es, and sisters, and daughters of those who have used every term to revile Pemberton, will, in a few weeks, be strewing flowers in his path and heaping praises upon him as their heroic saviour.
I am assured by gentlemen of the highest standing from Louisiana, who have lately been at Port Hudson, that there is plenty of corn and rice there--plenty. They cannot state what supplies there may be of beef and other meat; but there need be no fear of the corn and other grain giving out. This is cheering indeed.
Remember how many days Bragg's and Kirby Smith's armies subsisted on parched corn alone, in their Kentucky campaign, and afterwards fought the battle of Perryville, and judge if our brave boys at Port Hudson are not of the same mettle.
Give Joe Johnston a little time to organize and plan, and rest confident he will relieve Vicksburg, open the way to Port Hudson, drive Banks like chaff before the wind, and sweep like an avalanche upon New Orleans, now mourning like Niobe "in
