--The
Jackson correspondent of the Mobile
Register writes under date of May 7th, as follows:
‘
General Pemberton is represented to express the fullest confidence in his ability to check
Grant and capture the detachments which have been sent inland in order to turn the town of
Vicksburg.
The only thing which gives him any uneasiness is the raids on the railroads diverging into the
State of Mississippi from
Corinth and
Grand Junction.
Jackson may be visited at any time by a raid of cavalry from the neighborhood of
Edwards' Depot, a few miles this side of
Big Black river; but the bluebells hardly contemplate the permanent occupation of the place.
Every precautionary measure has been taken to secure.
Government property and private effects, and breastworks and rifle pits are being constructed wherever needed.--The people are determined to resist to the last, and with the military force now here there is no doubt but that we can successfully hold our own. The President has taken measures to provide arms and equipments for all the men the
Governor may raise throughout the
State, and everything goes to show that the determination of the Mississippians to defeat their soil is cheerful, enthusiastic and universal.
Three hundred citizens of
Brandon are drilling every day — the same is the case, relatively to their population, at
Caution,
Meridian, and other towns; but it would be imprudent to state how many in
Jackson have shouldered their muskets.
Suffice it that hardly any one is backward at the call of
Gov. Petius.
If the worst should come, and our troops in the field back of
Vicksburg be likely to be overpowered by superior numbers,
Port Hudson could not evacuated and the garrison there thrown upon
Grant's flank, easily restoring the equilibrium.
’
