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t it becomes necessary to send a train and heavy escort. You may not hear from me again for several days." "Raymond, Miss., 12,30 P. M. May 14, via Memphis, 11 A. M., May 18.--Major-General Halleck: McPherson took this place on the 12th, after a brisk fight of more than two hours. Our loss, 51 killed and 181 wounded. Enemy's loss, 75 killed (buried by us) and 186 prisoners captured, besides the wounded. McPherson is now at Clinton. Gen. Sherman is on the direct Jackson road. Gen. McClernand is bringing up the rear. I will attack the State capital to-day. "U. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen'l." From Memphis.--A dispatch says Grant has taken Jackson--Capitol burned--5 to 10,000 mounted men near Okolona, threatening an advance in the direction of the Memphis railroad. A citizen just up from Jackson says the enemy evacuated Vicksburg on Saturday, marching on the ridge northeast to Livingston, a post village in Madison co., Miss., 20 miles northwest of Jackson. It is impossi