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The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Mississippi--the negro Retaliation Question. (search)
s will find the optima spolia of Vicksburg not unmixed with the rich prize of death. Corinth has recently been reinforced by infantry and light artillery. Grienson has pompously gone there to command the cavalry forces, and information has been received that preparations are being made for a raid upon an extensive scale. A commander with ordinary ability, permission to act at discretion, and a proper spirit, could, with such soldiers as there are in the commands of Bateau, Inge, Boyle, Ham, &c., and the well-managed artillery of Owens and Barksdale, ambuscade any such force of marauders, separate them, and whip them by detail.--The material is here — have we the leader? It is a matter worthy the attention of Gen. Johnston. Vast supplies for his army depend upon the protection of North Mississippi, and its protection merely demands an able and energetic cavalry officer. The distributing post-office at Jackson, Miss, having been discontinued, letters to persons in Gen.