... cf success; and vague rumours are current that he has been reinforced by General Banks's army from Red River. The Richmond Whig says that the Federal dead strew the ground in front of the works, and estimates the loss before Vicksburg at 10,000. Northern ...

... the same result. Indeed, nothing could excuse or explain a want of success on the part of the defence. Again, the Richmond Whig of the same date says: —The enemy has been foiled in all his efforts. His dead strew tho ground in front of our works; our ...