. —At Urbana, Champaign county, Ohio, on the '7th instant, there was a demonstration of over ten thousand people in favor of John Brough. One township sent a delegation numbering sixteen hun dred persons, and another a delegation of twelve hundred and fifty. A correspondent says of the Union meetings, that "they are perfectly wonderful and astonishing, not only to the opposition, but to those taking part in them." Identified with the war for the Union, the suc cess of that war also becomes the success of Andrew G. Curtin. He has risked his health and his life in the furtherance of that cause. He has risked his reputation, and, in many instances, has been ac cused of transcending his power to promote the comfort and secure the contentment of the soldier.— Rairlsburg Telegraph.- - The nomination of Hon. Daniel Agnew, of Beaver, as the Union candidate for Supreme Judge, was a moat fortunate one. He stands confessedly first among the common pleas judges of the State, and his spotless character and eminent judicial ability will adorn the Supreme Bench of Pennsyl yania.—Franklin Repository. Governor Curtin has accepted the nomination, and will, in a few days, open the campaign by address ing the people from the stump, and will visit every section of the State. No honest effort of his .wilL_ be wanting to command success, and he will most suredly be re-elected.—Exchange. -Hon. Wm. H. Witte visited Doylestown ort.L. Sunday last, and made a hurried pilgrimage to New 7 Rope, probably to confer with leading "peace" De -1 moarats there. What id in the windy Reflections of a Negro on Slaveryz, To the Editor of The Press Siu: Beholding the state of abjection and slaver y into which•the white race has plunged ours; see& ig creatures ST color sold like vile beasts, not wit standing their similarity of form, language, re gion, and aptitude with the whites, I should like to know if God has been led to inflict this terrible pi an ishment upon us for the expiation of some gr eat crime of our race. In reading history, however, I eee nations 1 4 ,acre each other by millions, from the oldest t line is. to the present day, without the blacks having an thing to do with it. In opening the Bible, v /hi e h has been given to us as the book of truth, I set, It ti utt God has created man after his image and r es e m . blance, without designation of color; from ! w; it c h it might bsinferred, without blasphemy, the ,t Mart has been yellow, red, or black, as well as 19 4:Lite. Bet,-in order not to complicate the question. ,1 at us adraft that he was white. Adam, the whit e man, committed the fault which plunged fore' 7/ ar the whole human race in a life of pain and trib r d e m on, ending in death ! The blacks, then, are ; to t. the cause of this terrible malediction, I think.„ Cain, the first man born -on earth, we! 3 the-first' one- to commit the crime of homicide. hum, the son of Adam, doubtless was not a nef ry% The population following the generation of 2 tdem was so perverted that God sent a universal del Page to de stroy all the objects of creation, without i listinotion of age otrof species. Among . so many cri Mina's put to - deaths by the hand of God, the negro is not men tioned. Further in the same book I see a l -,...ittle people, chosemby God among all other people ! that covered the earth. This privileged people ahoy- . . -;.8,1 Hollf con. tinuaZiy prevaricating, notwithstandi.:'. xig the. voices of itanumerous prophets. To puns! i their crimes, theta large cities were pillaged, deaf,,-toyed Sodom and Gomorrah disappeared ender. F - , &earne of fire. Thoblack race again was not the ca... ase of this new chastisement from heaven. • de Still further, the evangelists tell that God hitn -1 se4f came in the midst of Ilia p en ' pie. Notwith standing his miracles, they did no s ... believe in him. Yalatthew, chap. ir v.. : 54; :Marls ; chap. vi: v. 2; John, chap. vii t Ir. 3 and 6.), .3 A last, one of his disciples betrayed hint and aPpfh .er denied hint. He was condemned to death and 1'...?i acuied by his people. Had the blacke, a hand in:o44 horrible,cri,me,. from which humanity must recoil? ... From the time of creation .up to. our days,, the • negroes, it would thus seem, aze.- innocent of the. great crimes which the hlmr_ niece has committed against God. If it were Por isibleto. attribute-our misery and oppression to, p4a.csn, we should be forced to think that, likelh *prophets, we were des tined to enplate the crimes , atte.white people: Bat slavery can be attribute?! o nly..to the wickedness and cupidity DI certain whitn. Itizsons, and this wicked— ness goes so far with f bera,,that in contempt-of reli, lion and nature, they/ take-to, the slave-ramirot not: only the blacks whom tiley. make Ohristisois, Mit even their own offspriwthemulatto. • Ora thing that must.rratTolae every th:i*ing man, is that European net:' , Q ,, ,,,laave renounead: long ago. this hideous institulyko,, itaal that it tai America, the boasted land of .!kthm•ty, where it waging.. But &nally,Provh:tartop, taking pity 04,0ur - lcmg suf, felings, has sent — l.:..poncat deliverers. It-is. now our duty to assist,reali.ge2erous efforhs and merit bsr our conduct aiii3,,gatitude, thie haymyredro4mtion. 1 am, sir, ve,ty s realtectfully yor.rs, V- The BeaW.n. itparkal, Gitzetk t relatea the follow ing : "No'elcing Since, the Theatre of Hanover was preparing tio,..tierni. Wagnees. , Reinzi,L when. Nie men (the tenor), who was to,sppear on horseback, declared tat he would net sing unless the King of Hanovsn's Whit.° horse Walt placed at his disposal. The caae . wati made 17,noWn to his Majesty. The King smiled, and gave orders that the horse should be placed at the singer's disposal, and during the whole week following, Niemen might be seen every day, about noon, gravely parading me most aristo cratic ouarAtr 91 . the pity ; RlDUat'e.d on the
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