The Daily Dispatch: May 21, 1863., [Electronic resource]

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Mississippi.

We have before us the Jackson Mississippian, of the 12th inst. This is the last number of that journal published, the Yankees having on the following day destroyed the entire material of the establishment. From the number before us we clip the annexed paragraph:

The Yankees believe in "luck." They say Grant is a"lucky" General. We believe he is. He had the luck to receive reinforcements in the nick of time after he was twice or thrice whipped at Fort Donelson. He had the "luck" not to have his whole army pushed into Tennessee river at Shiloh, by Beauregard's unfortunate withdrawal of our troops half an hour too soon on the day of the first battle, and again had the "luck" to be reinforced by Bacil's army the same night — again in the nick of time. But if he has the "luck" to get out of Mississippi with a whole skin, and without a crushing defeat, then we shall become a convert to the belief, and sing "Trust to Luck" for all our hereafter. We shall see whether we are fooled, or whether foolish management allows his escape.

The office of the Vicksburg Whig was entirely consumed by fire on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst.

On the 9th inst, a party of Partisan Rangers fired on the steamer J. C. Swan, on her way up the river, at a point near Greenville,

Miss. The boat escaped. The next day, however, the towboat Minnesota, on her way down, with three barges of stores, came in range of the same guns, and she was forced to come in. Not having time to appropriate their prize, the partisan ran the boats into a small stream near at hand and set them on fire.