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The Vicksburg affair.
--The paroled prisoners from Vicksburg are rapidly arriving at Jackson, Miss.
The Mississippian, of the 7th inst, says:
The programme of Gen. Grant, as we learn from the same source, will be to leave a heavy garrison at Vicksburg, and take the remainder of his Army North.
In that case time will be given for Gen. Johnston to make his defence of the State of Mississippi successful.
It is difficult to state what advantage the enemy has attained in the capture of Vicksburg.
There are so many important circumstances connected with it — such a complex network of positions — that it is hard to realize whether it will ultimately prove disastrous or not. Beyond all cavil, if the full benefits of the capture accrue to the enemy, the blow to us has been most heavy.
The simple capture of 17,000 of our troops does not materially injure us, as they will soon be exchanged, but the moral effect produced by the taking of our Southern stronghold is greatl